Al-Qaeda-affiliated JNIM has in recent days claimed to have inflicted heavy losses in Burkina Faso as a surge in deadly jihadist attacks sweeps across the Sahelian state. Burkina Faso, ruled by a military junta since September 2022, has faced more than 10 years of raids by groups linked to Al-Qaeda…
Former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo The Southern Kaduna Professionals Forum (SKPF) has cautioned political actors against drawing the region into ongoing debates surrounding former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, insisting that the experiences of the people shou…
RAMpocalypse Hits Global Tech Tensions in the global tech market are rising as AI fuels unprecedented demand for memory chips, delaying PlayStation releases and prompting potential price hikes for Nintendo’s Switch 2. Al Jazeera’s Hatem Salah examines the impact on consumer electronics and the envi…
Girl, 14, shot dead as South Africa's 'taxi wars' hit school Police in South Africa are investigating a fatal shooting at a secondary school in the coastal city of Cape Town that killed a 14-year-old pupil and a taxi operator. An unidentified man opened fire on a taxi as the driver waited to pick u…
This Spring Bank Holiday weekend – 22 to 24 May – will be lit up by the fourth consecutive edition of Acid Horse, which for a music festival – certainly a small DIY affair for discerning trippers, like this one – is the point where you know you’ve made your mark, dug in your hooves and so forth. It…
The Nigeria Customs Service has clarified that B’Odogwu, a Unified Customs Management System, does not under any circumstance generate, substitute, or alter exchange rates for cargo clearance. The Service stated that where data transmission formats change, the system is designed to retain the last …
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday arraigned three senior officials of the Nigerian Railway Corporation before the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja over alleged fraud, corruption and money laundering amounting to over N2.04bn. The defendants are Felix Njoku, a former D…
