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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

Biden Invites Buhari, 39 Other World Leaders To Climate Summit

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari with the United States President, Joe Biden
United States President Joe Biden has invited 40 world leaders, including President Muhammadu Buhari, to a summit on climate holding between April 22 and 23. The summit, billed to holdRead More

Germany’s Move To Return Stolen Benin Bronzes Piles Pressure On Britain

Benin Bronze
There are strong indications that the German authorities may hand over some Benin Bronzes to Nigeria in September, a development which observers said would put pressure on British museum toRead More

UAE Bows To FG’s Demand, Stops Antigen Test For Passengers

Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika
Restricts outbound passengers to 200 in first two weeks N100bn spent on aviation sector, says Sirika The United Arab Emirates (UAE), the host country for Emirates Airlines, has conceded toRead More

FG Highlights Opportunities For Nigeria in AfCFTA

African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
The Federal Government has said it is working to ensure that businesses in the country maximise opportunities in the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). The Senior Special Assistant toRead More

OPEC Slashes Q2 Oil Demand Estimate By 690,000 bpd

Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Says Nigeria produced additional 161,000bpd in February The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) yesterday pruned the demand outlook for crude oil in the next two quarters, in keeping withRead More

Okonjo-Iweala Cautions Nigeria, Others Against Bilateral Trade Agreements

Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has urged Nigeria to guard against entering into unfavourable bilateral trade agreements with rich countries. She advised Nigeria andRead More

Buhari: Niger’s Political Stability, Major Concern To Nigeria

President Muhammadu Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday expressed Nigeria’s commitment to ensuring political stability in the neighbouring Niger Republic, as it is in the best interest of the country to do so. TheRead More

US Pledges Improvements In Visa Applicants’ Experience

United States of America visa
The United States Consulate General in Lagos has unveiled its newly-expanded and renovated consular pavilion that seeks to improve the experience that visa applicants and American citizens in Nigeria. SpeakingRead More

UK Nominates Nigerian Lawyer, Akande, For UN Law Commission

United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has selected Prof. Dapo Akande, as its candidate for the International Law Commission (ILC) for the period between 2023 and 2027. The ILC is a body ofRead More

Biden Moves To Help LGBTQI+ People In Nigeria, Others With Resettlement Visa

US President, Joe Biden
President Joe Biden has issued a presidential memorandum aimed at expanding protection of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer and intersex (LGBTQI) people worldwide, including potentially throughRead More