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Gunmen attacked a university community in Nigeria’s central Plateau state on Sunday night, killing ​at least 13 people, residents and local officials ‌said, the latest violence in a region long plagued by deadly farmer-herder conflicts. Violence in central Nigeria, also known as Middle ​Belt, is often painted as ethno-religious between ​mainly Muslim Fulani herders and Christian farmers. But ⁠many experts and politicians say climate change and expanding ​agriculture are creating competition for land, leading to conflict, ​regardless of faith or ethnicity. Residents said the gunmen arrived in the Gari Ya Waye community of Angwan Rukuba district and ​shot at people…

The leader of Taiwan’s largest opposition party, the Kuomintang (KMT), will visit China in April after being invited ‌by Chinese President Xi Jinping, a trip that will come a month before U.S. President Donald Trump goes to Beijing for his own summit. Former lawmaker Cheng Li-wun won election as KMT chairwoman in October and has signalled a swing towards even closer ties with Beijing than her predecessor ​Eric Chu, who did not visit China during his term as chairman that began in 2021. China, which views democratic ​Taiwan as its own territory, refuses to speak to the government of President…

South Korea is considering extending driving curbs to the general public if global oil prices climb further, senior officials ​said, as authorities seek to rein in energy demand amid supply strains due to the U.S.-Israeli war ‌with Iran. Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol said on Sunday the government could expand restrictions on passenger car use beyond public institutions if crude prices rise to around $120–$130 a barrel, up from the current $100–$110 range. South Korea is considering extending driving curbs to the general public if global oil prices climb further, senior officials ​said, as authorities seek to rein in energy demand…

Spain has closed its airspace to U.S. planes involved ​in attacks on Iran, a step beyond its ‌previous denial of use of jointly-operated military bases, Defence Minister Margarita Robles said on Monday. “We don’t authorize either the use of military bases ​or the use of airspace for actions related ​to the war in Iran,” she told reporters ⁠in Madrid Spanish newspaper El Pais had first reported ​the news on Monday, citing military sources. The closure of the airspace forces military ​planes to bypass NATO member Spain en route to their targets in the Middle East, but it does not include emergency…

The high-level meeting marked the conclusion of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS+20), a process launched in the early 2000s to guide global cooperation on digital development, access and inclusion, at a time when the internet was only starting to become an essential part of everyday life.Two decades later, delegates said the challenge is no longer simply getting people online but ensuring that digital technologies – including AI – are governed in ways that protect human rights, build trust and close widening digital gaps.Why the summit mattersWSIS was created in 2003 to help countries work together on the…

OpenAI’s decision last week to shut down Sora, its AI video-generation tool, just six months after releasing it to the public raised immediate suspicions. The app had invited users to upload their own faces — so was this some kind of elaborate data grab? According to a new WSJ investigation, the real explanation is considerably more boring: Sora was a money pit that nobody was using, and keeping it alive was costing OpenAI the AI race. So what happened? After a splashy launch, Sora’s worldwide user count peaked at around a million and then collapsed to fewer than 500,000. Meanwhile,…

Lagos Taskforce Chairman Adetayo Akerele has alleged blackmail by Social Media Operators over seized vehicles.   NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the Chairman of the Lagos State Taskforce, Adetayo Akerele, has broken his silence over recent online attacks against him, alleging that the criticism stems from his refusal to grant special favours to certain social media operators seeking the release of impounded vehicles.   Akerele disclosed this during a radio programme, Bosenlo, aired on Lagos Traffic Radio 96.1FM, where he accused individuals identified as Sheriffdeen Ojon and Objectv of orchestrating a coordinated campaign to tarnish his reputation and undermine the credibility…

Nigeria recorded a sharp increase in capital inflows in 2025 with total foreign investment rising to $23.22 billion from $12.32 billion in 2024, driven largely by renewed interest in high-yield financial instruments following recent economic reforms. Data released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed that foreign portfolio investment accounted for the bulk of inflows, highlighting a strong return of short-term capital into the country’s financial markets. Foreign portfolio investment surged to $19.74 billion, up from $8.38 billion in the previous year, representing approximately 85 percent of total capital inflows. The increase reflects heightened investor appetite for Nigeria’s fixed income…

By Yinka Kolawole THE Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has raised alarm over the escalating military confrontation involving the United States, Israel and Iran, warning that Nigeria’s chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturers face the gravest risk as global economic shocks ripple through the industrial sector. In a statement, Director General of MAN, Segun Ajayi-Kadir, said the intensifying Middle East crisis has sent “shockwaves across the global macroeconomic landscape,” threatening to reverse recent gains in Nigeria’s economy, including easing inflation, which recently moderated to 15.10 per cent, and improved manufacturing capacity utilisation that had climbed above 60 per cent. According to him,…

By Progress Godfrey The Federal Government has formalised a major agreement to deploy the Products Authentication and Tracking System (PATS), in a decisive move to tackle counterfeit and substandard goods and restore confidence in Nigeria’s markets. According to a statement by the ministry on Thursday, the agreement was signed in Abuja under a Public-Private Partnership arrangement, bringing together the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), and Conformity Management Solutions Limited, with technology support from SICPA of Switzerland, to strengthen product verification, traceability and consumer protection.…