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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

ECOWAS Suspends Mali Until Return To Civil Rule

Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS)
Mali has been suspended from the West African regional bloc, Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) until the current military dictators vacate office and the country returns to civilRead More

Elumelu Urges Africa’s Leaders To Prioritise Youth Empowerment, Job Creation

Okonjo-Iweala reiterates calls for debt restructuring in Africa The Chairman of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) and Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Mr. Tony Elumelu, yesterday urgedRead More

W’Bank Mulls COVID-19 Vaccine Production In Africa

World Bank
Begins consultations with stakeholders The World Bank will in the next few weeks make some major announcements concerning its efforts to commence the production of COVID-19 vaccines in some AfricanRead More

EU To Remove Ghana From Money Laundering Countries

President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
Considers Ghana as a Manufacturing Hub for Covid-19 Vaccines European Union has announced plans to remove Ghana from the list of countries that are deficient anti-money laundering and terrorism financing.Read More

JPMorgan: Big Institutional Investors Dumping Bitcoin, Going Back Into Gold

Bitcoin
Based on open interest in CME Bitcoin futures contracts, the firm said large investors are shifting away from Bitcoin after favoring the digital currency over gold beginning last fall. TheRead More

Shiba Inu Crypto Investors Turn Multimillionaires After Almost Jobless, Relying On Stimulus Checks

Crypto millionaire
Two brothers have shared the story of how they became millionaires after investing in Shiba Inu, the cryptocurrency nicknamed “dogecoin killer,” for just under two months. Before the investment, theRead More

Buhari Canvasses Debt Relief For African Countries

President Muhammadu Buhari
Says PPP will stem corruption President Muhammadu Buhari has canvassed for debt relief for African countries by European nations and international financial institutions. This is just as he gave anRead More

Apapa Traffic Gridlock May Hurt AfCFTA’s Gains, Operators Warn

Apapa gridlock
Some members of the organised private sector (OPS) have decried the lack of political will to address the perennial traffic congestion around the Apapa ports, saying the gridlock could hurtRead More

BORBDA, Koster Keunen West Africa, Others Sign MoU On Honey Bee Production In Nigeria

The MOU was signed in Benin City at the weekend by the Managing Director, Mr. Saliu Osifuemhe Ahmed, the representatives of Koster Keunen West Africa and Old Levi Multibiz Services Ltd.
In an effort to boost honey production in Nigeria and the West African sub-region, the Benin Owena River Basin Development Authority (BORBDA) has signed a memorandum of Understanding with off-takersRead More

Campbell: British Museum Holds over 700 Pieces Of Benin Bronzes

Former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr. John Campbell
The British Museum, the world’s first national public museum, currently holds 700 pieces of the Benin Bronzes collection, more than any other museum and other institutions globally, a former UnitedRead More