Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the first woman and first African to lead the World Trade Organization (WTO), has been officially reappointed for a second term as Director-General. The WTO shared the announcement on Friday, November 29, via its verified X (formerly Twitter) Read more…
Ukraine has been hit by a surge in Russian ballistic missile attacks, about a third of which used North Korean weapons that can only fly because they run on Western circuitry, obtained despite sanctions, according to Ukrainian military officials. Russia Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor Ahead the Nov 5, 2024 United States of America(USA) polls. Azuka Foundation has declared emphatically that the world needs the former president Donald Trump to return to power. Azuka Foundation’s position was contained in a statement signed Read more…
The 2024 presidential election is just eight days away. And the latest batch of major national polls and swing state surveys shows the race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump is as tight as it’s ever Read more…
President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that Russia’s defence ministry was working on different ways to respond if the United States and its NATO allies help Ukraine to strike deep into Russia with long-range Western missiles. The 2-1/2-year-old Ukraine war Read more…
President Vladimir Putin met with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who visited Russia for the first time in over two years to attend the BRICS Summit in Kazan. Putin spoke with Guterres behind closed doors on Thursday evening, the final Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor Gunmen at about 9.30am on Thursday sent nine people to their early graves. Sources claimed that the assailants after killing the nine victims abducted one person. An eyewitness said that the incident happened near Wintess Garden on Read more…
In the coming days, Russian President Vladimir Putin will be shaking hands with multiple world leaders, including China’s Xi Jinping, India’s Narendra Modi, Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iran’s Masoud Pezeshkian. They will all be in the Russian city of Read more…
Communique of the Holy See Press Office Today, 18 October 2024, in the Vatican Apostolic Palace, the Holy Father Francis received in audience the President of the Republic of Liberia, His Excellency Mr. Joseph Nyuma Boakai Sr., who subsequently met Read more…
Russia has recaptured half of the territory it lost to Ukraine in Kursk, a region central to Volodymyr Zelensky’s plan to defeat Vladimir Putin. A senior Russian commander from Chechnya said that an estimated 50,000 troops were pushing back Ukrainian forces, who Read more…
The naira has been listed among the worst-performing currencies in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2024. This is according to the latest edition of Africa’s Pulse, a new report by the World Bank. As of the end of August 2024, the naira Read more…
The world watched helplessly as a missile barrage from Iran came raining down over Israel with less than 15 minutes’ warning. A week after one of the heaviest single attacks in history – using advanced ballistic rockets – the full impact of the assault Read more…