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Twitter Inc on Thursday took down an image tweeted by the U.S. President Donald Trump from its platform, after receiving a copyright complaint from the New York Times. The background picture was taken by a New York Times photographer, to accompany a feature article on then presidential candidate Trump in …

Suspected Nigerian fraudsters, Ramon Igbalode Abbas a.k.a Hushpuppi and Olalekan Jacon Ponle a.k.a Mr Woodberry have been extradited to the United States. They were arrested in Dubai, United Arab Emirates over high-level fraud, money-laundering and cyber-crimes. The official page of Dubai Police confirmed their extradition on its official page. FBI’s …

Big Brother Naija, the sensational reality show that has kept the continent spellbound, has been announced to start on July 19, with plenty of social media buzz. Moments ago, at a virtual press briefing, the organisers revealed that selected housemates, after a rigorous verification and online sorting of over 30,000 …

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex on October 2, 2019 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, has claimed she was left “unprotected” by the royal family from “false and damaging” media articles when she was pregnant, according to leaked documents published on …

YouTube on Monday shut down six far-right channels for violating rules against “supremacist” content, booting videos by David Duke, Stefan Molyneux, and Richard Spencer. The video-sharing platform pulled the plug on the channels as online social media platforms face increasing pressure to crack down on hateful rhetoric. “We have strict …

Popular Nollywood Actress Regina Daniels and husband, Prince Ned Nwoko have welcomed a baby boy. The good news was shared by Regina’s brother on his Instagram story. Sharing a cute picture from Regina’s pregnancy shoot, her brother wrote  “You have always been strong in all ramifications and I’m proud of …

Nigerian singer, Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, aka Burna Boy, has won the 2020 BET Award for Best International Act. The 2020 BET Awards was held virtually in Los Angeles, U.S. in compliance with the Corona virus preventive measure directives. The feat, announced early Monday morning is the second consecutive win as he carted …

The Dubai police on Thursday revealed a footage showing the details of how the arrest of Nigerian Dubai-based and Instagram celebrity, Raymond Igbalodely, popularly known as Hushpuppi, was effected. It was reported that Dubai Interpol and the FBI apprehended the Instagram celebrity in his residence in the United Arab Emirates. …

Popular Yoruba actor, Gbolagade Akinpelu popularly known as Ogun Majek, is dead. It was gathered he died on Thursday morning at his Imalefalafia, Oke-Ado, Ibadan home. Veteran actor and filmmaker, Tunde Ola-Yusuf, confirmed the incident in a Facebook post. In a terse statement, he said: “From him we come and …

The United Nations says Musician, Oladapo Oyebanjo aka D’Banj, is not a United Nations Youth Ambassador for Peace. The Director of Information, United Nations Information Centre for Nigeria, Joseph Kayanja, said this during an email chat on wednesday. In 2012, D’Banj’s publicists had claimed that the musician was the first …