A Pakistani-American man accused of raping and beheading his girlfriend, the daughter of a former ambassador, went on trial Wednesday in the capital Islamabad. The brutal murder of Noor Mukadam, 27, in July sparked protests across the country and calls for reform to Pakistan's gender violence laws. Zahir Jaffer, 30, from a wealthy industrialist family,…

In pursuance of the heinous onslaught of Osama bin Laden at the aftermath of September 11, 2001, the NATO troops and the US led Allies headed for Afghanistan; to pre-empt any further sordid event, and prevent Afghanistan from being used as a criminal hide-out to launch such deadly attack, even after apprehending Osama bin Laden.…

President Muhammadu Buhari is at the moment holding a meeting with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Erdogan, who arrived Abuja Tuesday evening, is expected to also hold bilateral talks with President Buhari, as the two leaders are expected to consider about 24 agreements and Memoranda of Understanding (MOU)…

Nigerian singer-songwriter and producer, Okwudili Okoli, professionally known as 6UFF, has said songwriters, and producers deserve more credit than they receive. The Anambra-born producer stated this while addressing some major challenges confronting the Nigerian music industry. According to him, a song will be a fruitless effort without the contributions of producers, songwriters, and engineers. "A…

Recent findings by McKinsey shows that many organizations are experiencing one or more failure modes as part of their cloud journey. The reason for these failures were attributed to lack of flexibility and cost optimisation benefits despite migrating to public cloud platforms, and chaotic on-premise cloud environments leading to security risks. As organizations continue to…