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Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg fired back at US President Donald Trump on Wednesday after he accused the leading social network of being "always anti-Trump." Zuckerberg rejected the notion, countering that Facebook is working to ensure "free and fair elections" with an online platform that does not favor one side over another. Zuckerberg's post at Facebook came after Trump accused the social network of bias in a morning tweet that read: "Facebook was always anti-Trump.The Networks were always anti-Trump hence,Fake News, @nytimes(apologized) & @WaPo were anti-Trump. Collusion?" Early morning Twitter tizzies have become a hallmark of Trump's presidency. "Trump says Facebook is against him. Liberals say we helped Trump," Zuckerberg said in his post. "Both sides are upset about ideas and content they don't like. That's what running a platform for all ideas looks like." Facebook last week said that Russ

The Senate Intelligence Committee has asked top tech companies Google, Facebook and Twitter to testify about Russian interference in US politics, a Senate aide confirmed Wednesday. The three internet and online social media giants are expected to appear on November 1 in an open hearing on the rising evidence that they were covertly manipulated in a campaign to help Donald Trump win the presidency. Before that they could also testify in the House Intelligence Committee: Representatives Mike Conaway and Adam Schiff, who lead the committee’s Russia probe, announced late Wednesday they too had invited representatives of technology firms to testify on Russian manipulation. “Congress and the American people need to hear this important information directly from these companies,” they said. Facebook recently revealed that for just $100,000, apparent Russia-linked buyers placed some 3,000 advertisements on its pages last year that appeared aimed at influencing the election. Faceb

Danielle Matko, 35, was convicted Tuesday after several sexually-charged encounters with students.  (San Mateo County Sheriff's Office) A California teacher found guilty of turning her classroom into a private sex den during school hours is now facing six years in prison over the explicit encounters she had with students. Danielle Matko, a 35-year-old former English teacher at the East Palo Alto Aspire Phoenix Academy, was convicted Tuesday of one count of oral copulation with a minor and three counts of lewd acts with a minor. All of the incidents are believed to have taken place in late 2015 and involved a 15-year-old boy, the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office said. “Female teachers who commit offenses such as this are fairly few and far between,” San Mateo County Chief Deputy District Attorney Karen Guidotti  told the San Jose Mercury News . “But we see it.” Deliberations were expected to continue on additional charges and accusations regarding anoth

China has ordered North Korean enterprises operating on its soil to close within 120 days in line with the latest sanctions adopted by the United Nations Security Council on September 11. The decision was taken on September 12, but was announced on Thursday by China’s Ministry of Commerce and the National General Administration for Industry and Commerce. According to Resolution 2375 of the UNSC, which was unanimously adopted by the 15-member bloc, “states shall prohibit, by their nationals or in their territories, the opening, maintenance, and operation of all joint ventures or cooperative entities, new and existing, with DPRK entities or individuals, whether or not acting for or on behalf of the government of the DPRK.”(cgtn)

Many residents in 12 communities in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State have been rendered homeless with over 3000 farmlands destroyed by devastating flood following two days of heavy downpour. The incident which occurred between September 18 and 19 has also left properties worth millions of naira and thousands of economic trees destroyed. The disaster which affected bridges that connect some communities to other parts of the local government also polluted the only stream which serves as the source of drinking water in the area. Boki is found in the Central Senatorial District of the state and its indigenes are mostly farmers who deal in cocoa, palm kernel, plantain amongst other crops. The affected communities are Bago, Unu, Bagabo, Bakie, Bufua, Kakwe-Beebo and a host of others. Speaking about the incident, Director General of the State Emergency Management Agency, John Inaku, said that the means of livelihood of the affected communities have been ser

Nigeria did not designate marauding Fulani herdsmen as terrorists despite being responsible for hundreds of death and destruction of properties because their activities were criminal and not terror-related, the minister of information said on Wednesday. Lai Mohammed told BBC’s Focus on Africa that the criticism of Nigeria’s designation of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist organisation was flawed, noting that both the separatist group and the deadly herdsmen have different agendas. Mohammed insisted that the herdsmen’s “acts of criminality should not be confused with terrorism acts” even though they were named the fourth deadliest group in the world, according to the 2014 Global Terrorism Index. But President General of the Ohaneze Ndigbo, John Nwodo, who was earlier interviewed on the programme, said that the labelling of IPOB as a terrorist group was “extremely unfair and lopsided.” Nwodo argued that Fulani herdsmen deserved the terrorist label, not IP

Two former ministers, who served in the Peoples Democratic Party-controlled Federal Government, have declared that it will not be easy for the party to return to power in 2019. The two former ministers are a former Minister of Police Affairs, Mallam Maina Maziri, and a former Minister of Women Affairs, Hajia Zainab Maina. They spoke at the official declaration by Prof. Tunde Adeniran to join the race for the national chairmanship election slated for December 9 in Abuja. For the party to return to power and regain the confidence of Nigerians again, they said its next crop of national officers must be men and women of proven integrity. “Don’t be deceived. It is not easy to reclaim Aso Villa in 2019” Maina warned. He called on party supporters to work industriously for the task ahead “because the government in power would not relinquish power easily.” On her part, the former women affairs minister said, “The PDP needs to get it right with the next national convention. We must