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1. Introduction The Internet Code of Practice 2026 (“2026 Code”), which came into effect on February 13, 2026, marks a significant milestone in Nigeria’s digital regulatory landscape. Issued by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) pursuant to Section 70 of the Nigerian Communications Act 2003 (the Act), the 2026 code replaces the Internet Code of Practice 2019 (“2019 Code”). The 2026 Code reflects a more complex and interconnected digital ecosystem, recognising that internet governance now extends beyond traditional Internet Access Service Providers (IASPs) to a wider range of digital actors. Alongside the 2026 Code, the Commission published Guidance Notes for the Implementation…

Every now and again a game appears with a premise so outrageous you stop in your tracks to take it all in. Denshattack!, a game about kickflipping trains across a dystopian future Japan, is the epitome of this feeling. Set in a post climate disaster world, people have retreated to corporate-owned domed cities to live out their days in air-conditioned, ignorant comfort. Save for a handful of outcasts, the rest of the country is a mess of broken infrastructure, where rival gangs battle it out on the ruins of Japan’s famously extensive rail network. Naive upstart Emi has one goal:…

Wildfires cast a pall of smoke this week over Greater Manchester, whose former mayor Andy Burnham stands on the threshold of No 10. Amid three UK heatwaves so far this year, which have killed thousands of people in England and Wales, damaged harvests and left children crying in classrooms, the new prime minister’s plans for the climate crisis remain as shrouded as his city.“Burnham has been very quiet about the climate [crisis] so far,” says Chris Venables, an environmental campaigner and fellow at the Green Alliance thinktank. “I don’t think [it] is at the forefront of his mind, but that…

Uganda has commenced a 42-day countdown towards being declared Ebola-free following the discharge of its final patient from an isolation unit. According to a Reuters report, the patient’s release from Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala on Thursday morning triggered the mandatory waiting period required by the World Health Organisation (WHO) before an outbreak can be officially declared over. Under WHO guidelines, a country may only be declared free of an Ebola outbreak if no new confirmed cases are recorded within 42 consecutive days following the recovery or death of the last patient. Uganda’s Ministry of Health reported 20 confirmed…

Prosecutor Diane Ngomsik told AFP news agency that the volunteer firefighter, 18, had initially confessed to “setting fire to twigs with a lighter and petrol” before retracting it.BFMTV said a second 18-year old man had also been placed under formal investigation – a stage in French criminal procedure which may lead to formal charges and a subsequent trial.The Fontainebleau forest blaze partially closed the country’s main north-south motorway since it started last Sunday.President Macron said 10% of the forest had been burned, and hailed the fact that there had been no victims so far.The forest is home to the Palace…

Key eventsWICKET!! Kohli c Rashid b Archer 65 (India 178-4)Jofra Archer comes back with one job: to break this partnership. And he does! Kohli skews a pull, gets a leading edge and presents a catch to Rashid at third man.Share31st over: India 177-3 (Kohli 65, Shreyas 42) That spell from Jacks was a one-over job. Brook brings back Rashid, which is music to Shreyas’s ears: he plays a lap for two and a straight drive for six. Rashid almost bites back, drawing a chip which he can’t quite turn into a caught-and-bowled. The partnership is already 65, off 63 balls.ShareUpdated…

After Wednesday’s nomination hearing by the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, it remains an open question as to whether Dr. Erica Schwartz, a highly credentialed Coast Guard doctor, will become the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.    But one thing came across clearly during the two-hour hearing: Senators from both parties have had more than enough of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and anyone aligned with him.    Committee Chairman Bill Cassidy, a Republican physician from Louisiana, opened the hearing with a red line. He made clear, as he addressed…

Argentine players display the Falklands banner after the game. Photo: Getty Images A British minister Thursday called for FIFA to investigate after Argentina’s players held up a banner reading “Las Malvinas son Argentinas” (The Falklands are Argentine) after their 2-1 victory over England. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Downing Street office backed the calls by Business Minister Peter Kyle following the World Cup semi-final match. Kyle called the flag waving an “egregious violation” of FIFA rules which ban political symbols on the field of play. “The World Cup might not be ours, but the Falkland Islands definitely are,” a Downing Street…

Argentina faces potential FIFA sanctions following their dramatic semi-final victory over England after members of the squad displayed a banner reading “Las Malvinas son Argentinas” (“The Falklands are Argentine”). The political statement, brandished during post-match celebrations, could be deemed a breach of FIFA regulations concerning political messaging. A Long-standing Dispute The Falkland Islands, a British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic, have been the subject of a decades-long sovereignty dispute between Argentina and the United Kingdom. This tension culminated in the 1982 Falklands War, a 74-day conflict that claimed the lives of 655 Argentine service members, 255 British service members,…

IRS CEO Frank Bisignano, who has been tapped to lead the expansion of Trump Accounts, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Thursday that he expects every family could someday have one of the new tax-deferred investment accounts for children.”We have the ability to enroll people very simply, and I think the objective is to have 70 million children under 18 to have a Trump Account,” Bigisnano said. So far, families have signed up 6.5 million children, according to a July 10 tally from the U.S. Treasury Department.”We should have every family enrolled in a Trump Account,” Bisignano said.Read more CNBC personal…