Kufre Carter, a sports journalist who was arrested weeks ago by operatives of the State Security Service (SSS) for allegedly making defamatory remarks against Dr. Dominic Ukpong, the Commissioner for Health in Akwa Ibom State, has been released. The journalist’s lawyer, Inibehe Effiiong confirmed the release of his client via a Facebook post he made. He said his client who spent one month is SSS custody, was released after Director-General of the agency, Alhaji Yusuf Bichi ordered the SSS Command in Akwa Ibom …
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Amy Cooper, the White woman who called 911 to claim an African American man was threatening her life (read here), has been fired hours after she was placed on administrative leave. Amy, who was the Head of Insurance Investment Solutions at Franklin Templeton, was fired one day after the May 25th incident in New York’s Central Park. The announcement was made on Twitter by her employer. Franklin Templeton tweeted via its official Twitter account: “Following our …
The white woman who called 911 to claim that an African American man was threatening her life has apologized for her actions. The woman, who has been identified as Amy Cooper, 41, argued with an African man named Christian Cooper, 57, in New York’s Central Park on Monday, May 25. The incident began between 7:30 a.m. and 8 a.m. Monday. Amy had her unleashed dog at the park, an act that is against park rules for the safety …
The social media account manager handling the official Twitter account of the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy has apologized for an error he made when he used the Ministry’s Twitter account to share a personal tweet that was considered inappropriate. A Twitter user had shared a tweet about sports and @FMoCDENigeria’s Twitter handle gave a heated response that ended with: “Indaboski Bahose will sure visit you soon.” It was apparent that the social media handler had …
The White woman who was caught on video calling 911 and caught on video calling 911 and lying that an African American man was threatening her life and her dog has been placed on administrative leave. The woman in the video was identified as Amy Cooper after another bird watcher who knows her revealed her identity. It was soon discovered that she works with Franklin Templeton. Her LinkedIn bio shows that she’s the “Head of Insurance Investment Solutions at …
An African American man captured the moment a Caucasian woman made a 911 call and pretended to be in distress while lying that “an African American man” is threatening her life. The woman was at the famous Ramble in New York’s Central Park when she took her dog off the leash, an act that is clearly against the rules so as to protect the birds from dogs. An African American man who is “an avid birder” politely asked …