Former US President Barack Obama personally urged Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to counter the rise of fake news on the social network during a meeting held shortly after last year’s election, the Washington Post reported Sunday.
The encounter reportedly took place on the sidelines of a...
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According to Bloomberg, the Facebook founder is expected to sell between 35 to 75 million shares in the next 18 months. At current rates, 75 million shares will be valued at over $12 billion.
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan welcomed their second child, a girl on Monday.
While people all over the world sent their congratulations, a Nigerian man named Amoo Joshua Oluwatimilehin took time to blast him
He wrote "Why do you give birth to daughters alone, no one...
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Founder of Facebook, and one of the richest man in the world, Mark Zuckerberg, yesterday returned to Harvard University to get his degree, after 12 years of dropping out. Mark retuned to the Ivy League school to pick up his degree, only an honorary one.
Zuckerberg also gave a commencement...
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Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan are expecting their second child together.
The couple already have a one-year-old daughter called Max. “After our difficult experience having Max, we weren't sure what to expect or whether we'd be able to have another child,” Mr...
It was not a good Sunday, February 26, for Celestine Omin, a 28-year-old Nigerian software engineer who left his left his home in Lagos for the United States for the first time on a work trip.
He was accustomed to tackling tough engineering problems. Just not the two that the Border Agent had...
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Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose during an interview session with PUNCH Newspaper defended his decision to rock T-shirts and patronise road side kiosks.
He asked his critics to contest Governorshi elections if they think they're better than him. ''Let them go and contest and become governors...
Facebook Inc. is overhauling its “trending topics” box, part of its effort to curb fake news and expose users to a broader range of information.
Facebook on Wednesday said its software will surface only topics that have been covered by a significant number of credible publishers, a move...
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The eight richest people on the planet are worth more than the combined wealth of half the world’s population.
An analysis by Oxfam finds the eight multibillionaires have a combined fortune of $426billion (£351billion).
The men:
1. Bill Gates,
2. Warren Buffett,
3. Carlos Slim,
4. Jeff...
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Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg is not an atheist.
Zuckerberg made the disclosure while responding to comments posted under his Christmas message. “No. I was raised Jewish and then I went through a period where I questioned things, but now I believe religion is very important,” Zuckerberg...
Mark Zuckerberg has said Facebook will do more to tackle fake news, and again denied it had in any way aided Donald Trump's presidential election victory.
In a post on his Facebook profile Mr Zuckerberg said he hoped to announce measures to tackle fake stories "soon".
He said this work...
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Mark Zuckerberg has responded to Donald Trump’s election victory by encouraging people to come together.
Zuckerberg in a Facebook post last night, used his daughter, Max, as the focal point of his message.
He said: “Last night was Max’s first election. She’s got a lot of election nights ahead...
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Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, Friday, added Hausa language, Fula, and two others, Maltese and Corsican to Facebook, making the social media platform become available in more than 100 languages.
Zuckerberg announced this yesterday where he expressed optimism that the addition has halted the...
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg posted favourite photos from his trips to Rome, Nigeria and Kenya, describing the countries as very welcoming.
Some of the photos include the ones which shows him walking the streets of Lagos, shaking hands with President Buhari at the Villa, meeting developers...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the weekend said former President Goodluck Jonathan was responsible for the recent visit by Facebook Founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg to Nigeria.
Dayo Adeyeye, spokesman of the PDP caretaker committee, said this in a statement issued on Saturday.
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Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose, has described Nigerians as hypocrites.
In a Facebook post on Monday, Fayose took a swipe at Nigerians who condemned him for wearing T-Shirt to the state House of Assembly in December last year but praised Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, who arrived Lagos...
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Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg met with President Muhammadu Buhari during his visit to Nigeria.
See cartoon on what they discussed during their selfie session:
Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde is not happy that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg left Nigeria without meeting with her.
The Nollywood diva believes that she deserved to meet Zuckerberg because of her large Instagram following. The actress has about 1m followers on Instagram...
Former media aide to ex- President Goodluck Jonathan, Mr. Reuben Abati has called on Femi Fani-Kayode and Reno Omokri to shield their sword over Fecebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg's visit to Nigeria.
Former Minister of Aviation and Reno Omokri, Special Assisant to Social Media to the Goodluck...
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