President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday confer with security chiefs at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, confirmed this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. The President returned to Abuja last Friday after 18 days in London, during which he attended an education […]
Every night before bed, Anushka Sachan whips out her phone to log into an app. “It kind of becomes a habit,” said the 20-year-old Hong Kong University student. “Before sleeping, I’m just like, ‘Okay, check in.’” The platform Sachan is using belongs to a Chinese brand called Shein — pronounced “She In” — […]
Facebook says it has banned the Taliban and all content supporting it from its platforms as it considers the group to be a terrorist organisation. The company says it has a dedicated team of Afghan experts to monitor and remove content linked to the group. For years, the Taliban has used social media […]
The Taliban previously ruled Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001 and imposed a strict form of Islamic law on the country. Here are some key facts about the group’s beliefs and history. The Taliban were one of the factions fighting in Afghanistan’s civil war in the 1990s after the withdrawal of the Soviet Union. […]
The Taliban’s swift takeover of Afghanistan has raised concerns that it could encourage other Islamist militant groups around the world, such as al-Shabab in Somalia. Experts warn that when and if international forces there try to hand over security to the Somali government, the world could see a repeat of what happened in […]
Taliban fighters entered Afghanistan’s Presidential Palace hours after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country on Sunday, a milestone in the insurgent group’s assumption of control over capital city Kabul. One unit shared pictures of the palace interior — intact, but empty and apparently abandoned by Afghan officials — on an official Telegram account. […]
Prof Umar Danbatta, Executive, Vice-Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), says the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS) 2020 to 2030, is an important intervention approved by the Federal Government to make more Nigerian youths self-reliant. Danbatta, was quoted by Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, NCC Director of Public Affairs, as making this […]
Nigerians living in the US have converged on New Jersey to celebrate the 12th Annual Nigerian Sports and Cultural Carnival organised by the Nigerian Sports and Cultural Organisation. A correspondent of News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the carnival featured the Yoruba board game “ayo”, soccer, table tennis, chess, draft, dancing competition […]
The government is launching a review into how energy retailers market green tariffs to consumers. Nine million British households are now on energy products that are advertised as being “100% renewable” or “green”. However, some energy companies accuse others of “greenwashing” – using marketing spin to make “dirty” fossil fuel electricity seem clean. […]
Japan rebounded faster than expected from its pandemic-driven slump in the run-up to the Tokyo Olympics. Official figures show the world’s third-largest economy grew at twice the rate forecast in April to June. But analysts have warned growth will be modest this quarter after a state of emergency was reimposed to ease a […]