Fashion enthusiast, Noble Igwe, and comedian, SeyiLaw, had a faceoff on Twitter today June 3. It all started when Noble reacted to a Tweet asking Yorubas to work towards dispelling the narrative being pushed around that they do not like Igbos. Noble asked the Twitter user not to allow SeyiLaw see the tweet, as the comedian recently gave “reasons why the Igbos need to humble themselves and fit in.” SeyiLaw saw Noble’s tweet and immediately hit back …
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A federal grand jury has returned a 27-count indictment charging Payton Gendron, 19, of Conklin, New York, with 14 violations of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (Shepard-Byrd Act) and 13 firearms offenses in connection with the mass shooting at the Tops grocery store on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo, New York. The announcement was made by Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, U.S. Attorney …
Businesswoman Sandra Iheuwa has fired back at her estranged husband Steve Thompson after he suggested she never loved him but loves her ex-husband. Steve Thompson had insinuated in his Instagram post, that she married him even though she wasn’t in love with him. He also claimed that she subjected him to “character assassination” because she wasn’t in love with him. Sandra Iheuwa who fired back at him on Instagram, said she decided to reply him in public because he …
The Federal Government has budgeted the sum of N104,532,705 for its fight against fake news, hate speech, banditry, and others. Punch reports that the money was allocated in the 2022 appropriation budget presented to the National Assembly by President Buhari on Thursday, October 7. According to the budget documents, N55,642,215 would be used for “Special enlightenment campaign on Government’s Programmes and policies, testimonial series to gauge the impact of government policies on the citizenry. Advocacy against fake news, …
The three white men charged with the killing of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery as he jogged through his own Georgia neighborhood in February 2020, have now been charged with federal hate crimes. George McMichael, 65, his son Travis McMichael, 35, and William “Roddie” Bryan, 51, have all been charged with one count of interference with rights and one count of attempted kidnapping according to the U.S. Department of Justice. The two charges accuse the men of interfering with Arbery’s right to use …
US President, Donald Trump, has criticized the mayor of New York City, Bill De Blasio over plans to paint a large ‘Black Lives Matter’ mural on Fifth Avenue, the street where his hotel, Trump Towers is located in New York. Trump didn’t only criticize the mayor but also called the mural/painting a ‘symbol of hate’. Cities across the US followed Washington D.C.’s lead by painting “Black …