The Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has debunked alleged statement claiming that she is being attacked for visiting President Bola Tinubu. The former Nigeria’s Minister of Finance in a post on Twitter on Wednesday evening, described the statement which she said was being circulated on WhatsApp as “wickedly false designed…
Russia has signed agreements for military cooperation with over 40 African countries, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Friday in St Petersburg. Putin made the announcement during the second and final day of the second Russia-Africa Summit, saying “We are developing partnerships in military and military-technical cooperation with more than 40 African states to strengthen…
By Olugbenga Ige Northern Senators Warn President Tinubu Against Military Invasion Of Niger Republic. The Northern Senators Forum (NSF) has warned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu against the deployment of the Nigerian military to invade Niger Republic. Naija News recalls that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) had given Niger a week from Sunday…
Malema sustains attacks on Botswana about ‘US Military base’. Julius Malema of South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has sustained his attacks on Botswana about the presence of an American military base that he says should be closed because it is a threat to the security of the entire sub-continent. The outspoken opposition leader was…
Lawyers representing the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, have tackled President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima over their final submissions that the Presidential Election Petition Court sitting in Abuja should not nullify their clients election victory over a 30-year-old United States District Court judgement. In 1993, Tinubu was ordered to…
By Livy Elcon Vienna – The Nigerian Ambassador to Austria Ambassador Suleiman Dauda Umar (S. D. Umar) unbelievably wrote a letter full of falsehood against Nigerians in Austria and submitted it to the Austrian Police. In the letter he listed some names of Nigerians claiming that they could plan to storm the Nigerian Embassy in…
Erdogan called on the West to agree to Russia’s terms on the grain deal as hunger threatens Europe. By Dinara Khalilova Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on July 14 that he and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin were “of the same mind” on the extension of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, Turkish state-run – Anadolu…
Members of the Writers Guild of America walk a picket line outside of Warner Bros. in New York on July 13, 2023. Actors were poised to go on strike July 13, joining writers in the first industry-wide shutdown in 63 years after last-ditch talks failed, with nearly all film and television production likely to grind…
The Chief Executive Officer of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg has launched a new platform called Threads with over 30 million users already. The Owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp stated that the company is setting its sight on one billion users shortly. Threads, which launched on Wednesday, July 5, in over 100 countries now has 30…
He warned that fighters employed by the mercenary outfit Wagner could join the military or leave for Belarus. Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that any attempt to blackmail Russia or foment unrest would fail, after an armed rebellion shook his more than two decades of rule. “Civilian solidarity showed that any blackmail, any attempts…
