Europe must act urgently and stop outsourcing defence, says EU’s Kallas
Europe must step up urgently to improve its defence and make Nato “more European to maintain its strength”, because the US has shaken the transatlantic relationship to its foundation, the EU’s foreign policy chief has warned. The US would continue…
Nigerian Business Mogul Otunba Adekunle Ojora Is Dead
The Ojora family of Lagos has announced the death of its patriarch, Otunba Adekunle Ojora, the Olori Omo Oba of Lagos, who passed away in the early hours of Wednesday at the age of 93. The family disclosed that the…
JUST IN: Super Eagles captain Wilfred Ndidi’s father dies in road accident
Ndidi’s club, Besiktas, confirmed the tragic incident in a statement released on Tuesday via their official X account. “We are deeply saddened to learn of the tragic passing of our footballer Wilfred Ndidi’s esteemed father, Sunday Ndidi, in a fatal…
Zimbabwe Inflation Hits Single Digits for First Time Since 1997
Zimbabwe’s annual inflation rate fell to single digits for the first time since 1997, a development authorities say is essential to adopting the gold-backed ZiG as the country’s sole currency by 2030. Inflation slowed to 4.1% in January from 15%…
South Africa heading for social unrest
South Africa needs to significantly increase its economic growth to ensure social stability, with growth rates of between 2% and 3% required. If the country cannot attain higher growth, its severe inequality, which has worsened as South Africa’s economic growth…
Tinubu arrives Ankara for State visit to Türkiye
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday night arrived in Ankara, Türkiye, for a State visit aimed at strengthening bilateral relations between Nigeria and the Eurasian nation. The President touched down at the Ankara Esenboğa Airport at 9:05 p.m. local time,…
India And EU Near Conclusion Of Landmark Free Trade Deal
The meeting comes ahead of the EU-India summit, which will be hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to be held in New Delhi on January 27. The meeting comes ahead of the EU-India summit, which will be hosted by Prime…
What India’s Republic Day red carpet means for its foreign policy
India will mark its 77th Republic Day on 26 January – the day when the country adopted its constitution and formally became a republic, breaking from its colonial past. The annual grand parade will take place along Delhi’s iconic central…
Alex Otti approves employment of 640 new medical health workers in Abia
The Abia state government has employed 649 new medical workers out of the proposed 771 medical personnel for the health sector in the state. The Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu, announced this in Umuahia, the state capital, during an…
China places highest-ranking general under investigation
China’s defence ministry says it has opened an investigation into the country’s highest-ranking general over “grave violations of discipline and the law”. The ministry gave no further details about accusations against General Zhang Youxia, who has widely been seen as…