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Mark Zuckerberg Reveals How President Biden’s Administration Pressured Meta To Censor COVID-19 Contents

Mark Zuckerberg
Meta Platforms CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, has accused senior officials from the Joe Biden Administration of pressuring his company to censor certain COVID-19 content, including humour and satire, in 2021. In a statement on Monday addressed to Jim Jordan Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and Jerrold Nadler, the committee’s Ranking Member, Zuckerberg revealed that his teams faced repeated demands from the White House to remove specific contents from Meta’s platforms. Zuckerberg stated that while Meta made its own decisions regarding content removal, the pressure exerted by the government was inappropriate. I believe the government pressure was wrong, and I regretRead More

Ghana Police Rescue 10 Nigerians Trafficked Into Country For Internet Fraud

Ghana Police
The police at Baatsona have rescued some 10 Nigerian nationals from their traffickers in Accra, following a successful tip-off. According to information from the Baatsona Police, the men were rescuedRead More

Nigeria Man Faces Murder Charges For Allegedly Killing Teacher In Ghana

Law court
A 42-year-old Nigerian trader, Emeka Adams who was paraded for murder in Ghana, has been remanded in police custody by a district Magistrate Court in Adenta Municipality, Ghana. The courtRead More

Seven Nigerians Sentenced To Long Jail-Terms In Togo For Attempting To Hijack Ship

maritime piracy
Seven Nigerians, who were part of a team that attempted to hijack a ship in Togolese waters in May 2019, have been sentenced to long prison terms during a trialRead More

UK Proposes Life Sentence For People Smugglers, Four Years Jail Term For Illegal Migrants

UK court
The United Kingdom has disclosed that its Parliament is working on stiffer penalty for migrants arrested entering the country without permission and people smugglers amid a record-breaking rise in arrivalsRead More

Coronavirus Infections In Tokyo Continue To Rise Ahead Of Olympics

Olympic Games
Coronavirus numbers continue to rise in Tokyo three weeks ahead of the start of the Olympics, with 716 infections announced on Saturday over the past 24 hours. Broadcaster NHK quotedRead More

Kenya Denies Involvement In Arrest, Extradition Of Kanu

Leader of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu
Challenges those making allegation to state when, where, how and who was involved in the arrest Kenyan High Commissioner to Nigeria, Amb. Wilfred Machage, has denied the involvement of hisRead More

Court Jails Former South African President, Jacob Zuma

South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma
South Africa’s former President, Jacob Zuma has been sentenced to 15 months in jail by the country’s highest court. He has been given five days to hand himself in toRead More

Hospital Seeks Help In Locating Family Of Nigerian Man Knocked Down By Vehicle In Ghana

37 Military Hospital
The 37 Military Hospital has called on the general public to identify two persons admitted to their facility after a vehicular knockdown. The patient was rushed to the hospital’s traumaRead More

Mailed Drugs Lead To Arrest Of Nigerian, Thai Woman

Illegal drugs
Officials arrested a Nigerian man and a Thai woman for allegedly possessing cocaine and separately seized about half a kilogramme of heroin destined for Australia. Wichai Chaimongkol, secretary-general of theRead More