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Okonjo-Iweala warns of grim impact of global crises on the poor
Director General of the World Trade Organization, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, says a combination of grim developments across the world poses gloomy future for the world populations, especially those from poor nations. Dr Okonjo-Iweala who chairs the ongoing meeting of more…
Israel unveils new weapons at Paris defense confab
Israel’s Ministry of Defense International Defense Cooperation Directorate, or SIBAT, will today inaugurate country pavilion of 56 local companies including those of the country’s defense industry at the Eurosatory defense exhibition in Paris,. Director for Europe and North America at…
Outrage as Chinese men brutalize dining women
Surveillance footage of men assaulting two women in the northeastern Chinese city of Tangshan on Friday unleashed a flood of outrage on local social media websites, prompting calls for punishment and renewing a debate on women’s rights. Video obtained by…
Train attack: 54 passengers still with Fulani bandits
About 54 passengers abducted by Fulani bandits who derailed a train between Kaduna and Abuja are still in captivity after the kidnappers released only 11 of the 65 hostages. Checks by The Oracle Today confirmed that government is working to…
Biden slams Ukraine’s Zelenskyy for ignoring invasion warnings
President of the United States, Joe Biden, has for the first time lambasted President Volodymir Zelenskyy of Ukraine for ignoring repeated warnings of Russia’s plans to invade the country until it happened on February 24. According to local American media…
Oriental News holds confab on Financial Inclusion
Key stakeholders in Nigeria’s financial sector would engage in a robust round table discussion on government’s key policy which centres around inclusive financial system that will cover all strata of the society. The experts drawn from key private sector organisations…
Registration turnout compels deployment of 209 machines __INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission says it was compelled by the last minute turnout of citizens seeking to participate in the upcoming elections to deploy additional registration machines across three zones of the country for the Continuous Voter Registration. National…
IATA predicts 116% passenger growth in African aviation
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has predicted more than double the number of passengers flying African airlines in the year following liberalization of movements after travel restrictions imposed in response the covid-19 pandemic. The body stated that African airlines…
Russia unleashes deadlier weapons against Ukraine
Ukrainian and British officials warned Saturday that Russian forces are relying on weapons able to cause mass casualties as they try to make headway in capturing eastern Ukraine and fierce, prolonged fighting depletes resources on both sides. Russian bombers have…
Russia sets up company to sell Ukraine’s grain
Russian-installed officials in Ukraine’s southern Zaporizhzhia region have set up a company to buy up local grain and resell it on Moscow’s behalf, a local representative told the Interfax news agency on Saturday. Yevgeny Balitsky, the head of Zaporizhzhia’s pro-Russian…
