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Second arrest in mysterious death of Kim Jong Un’s brother 0

Second arrest in mysterious death of Kim Jong Un’s brother

  A second woman has been arrested over the alleged murder of the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Malaysian police said.   The woman, who was carrying an Indonesian passport, was...

Yahoo notifies users of sophisticated breach methods 0

Yahoo notifies users of sophisticated breach methods

  Yahoo said Wednesday it was notifying some users that hackers may have been able to use a maneuver to break into their accounts without stealing passwords.   The latest notifications were in response...

Disquiet in South East APC over Okorocha’s leadership gaffe 0

Disquiet in South East APC over Okorocha’s leadership gaffe

Rochas Okorocha   It is not yet clear whether the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is the one desperately looking for an inroad to the South East zone through Governor, Rochas Okorocha of Imo...

2017 Federal Budget: Another Movie? 0

2017 Federal Budget: Another Movie?

Babatunde Fashola   Anyone would think that after the intrigues and controversies that attended the 2016 Appropriation Act, a better job would be done with regards to 2017 budget. But no, not in Nigeria....

A Wall Won’t Secure the U.S.-Mexico Border, but Economic Policy Could – by David McAdams 0

A Wall Won’t Secure the U.S.-Mexico Border, but Economic Policy Could – by David McAdams

President Trump campaigned on a promise to “build a great, great wall on our southern border.” After he was inaugurated as president, his administration said it was considering taxing imports from Mexico to cover...

Africa’s New Generation of Innovators 0

Africa’s New Generation of Innovators

For years now, business leaders and investors from around the world have waited for the Africa Rising narrative to shift from promise to reality. The continent has understandably been the focus of increasing investment...

Michael Flynn quits over secret contacts with Russia 0

Michael Flynn quits over secret contacts with Russia

SOME resignations from high office are like the cauterising of a wound: brutal but decisive. Others resemble a battlefield amputation: a painful loss which cannot dispel the sinister whiff of some deeper infection. As...

Trump, Putin and the capitulation of Monroe Doctrine – by Irene Fowler 0

Trump, Putin and the capitulation of Monroe Doctrine – by Irene Fowler

The Monroe Doctrine is the foreign policy proclamation of President James Monroe, the fifth American President. It was made in 1823 and stated that any efforts by European nations to start new colonies in...

“Leave him; he’s our thief!”  – by Emeka Oparah 0

“Leave him; he’s our thief!” – by Emeka Oparah

Andrew Yakubu   I don't know whether it's me or there are others in agreement with me, but I'm of the considered opinion that one of the reasons corruption in the public and private...

Donald Trump seeks a grand bargain with Vladimir Putin 0

Donald Trump seeks a grand bargain with Vladimir Putin

George W. Bush looked into Vladimir Putin’s eyes and thought he saw his soul. He was wrong. Barack Obama attempted to “reset” relations with Russia, but by the end of his term in office...