Category: Foreign
124 ambassadors tackle Swiss newspapers for calling Okonjo-Iweala ’66-year-old Nigerian grandmother’
A total of 124 ambassadors and heads of international organisations based in Geneva have criticised some Swiss newspapers for describing Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as a...
Tit for Tat:EU expels Venezuelan Ambassador, declares her“persona non grata”
The European Union (EU) has expelled Claudia Salerno Caldera, head of the Venezuelan Mission to the EU, and declared the diplomat persona non grata, media...
Google:Indian media demand greater advert revenue share
The Indian Newspaper Society (INS) has asked tech giant Google to increase the newspaper publishers’ share of advertising revenue to 85 percent, media...
Congo:Italian Ambassador assasinated, UN convoy attacked
The Italian ambassador to Kinshasa was Assasinated on Monday in an attack that targeted a convoy of the World Food Program (WFP) during a visit near Goma...
Ayade speaks at AMS
The Cross Rivers State Governor, Professor Benedict Ayade has been slated to deliver a keynote address at the maiden edition of the African Migration Summit (AMS) in...
Finally,Okonjo-Iweala makes history, emerges DG of World Trade Organization
History was made Monday as Nigeria’s candidate for the World Trade Organization position of Director General ,Dr. Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been...
Total to change name to TotalEnergies
France’s oil company, Total, said on Tuesday that it intended to change its name to TotalEnergies, as part of the general strategy to reach net zero emissions....
Oil prices on the rise back to pre -Covid era
The price of oil has recovered to its pre-pandemic levels having hit an all-time low last year. While demand for oil is still lower than normal, there are hopes...
Again, Biden appoints Nigerian-born Ebong as Head, US Trade, Development Agency
President Joe Biden has again appointed Nigerian-born, Enoh T. Ebong 2021 as the Acting Director of the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA). Ebongs...
Coup in Myanmar, new leaders detain Aung San Suu Kyi
Myanmar’s military seized power on Monday in a coup against the democratically elected government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who was detained along...
