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Giappone
Company that helps police crack phones falls victim to hackers
Cellebrite, a digital forensics firm known for helping law enforcement crack into locked smartphones, has itself fallen victim to hackers. Technology news website Motherboard said Thursday that it had obtained 900 gigabytes of data related to the Israel-based company. It said the trove of data includes customer information, databases and ...
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Cina
92-year-old woman kept in pigsty generates online rage
Footage of a 92-year-old Chinese woman reportedly kept for years by her son in a pigsty has incited an online firestorm, as China grapples with the question of how to provide for its increasingly ageing population. The woman, surnamed Yang, was kept in a pigsty by her son and daughter-in-law, ...
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Nigeria
Family planning prevents 1.6 million pregnancies in Nigeria
An NGO, Partnership for Advocacy in Child and Family Health (PACFAH), says that increased access to family planning can prevent about 1.6 million unintended pregnancies yearly in the country. The Programme Coordinator, Ms. Anu Rotimi, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in ...
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Portogallo
AEP manifesta “preocupação” com nacionalização do Novo Banco
Associação Empresarial de Portugal está preocupada com processo de venda do Novo Banco. E alerta que solução terá de passar por acionistas “verdadeiramente estratégicos”, afastando o Estado da equação num cenário de nacionalização .
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Perù
Da economia para a moda: Pires de Lima é o novo administrador da Parfois
O antigo ministro da Economia António Pires de Lima passou a integrar a administração da Parfois, anunciou hoje a marca de vestuário e acessórios de moda para mulher.
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Nigeria
ECOWAS gets U.S. ICT support
The U.S. Government has supported the ECOWAS with Information Technology and Communication equipment to enhance its early warning mechanism, as part of its partnership to promote peace and security within the sub-region. Mrs Halima Ahmed, ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security said in a statement on Friday in ...
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Nigeria
Kwara to partner independent broadcasters
The Kwara government says it will partner with the Freelance and Independent Broadcasters’ Association of Nigeria (FIBAN) in achieving common goals. Alhaji Mahmud Ajeigbe, the state’s Commissioner for Information and Communications, said this in Ilorin when he received Desmond Nwachukwu, a presidential aspirant in the association’s forthcoming national elections. He ...
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Nigeria
Nigeria And The Need To Curb The Flow Of Embarrassing Scenarios
I am one of the very many analysts who are optimistic about the future of Nigeria. Mostly, I do my best to present the positive side of the land and strives to clear the mistaken impression painted by foreign media especially when answering questions about Nigeria from non-Nigerian colleagues. But ...
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Nigeria
MMM Nigeria Opens 24-hour Before Due Date
Controversial Ponzi scheme, MMM Nigeria has announced its long awaited resumption 24 hour before the official resumption date via their official twitter handle. The scheme officially tweeted their resumption with a caption “this is to officially inform you that MMM Nigeria is open for business a day earlier than promised! Let’s ...
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Algeria
«Privatisation» de la SNTA au profit des «Emiratis»
La SNTA avait conclu, fin 2016, un nouveau partenariat avec le même fonds d’investissement émirati avec lequel elle avait créé Staem en 2005, société mixte qui produit aujourd’hui toutes les marques de cigarettes étrangères en Algérie. D’anciens cadres affirment que l’objectif étant de «privatiser la société par étapes». Les travailleurs, ...