Swiss newspaper apologises for calling Okonjo-Iweala ‘a grandmother’

Aargauer Zeitung, a Swiss newspaper, has apologised for describing the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation,…

Ghana president receives world’s first free Covax jab

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo on Monday became the world’s first recipient of a coronavirus vaccine from…

Okonjo-Iweala resumes as WTO boss today

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala takes over the World Trade Organisation on Monday amid hopes that she will spur…

Netanyahu blames Iran for ship attack, Tehran denies charge

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday accused Iran of a recent attack on an Israeli-owned ship,…

Pope Francis condemns abduction of Zamfara schoolgirls

Roman Catholic head, Pope Francis has condemned the recent abduction of over 300 schoolgirls by bandits…

Nigerian music producer, Dr Frabz shot dead in US

Popular Nigerian music producer, Ayorinde Faboro fondly called Dr Frabz, has died. He died in the…

Rare Disease Day: about 6000 cases affecting over 300m people

The world marks every 28th day of February as a Rare Disease Day.  Many a times,…

Europa round of 16: Man-U to host Ibrahimovic’s AC Millan

GIFT ROBERTS Manchester United was on Friday drawn against Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s AC Milan in the UEFA…

UNICEF, Amnesty Int’l condemn Jangebe girls’ abduction

United Nations Children Fund on Friday frowned over the abduction of over 300 students at the…

Human Right Watch accuses Cameroonian soldiers of raping 20 women

Human Rights Watch on Friday said 20 women including four physically challenged have been raped by…