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Taliban takeover in Afghanistan

The main developments since Taliban fighters took Kabul, confirming their takeover of power in Afghanistan after a stunningly swift end…

3 years ago

Facebook tests alerting users to extremist posts

A Facebook test of pop-up boxes asking people whether they think friends are becoming extremists raised concerns Friday among US conservatives who…

3 years ago

Biden pushes $6 trillion budget to ‘reimagine’ US economy, beat China

President Joe Biden on Friday proposed a $6 trillion budget to “reimagine” the US economy and stave off Chinese competition,…

3 years ago

Bitcoin Stabilises At $41,600 As European Stocks Show Improvement

European stock markets recovered a bit Thursday from slumps the previous day, with investors comforted by brighter economic outlooks and…

3 years ago

Tackling Insecurity: Buhari asks US to relocate AFRICOM HQ to Africa

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has asked United States to reconsider relocating US Africa Command (AFRICOM) from Stuttgart, Germany, to Africa,…

3 years ago

Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine Shows 95% Effectiveness – Pfizer, BioNTech

Pfizer and BioNTech said Wednesday that a completed study of their experimental Covid-19 vaccine showed it was 95 percent effective.…

4 years ago

Nigeria Excluded From 2022 US Visa Lottery

Nigeria has been barred from the US visa lottery application for 2022, a document obtained from the US Government website…

4 years ago

Nigerian film Eyimofe set for London premiere, debuts trailer

As part of activities to celebrate Nigeria’s 60th Independence Day anniversary, a film, Eyimofe (This is my desire) is set…

4 years ago

US: Nearly 280,000 school-aged children have contracted COVID-19 – CDC reveals

At least 280,000 school-aged children were infected with the novel coronavirus between March 1 and September 19, detailed data released…

4 years ago

Pompeo Says Enormous Evidence’ Coronavirus Came From Wuhan Lab

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday that there was “enormous evidence” that the coronavirus pandemic originated in a…

4 years ago