Nigerian Air Force’s first female combat helicopter pilot, Ms Tolulope Arotile, has died in a road accident. She was barely 23 years of age. It was learnt that Arotile sustained head injuries from the road accident which occurred at NAF Base in Kaduna. NAF in a press statement said the flight officer died on Tuesday. The statement quoted Chief of the Air Staff, Mr Sadique Abubakar, as describing her death as an “irreparable loss”. Arotile, who hailed from Iffe in Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State, recently completed a programme at the Starlite International Training Academy, South Africa. She…

Move settles lawsuit brought by Harvard, MIT; returns to the status quo of guidance issued in the spring The Trump administration has agreed to rescind rules it issued last week barring international students from being in the U.S. if they were taking classes only online, a rare reversal by the government on immigration policy. The action resolves for now a lawsuit filed by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston federal court. It came as officials at the White House and the Department of Homeland Security were considering scaling back the new rules, according to people familiar…

UK's mobile providers are being banned from buying new Huawei 5G equipment after 31 December, and they must also remove all the Chinese firm's 5G kit from their networks by 2027. Digital Secretary, Mr Oliver Dowden told the House of Commons of the decision. It follows sanctions imposed by Washington, which claims the firm poses a national security threat - something Huawei denies. Dowden said the move would delay the country's 5G rollout by a year. The technology promises faster internet speeds and the capacity to support more wireless devices, which should be a boon to everything from mobile gaming…

As part of its focus in bringing people together and building communities, Facebook today announced the 12 African community leaders who have been selected to join Facebook’s Community Accelerator, a six-month programme that aims to equip communities with the training, mentorship, and funding they need to grow. As part of the global Facebook Community Leadership initiative launched in 2018, the Community Accelerator programme invests in leaders who are building communities around the world; including bringing people together, offering encouragement, and driving change. Following the call for applications in March 2020, 77 community leaders from around the world were chosen, with…