Meta Platforms Inc. agreed to pay $25 million to resolve Donald Trump’s claims that his ban from the company’s social media networks after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol was illegal censorship, a lawyer for the president said. Meta will contribute $22 million to the presidential library and the remainder to other users of Meta’s Facebook who also…
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers killed a former local government staff and abducted a petrol attendant in Iseyin town, Oyo State. It was gathered that the gunmen stormed a petroleum station at Saw Mill Road, along Iseyin-Saki Road on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, and demanded to see the owner identified as Alhaji Nuremi…
After tearfully pleading with a judge for mercy, former Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez was sentenced to 11 years in prison Wednesday for a brazen bribery scheme that saw him act as a foreign agent for Egypt and peddle his immense political influence for stockpiles of cash, gold bullion bars and other lavish gifts. Manhattan Federal Judge Sidney Stein imposed the sentence at a…
Danish aid worker, Anja Ringgren Loven has rescued an 8-year-old girl who was branded a w!tch and tortured in Akwa Ibom. Loven, who disclosed this in a post on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, said the minor was taken to a church where the prophet claimed she was the cause of her mother’s sickness. …
Former MTV VJ and New Jersey native Matt Pinfield has been “incapacitated” after suffering a stroke, his family said. Pinfield, 63, had the incident in Los Angeles on Jan. 6 and is incapable of moving or making cognitive decisions, according to court documents obtained by the Asbury Park Press. His daughters, Jessica and Maya Pinfield, are…
