Tag Archives: MasterCard

RE – In Defense of the Nigerian Jet Pastors

December 13, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

BY Justine John DYIKUK As a TELL reader, I enjoy Tundun Adeyemo’s reflections.  Her piece on ‘Religion, Pastors and their Jets’ dated December 3, 2012 was on point and timely too. Despite its revolutionary stance, I feel that it has … read more »

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Nigeria surpasses 5 million Visa cards milestone

May 29, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Visa, one of the world’s leading payment networks, announced at the weekend that its client financial institutions in Nigeria have surpassed 5 million cards in market. Country Manager for Visa West Africa, Ade Ashaye said with this achievement, Nigeria’s banking … read more »

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WikiLeaks’ 16th minute

January 19, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Jack Shafer This piece originally appeared in Reuters Magazine, a special edition publication ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. In late October, a deflated Julian Assange called a press conference in London to announce he may … read more »

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Tunisia: Anonymous activists target government sites

January 4, 2011 by benim

Key websites of the Tunisian government have been taken offline by a group that recently attacked sites and services perceived to be anti-Wikileaks. Sites belonging to the Ministry of Industry and the Tunisian Stock Exchange were amongst seven targeted by … read more »

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Skype Still Struggling After Worldwide Outage

December 23, 2010 by benim

A significant number of people are still unable to use the Skype Internet communication service nearly 24 hours after technical glitches brought down the company’s network. Around 9 a.m. EST Thursday morning, the company Tweeted that as many as 10 … read more »

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WikiLeaks: Julian Assange rape case ‘abuse’ of legal process and will fail, court told

December 15, 2010 by benim

The “rape” charges against Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder are unfounded, based on a lack of evidence and would lead to his acquittal, a court has heard. The case against the Australian was an “abuse of process” and should be … read more »

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Assange’s Mom: Son Remains ‘True to Ideals’

December 14, 2010 by benim

In a 10-minute prison phone call to his mother, Julian Assange said that his “convictions are unfaltering” and that he remains “true to the ideals” of WikiLeaks’ work. “This circumstance shall not shake them,” Christine Assange quoted her jailed son … read more »

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MasterCard website hit; may have been attacked by WikiLeaks supporters

December 8, 2010 by benim

PURCHASE, N.Y. – The website for MasterCard suffered severe technical problems Wednesday, possibly the result of attacks by hackers supporting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Credit cards were not affected. Supporters of the organization, which has released thousands of classified government … read more »

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