Section: Nigeria
“Why Obasanjo, Babangida, TY Danjuma are against Buhari”
A former Nigerian Ambassador to Ukraine, Ibrahim Kasai, has revealed why retired military Generals like former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Ibrahim Babangida, IBB, and T. Y. Danjuma are against the… …read more Source:...
It looks like Slack, the $7 billion chat app, is banning some users because of Iran sanctions — even if they don’t live or work in Iran
Ethnically Iranian users and users who have traveled to Iran found out Wednesday that their Slack accounts had been shut down. Slack identified those users’ accounts as being from Iran, which has been sanctioned, based on IP addresses. However, many of these users do not actually live in Iran, nor do they have professional ties to Iran....
Travelers had to sleep on floors and grounded planes for hours after rogue drones shut down major London airport just before Christmas
Christopher Lister People slept on grounded planes and on airport floors after Londons Gatwick Airport was forced closed by rogue drones on the runway. The runway has been closed for more than …read more Source: Pulse...
Under pressure at home and abroad, Putin faces media
Russian President Vladimir Putin will face hundreds of journalists Thursday during his annual press conference, a bookend event to a year of tensions with the West and crisis with Ukraine. It also comes with the longtime Russian …read more Source: Pulse...
Trump In Legal Quagmire Two Years As US President
US President Donald Trump Photo : TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP Donald Trump rails on an almost daily basis against the federal probe into whether his campaign colluded with Russia to get him elected to the White House. But the investigation by former FBI director Robert Mueller into the 2016 election is just one of many ongoing inquiries into Trump,...
EU probes hack of ‘thousands’ of diplomatic cables
The EU announced an urgent investigation on Wednesday after hackers with possible links to China accessed thousands of sensitive diplomatic cables. In the latest embarrassing data breach to hit a major international organisation, the New York Times …read more Source: Pulse...
‘Thousands’ of EU diplomatic cables hacked: report
Hackers apparently connected to China accessed thousands of sensitive EU diplomatic cables, the New York Times reported Wednesday, in the latest embarrassing data breach to hit a major international organisation. The cables from the EU’s diplomatic missions …read more Source: Pulse...
IMF board approves new Ukraine loan package, releases $1.4 bn immediately
The International Monetary Fund executive board on Tuesday gave final approval to a new loan package for Ukraine and released $1.4 billion for immediate use. The IMF had agreed on the $4 billion, 14-month loan in mid-October …read more Source: Pulse...
Turning tyranny into a client: how a U.S. Firm is helping the rise of authoritarianism
This year’s McKinsey & Co. retreat in China was one to remember. Hundreds of the company’s consultants frolicked in the desert, riding camels over sand dunes and mingling in tents linked by red carpets. Meetings took place in a cavernous banquet hall that resembled a sultan’s ornate court, with a sign overhead to capture the...
Steeped in the brine of Nostalgia
NEW YORK — New Yorkers tend to discover Brighton Beach by accident. They set off for Coney Island, but through train mishaps or sheer excitement at the first sight of the sea, they get off at the wrong stop and are confronted with its grumpy next-door neighbor instead But no one’s coming to Brighton Beach for clarity. A dose of local...
