Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state has dismissed claims he has moved to a new political party. The governor formally resigned his membership from APC yesterday June 16, and this ignited rumors that he has defected to the PDP where he will be running for a re-election. However in a tweet posted today, June 17 the governor said he is yet to move to a new platform. ”I have not moved to a new platform yet to seek …
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Mark Zuckerberg has reacted to the deaths of a number of African Americans resulting from police brutality and he disclosed the efforts he’s making to use his platform to combat racial injustice. The Facebook founder mourned the murder of, not just George Floyd, but also Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and others. He condemned police brutality saying it “reminds us how far our country has to go to give every person the freedom to live with dignity and peace.” …
Tik Tok users observed that hashtags calling for justice for George Floyd have been blocked on the platform and they took to Twitter to blast the video sharing platform. The hashtags #BlackLivesMatter and #GeorgeFloyd were blocked so that users were unable to add those hashtags to their posts. Users felt this was Tik Tok’s way of promoting racism and they called them out for it. @revengedja wrote: “TikTok blocked the #blacklivesmatter tag and every single tag related to …