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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has refuted claims made by former Facebook product manager turned whistleblower Frances Haugen, in a testimony to the US Senate on Capitol Hill yesterday. In the testimony, Haugen described…
There is mounting pressure on the United States government to designate secessionist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a terrorist organisation. An article in Washington Times is calling on US authorities…
Maricopa County, Arizona, said Thursday that a draft report from a company in a contentious, partisan review of November's election has confirmed the winners. The "draft report from Cyber Ninjas confirms the county's…
The House of Representatives has called for the identification and release of Nigerians imprisoned in other countries across the world. The House particularly urged the Federal Government to “intervene and secure the…
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has listed six Nigerians as financiers of Boko Haram and terror activities. State-run WAM news agency reports that the information was released at the country’s federal cabinet meeting in…
The hacker behind one of the largest cryptocurrency heists to date has returned almost half of the $600m (£433m) stolen assets. On Tuesday, the firm affected, Poly Network wrote a letter on Twitter, asking the…
Schools in a county in the southeastern US state of Georgia will pay $1,000 bonuses to staff who are vaccinated against Covid-19 in a bid to protect themselves from the resurgent pandemic, authorities said. With that…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has received a warrant from US Court to arrest Nigeria’s police commissioner Abba Kyari. Otis Wright of the United States District Court for the Central District of California…
The prosecutor general’s office in Madagascar has said it foiled an assassination attempt on President Andry Rajoelina, and arrested several “foreign and Malagasy” suspects. Two French people are among several arrested…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Texas Department of State Health Services confirmed on July 15 a case of human monkeypox in a U.S. resident who recently traveled from Nigeria to the United…
A delegation of senior US security and justice officials on Sunday arrived in Haiti to assess the security situation. The team will also meet three Haitian politicians. each of whom is claiming to be the country's…
A woman who called in sick to watch England's Euros semi-final has been sacked after a TV camera zoomed in on her celebrating Three Lions' equaliser against Denmark. Nina Farooqi's boss spotted her as images of her and…
A boxer who killed his brother with a single punch has been jailed for five years and two months. Dominic Robson has been jailed for manslaughter after he killed his brother, Jordan Bell, outside a bar in Sunderland in…
An 11-year-old boy has graduated with a bachelor’s degree in physics at the University of Antwerp, Belgium Laurent Simons, from Oostende on the Flemish coast, Belgium, successfully completed a three-year course in one…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared China malaria-free, after a 70-year effort to wipe it out. China used to report 30 million cases a year during the 1940s. Since then, eradication efforts have driven down…
Former South African president, Jacob Zuma has been sentenced to 15 months in prison after being found guilty for defying a court order to appear before an inquiry probing wide-ranging allegations of corruption during…
The fatal shooting of a black man by a police officer in the US city of Brooklyn Center in Minnesota was an accident, the police chief has said. Daunte Wright, 20, was shot after the officer meant to use a Taser, but…
The Buckingham Palace has announced the passing away of Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II. Prince Philip died at the age of 99. The prince married Princess Elizabeth in 1947, five years before she became…
Former President Donald Trump dropped nearly 300 spots on the 2021 Forbes billionaires list after losing $1.1billion in the four years he served in the White House. Trump is worth $2.4billion, landing him at No. 1,299…
An emergency curfew has been imposed for Miami Beach as thousands gathered to celebrate spring break - with reports of fights breaking out. Revellers had been warned by US authorities to "vacation responsibly or be…
