A major drug lord responsible for supplying cocaine to European gangs was arrested in Colombia in a joint operation with Spanish police, authorities in both countries said on Saturday. Julio Andres Murillo Figueroa, 49, was detained on March 1 in his…
THOUSANDS of people on Saturday protested in Madrid against an amnesty bill the Spanish government reached this week with Catalan independence parties, demanding the resignation of Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. Sanchez pledged last year to pass an amnesty exonerating…
TURKEY President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose NATO-member country has sought to balance its close relations with both Ukraine and Russia, offered during a visit Friday from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to host a peace summit between the two countries. Erdogan,…
ANTA Babacar Ngom, breaking barriers as the first woman to step into Senegal’s presidential arena, is determined to steer the nation towards industrialisation while advocating for fairer opportunities for women in leadership roles. Among the initial 93 hopefuls eyeing the…
IN a bid to bolster private investment in Africa, Rebeca Grynspan, the Secretary-General of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), has stressed the necessity for African nations to initiate sincere conversations with credit ratings agencies. Addressing concerns over…
AS experts from the surgical and healthcare world gather for the 64th Annual Conference and Scientific Meeting of the West African College of Surgeons in Sierra Leone this week, a profound dedication to advancing surgical knowledge and practice in the region…
PRESIDENT of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has appealed to leaders in Nigeria and across Africa to make poverty history as he outlined a compelling case for welfarist policies and people-centred development. “Given the high levels…
SOUTH Africans don’t want to breathe clean air in the dark. Energy woes are synonymous with South Africa right now. As the country’s fleet of mostly coal-powered plants struggles to keep up with electricity demand, South Africans are enduring daily…
THE European Union (EU) has urged political parties to adopt robust measures and strategies to increase women’s participation and representation in politics. It noted that the active participation of women at all levels of decision-making and politics was essential to…
THE recent abduction of over two hundred students by bandits in Kaduna State has been strongly condemned by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Trojan News reported earlier that bandits attacked the Government Secondary School and LEA primary school in Kuriga, Kaduna State,…
