IN today’s tech-driven world, where digital interactions form a core part of daily life, online safety and privacy have become urgent issues that demand proactive attention. This is particularly true in the Global South, where rapid digitalisation offers new opportunities but also heightens exposure to cyber threats and privacy invasions. …

  Ghana government has firmly rejected recent claims that Islamist militants from Burkina Faso are using its northern territory as a logistical and medical support base. In response to a Reuters report alleging that Ghana’s northern border serves as a critical supply line for insurgents, the Ministry of National Security issued a statement …

  NAMIBIA will hold its presidential and parliamentary elections on Wednesday, November 27, declared a public holiday to facilitate high voter turnout. The announcement was made by President Nangolo Mbumba, who assumed office in February following the passing of Hage Geingob, Namibia’s former president. In a statement released by the Namibian …

THE Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has endorsed a bill in the National Assembly seeking to amend the 1999 constitution to provide seat reservations for women in the National and State Assemblies. The Council in a communique issued on Sunday in Abuja after its second roundtable, with the theme: “64 …

  Gov. Douye Diri, of Bayelsa, has approved N80,000 as the new minimum wage for workers in the state’s civil service with effect from November 1. Diri also approved an increase in the monthly pension of retired workers as well as N7 billion to reduce outstanding gratuity liabilities. This is …

THE Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), on Sunday, confirmed that no additional bodies have been found at the site of Thursday’s crash involving the Sikorsky SK76 helicopter in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. In an update, the NNPCL spokesman, Olufemi Soneye, said search and rescue operations by the relevant authorities …

AT the just-ended Commonwealth summit in Samoa, 56 leaders, including UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, agreed that ‘the time has come’ for a meaningful conversation on reparations for the transatlantic slave trade. Despite the UK’s prior stance against including reparations on the agenda, the final joint statement acknowledges calls for ‘reparatory …

Namibia will hold its presidential and parliamentary elections on Wednesday, November 27, declared a public holiday to facilitate high voter turnout. The announcement was made by President Nangolo Mbumba, who assumed office in February following the passing of Hage Geingob, Namibia’s former president. In a statement released by the Namibian …

THE Inspector-General of Police, IGP kayode Egbetokun on Saturday ordered a discreet investigation into the altercation between officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC and the Nigeria Police Force in Osogbo, Osun State. The order was in response to a viral video of public confrontation between officers …

  A Resident doctor from the Federal Medical Center, Abeokuta, Olutoke Abraham, has decried the belief that minimal sexual activity is a contributor to prostate cancer. Abraham clarified that African men aged 50 and above are prone to having this cancer, adding that smoking and obesity, among others, have also …