Facebook on Tuesday fired back after a series of withering Wall Street Journal reports that the company failed to keep users safe, with the social media giant noting an increase in staff and spending on battling abuses. The company has been under relentless pressure to guard against being a platform where misinformation and […]
Chief Valentine Okorie, Chief Operating Officer, Mimshac Transportation Technologies, says the firm will roll out its first set of commercial vehicles in the first quarter of 2022. Okorie made the disclosure at an interactive session with newsmen in the premises of the car assembly plant in Ikot Ukap Itam, Itu Local Government Area, […]
China’s Evergrande Group will pay interest due Thursday on one of its bonds, but it’s keeping rattled investors guessing about the fate of second, bigger payment due this week. The troubled Chinese real estate conglomerate said Wednesday in a filing with the Shenzhen Stock Exchange that issues regarding a payment on a domestic […]
Two members of the U.S. Congress instrumental in the passage of anti-hate crime legislation this year are pressing the Department of Justice to step up enforcement of the measure, warning that reinstatement of pandemic-related restrictions is likely to provoke more attacks — particularly on Asian Americans. The new law seeks to accelerate the […]
Ms Catriona Laing, UK High Commissioner to Nigeria, says new Country Director of its UK-Nigeria Tech Hub, Ms Adaeze Sokan will bring her experiences to bear on the job. The British high commissioner made this known in a statement in Lagos on Tuesday. The new country director was introduced to guests on Monday. Laing said: […]
A power expert, Mr Kola Balogun, says the Phase One of the National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP) can create 500,000 jobs for Nigerians. Balogun, who is the Chairman, Momas Electricity Meter Manufacturing Company (MEMMCOL), made the assertion on Tuesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. NAN reports […]
Some diaspora Nigerians stormed the streets of New York on Monday in support of their fatherland as world leaders assemble for the annual meeting of the UN General Assembly. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the solidarity and support campaign for continued existence of Nigeria as one geo-political entity was organised […]
Douyin, China’s version of TikTok, will limit use of the platform for children to 40 minutes a day. The rules will apply to users under 14, who have been authenticated using their real names, and who will be able to access it between 06:00 and 22:00. Parent company Bytedance announced the app’s Youth […]
When President Joe Biden mounts the iconic green marble rostrum inside the hall of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, he will face an audience skeptical he really is as different from his predecessor as he likes to claim. For world leaders who were alternately addled and amused by former President Donald […]
Russia’s Sunday election results came as no surprise to opponents of President Vladimir Putin — it was a foregone conclusion, they have been warning for months. The Kremlin barred most genuinely independent candidates – first and foremost supporters of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny – from running for the 450-seat Duma. The polls […]