Section: Nigeria
Putin Receives Five-Star Welcome, Calls For Stable Balkans In Serbia
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin attend a welcoming ceremony prior to their talks in Belgrade. MAXIM SHIPENKOV / POOL / AFP Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday called for stability in the Balkans during a visit to Serbia, a key Moscow ally in the volatile region. After arriving to a rousing...
Facebook Shuts Hundreds Of ‘Inauthentic’ Russia-Linked Pages
Facebook announced Thursday that it has removed more than 500 pages, groups, and accounts originating in Russia for engaging in what the social network called “coordinated inauthentic behavior.” The California-based social media giant said they were part of two separate but similar Russian-based influence operations, one that was active in a...
Facebook To Tighten Political Advert Rules For 2019 Elections
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg/ AFP Facebook said Tuesday it will tighten rules for political ads in countries with elections scheduled in the first half of the year, building on transparency efforts already underway in the United States, Britain and Brazil after a series of scandals. “As we prepare for major elections around the world this year,...
Facebook implements new advertising rules to combat fake news for 2019 elections in Nigeria, others
The company will kick-start its new initiative in Nigeria on Wednesday. Ahead of the 2019 general elections in Nigeria and other countries across the world, social media giant, Facebook has announced an extension of some of its …read more Source: Pulse...
Facebook implements new ads rules to combat fake news for 2019 elections in Nigeria, others
The company will kick-start its new initiative in Nigeria on Wednesday. Ahead of the 2019 general elections in Nigeria and other countries across the world, social media giant, Facebook has announced an extension of some of its …read more Source: Pulse...
269 civilians killed by landmines in Ukraine conflict
About 564 people were injured after stepping on landmines in the conflict-hit area, the ministry said. The post 269 civilians killed by landmines in Ukraine conflict appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria. …read more Source: Premium Times...
Russia, Japan Meet In Moscow To Resolve WWII Dispute
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) meets with his Japanese counterpart Taro Kono in Moscow on January 14, 2019. Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP The foreign ministers of Russia and Japan met in Moscow on Monday pushing ahead with efforts to strike a peace deal and end a decades-old dispute over four strategic islands. Meeting his Japanese...
Trump Denies Hiding Detail Of Putin Talks
US President Donald Trump (C) shakes hands with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin next to US First Lady Melania Trump (L) ahead a meeting in Helsinki, on July 16, 2018. Aleksey NIKOLSKYI / Sputnik / AFP President Donald Trump has rejected a Washington Post report that he has refused to share details of his conversations with Russian...
US Threatens Sanctions Over Russia-Germany Gas Pipeline
US Ambassador to Germany Richard Allen Grenell stands in front of a military honor guard during an accreditation ceremony for new Ambassadors in Berlin. Odd ANDERSEN / AFP The US ambassador to Germany has warned of sanctions against firms linked to the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia, the American embassy in Berlin confirmed Sunday. A...
Trump Blasts FBI For Probe Into Possible Co-operation With Russia
President Donald Trump blasted the FBI Saturday, insisting it acted “for no reason & with no proof” when it opened an investigation into whether he was acting on Russia’s behalf after he fired the agency’s director, James Comey, in May 2017. The New York Times reported that the FBI launched the previously undisclosed...
