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The adoption and use of the Country Code Top Level Domain name (ccTLD), Nigeria’s .ng, is on the upward swing, as the figure hits 100, 000. This statistic was given yesterday by the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA), when the management team paid a courtesy visit to Rutam House, headquarters of The Guardian newspapers. The increase witnessed in the adoption of .ng may have shown a gradual decline in the patronage of foreign domain names by individuals and businesses in Nigeria, which has been the norm for years and had subsequently, resulted in increased capital flight from the economy. Countries…

Football icon, George Weah, is in early lead, according to the official provisional results of Tuesday presidential elections in Liberia. The results were released by Mr Jerome Korkoya, Chairman of the National Elections Commission (NEC) at the commission’s headquarters in Monrovia. The results of 1,232 polling units or 22.9 per cent of the total 5,390 polling units across the country were announced. Weah of the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) led other candidates in 11 out of the 15 counties that constitute Liberia in the results released so far. He won in Bomi county with 3,763 votes, while Vice President…

The United States announced Thursday that it will withdraw from the United Nations Scientific and Cultural Organization, accusing the body of “anti-Israel bias.” State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said Washington would establish an “observer mission” to replace its representation at the Paris-based agency. The United States was angered in 2011 when UNESCO members granted Palestine full membership of the body, despite opposition from its ally Israel. Read Also Russia donates thousands of guns to Philippines Washington opposes any move by UN bodies to recognize the Palestinians as a state, believing that this must await a negotiated Middle East peace deal.…

Senator Andrew Uchendu, representing Rivers East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, has decried the recent massacre of fifteen persons in Mgbuoshimini Community, in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. It will be recalled that by 3am on Monday, 9 October 2017, at Mgbuoshimini Community, fourteen persons were shot dead in their houses by unknown gunmen, while one other person was burnt to death, beyond recognition. This is coming after several persons, including a prominent Chief, were killed in a similar attack, in the past. Senator Uchendu, in statement released to the press in Port Harcourt, commiserated with the…

A Swiss court has opened a corruption probe against Nasser Al-Khelaifi, the Qatari businessman and chief executive of Paris Saint-Germain, and former FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke. Al-Khelaifi is a key member of the organising committee for the FIFA World Cup in Qatar and was described by French newspaper L’Equipe as “the most powerful man in French football”. Switzerland’s Office of the Attorney General (OAG) said on Thursday: “It is suspected that Jerome Valcke accepted undue advantages from a businessman in the sports rights sector in connection with the award of media rights for certain countries at the FIFA World…

Russia is set to donate thousands of weapons to the Philippines – aiding the southeast Asian country’s fight against pro-Islamic State fighters. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said 5,000 Kalashnikov assault rifles are included in the deal, meaning his military will no longer have to use second-hand arms. In an announcement, he said the nation needed to bolster its arsenal because militants could regroup and attack “anywhere and everywhere”. The rifles will be accompanied by millions of rounds of ammunition and dozens of army trucks. In a speech to soldiers, President Duterte revealed Russia had wanted to keep the donation…

India’s supreme court has closed a legal loophole that allowed men to have sex – even forcibly – with a woman under 18 if she was his wife. Its ruling stated that “sexual intercourse with a girl below 18 years of age is rape regardless of whether she is married or not”. Indian law says a woman must be at least 18 to marry and consent to sex, but there are exceptions. The landmark decision, long demanded by children’s and women’s rights campaigners, closes a loophole that allowed marital sex with girls as young as 15. Read Also Canadian-American family…

US officials have confirmed the release of an American woman, her Canadian husband and their three young children, bringing an end to the couple’s nearly five years in captivity at the hands of a militant group aligned with the Taliban. Troops in Pakistan, working in conjuction with the United States government, secured the release of American Caitlan Coleman and her husband, Canadian Joshua Boyle, Donald Trump said in a statement on Thursday. “Ms Coleman gave birth to the couple’s three children while they were in captivity,” the US president added. “Today they are free.” The couple was kidnapped in Afghanistan…

Former Green Eagles winger, Adegoke Adelabu has advised the leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) not to listen to England U-21 forward, Tammy Abraham, following reports that he has dropped another hint as regards his interest in switching allegiance to Nigeria after Super Eagles’ qualification for Russia 2018 World Cup. During preparation for the Super Eagles’ World Cup qualifier against Zambia, NFF president, Amaju Pinnick claimed that Chelsea striker Abraham, who is on loan at Swansea, had committed to declaring for Nigeria. However, the 19-year-old Abraham quickly distanced himself from the claims. Now according to latest reports, Abraham allegedly…

More actresses have come forward with sexual assault accusations against Harvey Weinstein, the Hollywood mogul. The new claims landed as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as well as the Cannes film festival organization declared the abusive behavior repugnant, but also as film figures warned that such actions have gone virtually unchecked in an industry that for years has seen itself in a progressive light. The Weinstein revelations are just “the tip of the iceberg,” comedy actor and director Rob Schneider told TMZ. “There’s not one actress who doesn’t have a story,” he said, adding that he himself…