Rwanda and DR Congo 'battle over kidnapped soldier'

Rwandan forces and troops from DR Congo are fighting each other on their shared border, the Congolese information minister says.

Lambert Mende told the BBC the battle began when a unit of Rwandan soldiers crossed over the border and attacked early on Wednesday.

After fighting for nearly two hours, the Rwandans kidnapped an army corporal and went home, he said.

FRAUD: Police Ordered to Arrest Sanusi, the new Emir Of Kano

According to a report by sahara Reporters, the Nigerian police have been ordered to arrest the newly-crowned Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, on fraud-related charges stemming from his tenure as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

According to reliable sources at the

Google Confirms Purchase Of Satellite Startup Skybox Imaging For $500M

Google is today confirming that it has purchased Skybox Imaging, the satellite startup that we reported it was close to acquiring last month. The price is somewhat lower than we had heard it would be: $500 million rather than close to the $1 billion our sources had told us.

Once the deal closes, Skybox’s employees will wear a few different hats.

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Facebook explains why your organic Page reach has dwindled

when Facebook adjusted the algorithm in December 2013 to determine what a user sees in their Newsfeed, anyone that had a Facebook Page saw a dramatic drop in organic reach in posts. Today, Facebook explains what happening.

VIDEO+PHOTOS: Unlilag in hot protest over payment of editing of course form

The issue of the editing of the course form of unilag has being on for a while; students are unable to edit their course form, unilag Management has insisted that a sum of 20,000 must be paid has late payment for editing course form which has aggregated the anger of the students, many students are being affected by this new law instigated by unilag Management

NASA bringing high-speed Internet access coming to the moon?

Laser just got cooler. After three years of development, researchers from NASA and MIT are set to debut the moon Internet, Time.com reports.

It sounds a tad spacey, but this technology uses lasers to transmit data to and from the moon resulting in super-fast Internet speed. Time adds, "the test apparently achieved upload speeds of 19.44 megabits per second and download speeds of 622 megabits per second over the 384,633km between earth and the moon."

Sony to stop selling PlayStation Portable

TOKYO –  Sony Corp. is pulling the plug on its hand-held PlayStation Portable video game machine after 10 years.

The Japanese electronics and entertainment company has been pushing the successor machine, PlayStation Vita.

Tokyo-based Sony said Tuesday that PSP shipments ended in North America in January, will end in Japan this month and later this year in Europe.

Google launches 64-bit version of Chrome, starting with Dev and Canary channels for Windows 7 and Windows 8

Google today announced the debut of a 64-bit version of Chrome for Windows, starting with the introduction of 64-bit Dev and Canary channels for Windows 7 and Windows 8 users. You can download both now from their respective pages: Dev and Canary.

It’s worth noting that in both cases the 64-bit version is offered by default if you are running a 64-bit flavor of Windows, though the 32-bit version is still available. This would suggest Google eventually plans to serve up the 64-bit version of Chrome as the default version for 64-bit Windows users.

Ebola death toll hits 208 in Guinea

Some 208 people have now died from the Ebola virus in Guinea after a deadly spike in recent days, world health officials say.

At least 21 people died and 37 new cases of suspected Ebola were found between 29 May and 1 June, bringing the total number of cases in the West African country to 328.

Of these, 193 have been confirmed by laboratory tests.

Facebook deletes FEMEN movement's account without any explanation

The administration of Facebook has deleted the account of FEMEN International that had more than 80,000 subscribers.

"For the first time, the Facebook administration accused FEMEN in 'propagation of pornography'; this time it didn't explain the reason," the statement published on FEMEN's website says.

Islam and Boko Haram: Sultan of Sokoto voyage of discovery

THE most respected Sultan of Sokoto; His Eminence, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar 111, is also the President of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs. He fits into that office appropriately and deservingly too. The office of the Sultan of Sokoto, being the Head and ruler of the Caliphate, bestows on the occupant the privilege of “first among equals” within the world comity of Islamic brotherhood.

Mubi blast: Survivors tell tales of gory experiences

…as 37 die in clash

Some of the survivors of Sunday’s bomb explosion in a viewing centre in Mubi, Adamawa State, which claimed 18 lives, recounted their experiences, yesterday, even as no fewer than 37 people died, yesterday, when a militia formed by some villages clashed with Boko Haram terrorists.

Power situation to worsen as FG shuts 2 gas stations

ABUJA—THE power supply situation is expected to worsen over the next three weeks as the Federal Government, yesterday, announced plans to shut down the gas power plants that supply electricity to Utorogu and Ughelli East in Delta State for maintenance.

Minister of Power, Professor Chinedu Nebo, who made the announcement in Abuja, explained that the action was in line with efforts to consolidate on successes recently recorded in improved electricity supply to homes and businesses in many parts of the country.

Dan Martin back training after fracture: ‘I feel pretty good’

Three weeks after suffering the first fracture of his career, Dan Martin has clocked up several outdoor spins and is working towards a racing return that could potentially see him ride the Tour de France.

The Irishman is tight-lipped about his chances of doing the race, saying that the Garmin-Sharp team will make its own announcement of the line-up, but being able to train pain-free gives him the opportunity to build form for the French event if he does indeed ride.

Apple Launches Swift, A New Programming Language For Writing iOS And OS X Apps

At its WWDC developer event today, Apple surprised all of the developers in the audience by launching a new programming language called Swift. This new language seems to be poised to replace Objective-C as the main programming language on Apple’s platforms.

Swift will use the same LLVM compiler and runtime as Apple’s Objective-C implementation, so Swift and Objective-C code can live side-by-side in the same application. The language provides access to all of the Cocoa and Cocoa Touch features developers are currently used to from Objective-C.

Ukraine Crisis Part 2 - Live Updates: 'Lugansk People's Republic's' health minister killed - militia

The health minister of the "Lugansk People's Republic" was killed by a bomb allegedly dropped on the regional administration headquarters by a Ukrainian government warplane on Monday, a spokesman for the unilaterally proclaimed republic said.

Google will reportedly spend over $1 billion to build satellites that deliver internet access

google is planning to spend over $1 billion — and possibly up to $3 billion — on satellites that can bring internet access to regions around the world that still don’t have connectivity, the Wall Street Journal reports. The project is said to kick off with 180 “small, high-capacity satellites” that circle around earth at lower altitudes than the traditional ones.

Pirate Bay Co-Founder Peter Sunde Arrested Years After Conviction

Peter Sunde, the co-founder of the BitTorrent file-sharing website Pirate Bay, has been arrested in Southern Sweden.

Reuters reports that Sunde’s arrest followed several years on the run following an earlier conviction for Pirate Bay-related copyright violations — although Sunde has remained visible and active within the tech scene over this period.

Nigeria kidnapped girls: Support rallies banned in Abuja

Nigerian police have banned public protests in the capital Abuja for the release of more than 200 schoolgirls seized by Islamist militants in April.

Abuja police commissioner Joseph Mbu said the rallies were "now posing a serious security threat".