More than 2,000 police officers are on duty in Berlin on Monday as the German capital holds a number of events to mark the first anniversary of the Oct. 7, attacks on Israel. After an early evening service at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in the western district of Charlottenburg, more than 1,000 demonstrators were…
France captain Kylian Mbappe is facing criticism in his home country for skipping Les Bleus’ Nations League games against Israel and Belgium while being available to play for Real Madrid. The forward picked up a muscle injury last month but made his return to the pitch in the Champions League last Wednesday. France coach Didier…
Israeli President Isaac Herzog has called on the world to support Israel in the fight against its enemies, as he spoke during a ceremony to mark one year since the Hamas terrorist attack. ‘This is a scar on humanity. This is a scar on the face of the Earth,’’ he said on Monday at the…
Rivers worldwide had less water in 2023 than at any time in the last 30 years, according to report by the UN weather agency on Monday. The report, published by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), said that global water levels have been well below the long-term average in the last five years. The fall in…
A cyberattack led to widespread disruptions at the Russian state-owned broadcaster VGTRK on Monday, according to media reports. The online Russian newspaper Gazeta.Ru reported that a pro-Ukrainian hacker group named “sudo rm -RF” was responsible for the attack, citing Russian intelligence officials. Gazeta.Ru said that the attack affected the online broadcast of the programme, internal…
Iran’s Civil Aviation Organisation said flights across Iran will be cancelled until 6am local time (02:30 GMT) on Monday, according to state media, following Israel’s bombardment and invasion of Lebanon to continue its assault on Shia militant group Hezbollah. The Israeli army has issued a new evacuation order for residents in the southern suburbs of…
For several years, the US government has been providing its allies, particularly those within the Five Eyes intelligence alliance (Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, and New Zealand), with information and communication technologies that may pose significant risks due to the likelihood of embedded software and hardware backdoors and malware that could facilitate unauthorized access to…
Cynthia Rowe, the Development Director at the British High Commission (BHC), says achieving Sustainable Development Goals would accelerate actualisation of Nigeria’s economic growth ambitions. Rowe said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria ( lNAN) on Sunday in Abuja. She said that it was imperative for government to tackle the challenges that…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced the introduction of the Electronic Foreign Exchange Matching System (EFEMS), for Foreign Exchange (FX) transactions in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM). According to a statement by Omolara Duke, Director, Financial Markets Department , the EFEMS will be implemented not later than Dec.1. Duke said that the…
Google on Thursday said that a recent study, conducted by Public First, showed that Artificial Intelligence (AI) had the potential of contributing $15 billion to the Nigerian economy by 2030. Director, West Africa, Google, Mr Olumide Balogun, said this at its Economic Impact Report Press Roundtable in Lagos. Balogun said that the Public First’s Digital…
