The erstwhile Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Dr Ngozi Okonji-Iweala has been emerged the new Director General of the World Trade Organisation.According to sources from the European Union, she emerged victorious in the contest over her South Korean rival Ms Yoo Myung-hee, by a wide margin.Okonjo-Iweala’s victory is expected to be announced formally by the WTO later today.The Delta state born economic technocrat was supported by many countries.

The multi Grammy Awards winner Aretha Franklin was confirmed dead yesterday August 16, 2018 at the age of 76. She has been hospitalized for days before she passed away yesterday.Aretha who was being called "The Queen of Soul" left a great legacy in US through her songs and writings .Her recorded acclaimed albums such as I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967), Lady Soul (1968), Young, Gifted and Black (1972) and Amazing Grace (1972) and many others won...

The Eastern Congo rebel alliance that includes the M23 has declared a ceasefire for humanitarian reasons starting on February 4.The group, known as the Congo River Alliance, made this announcement in a statement on Monday.The group said it had no intention of capturing Bukavu, South Kivu’s provincial capital, after seizing Congo’s largest eastern city, Goma, last week.In an official communiqué issued on February 3, M23 claimed that the ceasefire was in response to t...