Mark Zuckerberg Regrets Censoring Content On Facebook, Instagram During Pandemic
Mark Zuckerberg, Meta's CEO says he regrets bowing to what he calls pressure from the Biden administration to "censor" content on Facebook and Instagram during the coronavirus pandemic. In a letter sent to a US House committee chair, he said some material – including humour and satire – was taken down in 2021 under pressure from senior officials. The White House...
Two Killed, 1 Injured As Plane Tyre Explodes In U.S. Airport
Two people have reportedly been killed and another person injured after a plane tyre exploded at an Atlanta airport on Tuesday in the United States. According to media reports, the tyre of the plane exploded as it was being removed at the Delta Airlines operations facility at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The airport which is located in the southeastern part of...
Four Nigerians Jailed For Issuing Fake Marriage Licenses In UK
Four Nigerian gangs were sentenced to 13 years in prison for 2,000 fake marriage licenses, allowing Nigerians to reside in UK without authorization. Abraham Alade Olarotimi Onifade, 41, Abayomi Aderinsoye Shodipo, 38, Nosimot Mojisola Gbadamosi, 31, and Adekunle Kabir, 54, made fraudulent EU Settlement Scheme applications for Nigerian nationals between March 2019 and May last year, the Home Office said. According...
Texas Judge Halts President Biden’s Immigration Policy Amidst Legal Challenge
A Texas judge on Monday ordered a temporary pause on a policy that would streamline the process for spouses of US citizens to obtain legal status in the country, a blow to one of US President Joe Biden’s biggest immigration reform policies. Judge J. Campbell Barker granted a 14-day administrative stay in a case brought by the Republican attorneys general...
Escalating Conflict In Israel, Lebanon Sparks Fears Of Wider War
US President Joe Biden is said to be “closely monitoring events in Israel and Lebanon" after a huge increase in military strikes on Sunday sparked fears a wider conflict could soon break out in the region. Israel's military says it is staging pre-emptive airstrikes inside Lebanon targeting positions of the Shiite militia Hezbollah in a major escalation that could threaten...
ISIL Claims Responsibility For Deadly Knife Attack In Germany’s Solingen
ISIL (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for a knife attack in Solingen, Germany that killed three people and wounded eight others, according to the group’s Amaq news site. In a statement on Saturday, the group said the perpetrator targeted Christians and was a “soldier of the Islamic State” who carried out the attack “to avenge Muslims in Palestine and everywhere”. The attack took...
Donald Trump, An Unserious Man – Kamala Harris
US presidential candidate, Kamala Harris, has launched an unexpected verbal attack against Donald Trump. During her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) – four days of a star-studded and super-charged convention in Chicago, the vice-president reminded Americans of the “chaos and calamity” her Republican rival oversaw when he was in office. She said: “We know what a second Trump term would look like. READ...
Russia Erects Concrete Shelters In Kursk
Local authorities are undertaking measures to improve civilian safety as a result of ongoing Ukrainian incursions into Russia’s Kursk region. Acting Governor Alexei Smirnov announced the installation of concrete shelters in crowded areas, including bus stations, in the city of Kursk and the towns of Zheleznogorsk and Kurchatov. Since August 6th, when Ukrainian forces breached the border, fighting has disrupted the...
Joe Biden Opens Up On Withdrawal From Presidential Contest
President Joe Biden has revealed that he was not angry at all the people who said he should step down from the 2024 United States presidential race, adding that his love for his country and the need to preserve democracy convinced him to step down, CBS News reports. Biden took the stage on the first night of the Democratic National...
Nigerian Man Arrested In US For Alleged $10 Million COVID-19 Unemployment Benefits Fraud
A Nigerian man, who reportedly conspired to fraudulently obtain at least $10 million in COVID-19 unemployment benefits from the United States government has been arrested, US authorities said. The US attorney’s office, district of Massachusetts, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, saying that the Nigerian with the name Yomi Jones Olayeye, a.k.a “Sabbie,” from Lagos State, was arrested on...
