The United States and Europe targeted Vladimir Putin’s inner circle on Monday, slapping sanctions on senior officials to pressure the Kremlin to abandon moves to annex Crimea. The move came after the breakaway Ukrainian region voted to join Russia,…
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Just a week after news that Microsoft had made arrangements to bring dual-boot Windows and Android handsets to customers in India, Chinese smartphone maker Huawei has informally announced its intention to do the same for customers here in the United…
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday he had called President Barack Obama to complain that the US government is undermining confidence in the Internet with vast, secret surveillance programs. In a post on his own Facebook page, the founder of…
US workers accused fast-food giant McDonald’s Thursday of systematically stealing wages through illicit practices like forcing them to work off-the-clock and failing to pay overtime. Seven class-action lawsuits were filed Wednesday and Thursday in California…
Just when you thought a patchwork defense couldn’t play any worse than the United States national team’s back line did in last week’s loss to Ukraine, the back four for the Red Bulls on Saturday night proved to be an even bigger disaster in the…
Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday condemned last week’s attacks in Nigeria by the Islamist group Boko Haram and underscored a commitment to help Nigerian authorities crack down on the militants the United States deems a terrorist organization. “…
Constitutional scholar and activist Lawrence Lessig, whose march through New Hampshire to get money out of politics is featured on our broadcast this week, often says that his crusade is the most urgent in America because it impacts virtually every…
Just like Chika Ike who celebrated her divorce last year by travelling to the United States of America, another Nollywood…
Anger at the United States Government and the NSA’s surveillance practices hasn’t diminished much since former contractor Edward Snowden leaked documents last summer. Today, over 5,000 companies and organizations like Mozilla, Reddit, Tumblr, the…
CALGARY, Alberta, February 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Oando Energy Resources Inc. (“Oando Energy Resources” or the “Company”) (TSX: OER), a company focused on oil and gas exploration and production in Nigeria, today announced that it has entered into…
The husband of singer Muma Gee is currently in the United States of America for vacation. . The popular actor…
Cloud Computing Provider, RapidScale, Adds Telecom Veteran, Eric Solomon, to Run the North Central Region of the United StatesRapidScale’s CloudOffice…
Popular Nollywood actor, Desmond Elliot has finally relocated his family abroad. The actor’s wife and four kids have permanently relocated…
African champions Nigeria will train in Houston in the United States for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, a top official has announced. Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi had proposed the team train in either Miami or Houston for the World Cup, but top Nigeria…
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP chieftain, Buruji Kashamu has insisted that he’s not the same as the person wanted in the…
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP chieftain, Buruji Kashamu has insisted that he’s not the same as the person wanted in the…
A Washington federal judge this week ruled that an IP address can’t be used against you as evidence of piracy, or less specifically, your IP address can’t be used solely as evidence to drag you into a copyright infringement lawsuit. This federal…
Billionaire software baron turned philanthropist Bill Gates has warned that violence in Nigeria and Pakistan could set back his goal of eradicating polio by 2018. Last year, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation — a charity that funds medical research…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Few countries have invested as much goodwill and diplomatic energy in the birth of South Sudan as the United States. And few presidents have tied their legacies more tightly to the fledgling nation than George W. Bush, for whom the…
LAS VEGAS, NV–(Marketwired – Jan 20, 2014) – NEWave®, the leading compliance and efficiency software supplier to the gaming industry,…