Meta shuts fake news monitoring tool ahead US presidential poll

By Idowu Abdullahi A digital tool considered vital in tracking viral falsehoods, CrowdTangle will be decommissioned by Facebook owner Meta in a major election year, a move researchers fear will disrupt efforts to... Read more »

Biden slammed for declaring Easter Sunday as Transgender day

By Okiki Adeduyite US President, Joe Biden’s announcement of declaring this Easter Sunday as Transgender Day of Visibility has generated significant controversy. Although March 31 has always been set aside to honour the... Read more »

Guinea-Bissau former president’s son jailed in US

Agency Report The son of a former president of Guinea-Bissau was sentenced to more than six and a half years in prison for involvement in a transnational heroin trafficking conspiracy, the US... Read more »

Mom, others hail death sentence on Chinese who killed lover

Tukur Muntari and Dayo Oyewo Hajiya Fatima Zubairu, the mother of Ummulkhulsum Buhari who was killed by her Chinese boyfriend, Frank Geng Quarong, has commended the death sentence slammed on Quarong by... Read more »

Teens in Gaza hoping to be killed to end their ‘nightmare’ – UN

The situation in war-ravaged Gaza is so desperate that teenagers are now saying they hope to be swiftly killed to escape the “nightmare”, a spokesman for the UN children’s agency said Tuesday. “The unspeakable... Read more »

Spain police detain 18-year-old for promoting terrorism online

Agency Report Police said Tuesday they had arrested an 18-year-old Spaniard of Moroccan origin who had engaged in “intensive (online) efforts to encourage terrorism” and had ties with other radical jihadists abroad.... Read more »

Court sentences Chinese to death for killing Nigerian girlfriend

By Tukur Muntari The Kano State High Court has sentenced a Chinese national, Frank Geng-Quangrong, to death by hanging for the murder of his girlfriend, Ummukalthuum Buhari. Recall that Quangrong allegedly killed his... Read more »

Baltimore: Six deadliest bridge collapses of the past 20 years

Agency Report A major rescue effort is underway in the US city of Baltimore after a container ship struck a key bridge, sending several vehicles plummeting into the Patapsco River. Here is... Read more »

King Charles to attend Easter Sunday service

Agency Report Britain’s head of state, King Charles III, will attend an Easter Sunday church service, Buckingham Palace announced Tuesday, in his most high-profile engagement since revealing a cancer diagnosis. Charles and... Read more »

Nine things to know about ship that collapsed Baltimore bridge

Agency Report The Francis Scott Key Bridge in the US city of Baltimore collapsed after a ship collided with it, the Maryland Transportation Authority said early Tuesday. “I-695 Key Bridge collapse due... Read more »