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Facebook has long been filled with feeds of clickbait articles. Now, Meta is making its own clickbait articles with AI.The standalone Meta AI app now has a “For You” section that populates a list of clickbait-style stories for you to read. But the topics, images, and text are all AI-generated — and as questionable as you’d expect from AI-created works.The Meta AI app first launched in April 2025 with its focus on a public “Discover” feed that showed AI-generated images and conversations from other users (who frequently seemed unaware that they were being made public). That’s all disappeared. The app…
Off Campus star Mika Abdalla and ex-fiancé Jake Short are speaking out exclusively to Us Weekly regarding a controversial resurfaced podcast clip that’s been making waves online following their split. “We’ve seen a conversation around clips of us together when we were in a relationship, and people making harmful and inaccurate assumptions about our dynamic,” read the joint statement from Abdalla, 26, and Short, 29, about the resurfaced conversation from a 2024 episode of “The Sit and Chat” podcast. (In the video, Short made a joke in reference to Abdalla that some social media users have since dubbed controversial online.)…
A woman in Rivers State, Jennifer Atuegbu, has sparked widespread reactions on social media after accusing her two-year-old son’s school of shaving part of his hair without her consent. She said the school authorities have failed to explain how the incident occurred. She did not provide the name of the school. Ms Atuegbu, who first raised the alarm in a video on Facebook on Wednesday, said she discovered the unusual haircut when she arrived to pick up her son from school. She did not, however, disclose the name of the school. Although she later deleted the initial video, she replaced…
Nigerian singer Chimamanda “Qing Madi” Chukwuma’s former record label, JTon Music, and her current label, KFMD, have locked horns in a fierce dispute. It involves her contract, allegations of harassment, a contested court ruling, and several other grievances. PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the singer accused JTon Music of removing her song from Spotify, attempting to sabotage her success, and directing harassment at her to derail her rising career in April. However, in a statement posted on its X page on Friday, the label dismissed the 19-year-old’s allegations as false, unfair, and misleading. The label maintained that the matter is strictly…
The Nigerian Army has disclosed that troops from the 6 Brigade Nigerian Army Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke, OPWS, stationed at Forward Operating Base, FOB, Karim Lamido, apprehended five suspected armed criminals on June 4, 2026, following a distress call regarding an attack by criminal elements on communities within the Local Government Area. In a statement issued by the Acting Assistant Director of Army Public Relations, Lieutenant Umar Muhammad, it was reported that the troops promptly mobilized and proceeded to the location. Upon their arrival, they encountered gunfire from unidentified assailants and responded with superior firepower, compelling the attackers to…
The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, has advised former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar to support President Tinubu ahead of the 2027 general elections.Bwala gave the advice during an interview on Symfoni TV, where he questioned Atiku’s current political strength and future chances. He said Atiku has never historically relied on a strong regional voting base, noting that his support has always been spread across the country. “Historically, Atiku has never commanded more votes from the Northwest. His votes are usually spread across the nation because of his national outlook,” he said. According…
The Kaduna State Police Command has rescued three kidnap victims who were held for more than 40 days and arrested five suspected informants linked to a kidnapping syndicate operating in parts of the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Mansir Hassan, disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday in Kaduna. According to the statement, the operation was carried out by a joint security team comprising officers from Fushin Kada Division in collaboration with the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, in Hunkuyi, following sustained intelligence gathering and coordinated surveillance. Police said the team tracked the suspects to a suspected bandits’ hideout, where…
A tragedy has reportedly been averted in Okpanam, Delta State, following a heavy downpour on Friday afternoon. Viral videos circulating online on Saturday captured the moment a group of passersby gathered to rescue an unidentified man who was being swept away by floodwaters. The first video clip, published on X by #ChuksEricE on Saturday, showed a chaotic scene under a heavy downpour. The footage captured a group of about five men, drenched in the rain, and struggling to pull out an individual who was stuck and submerged deep inside a ditch. In the background of the footage, distressed residents could…
The Federal Road Safety Corps has confirmed the death of a female child and four male passengers in a lone road accident in Ebonyi on Friday. The Sector Commander of the FRSC in Ebonyi, Daniel Asanya, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abakaliki that the accident occurred at the Nkalagu axis of the Enugu–Abakaliki Federal Highway. Asanya said that the affected vehicle was en route to Enugu from Abakaliki and crashed at Edema Bridge, Nkalagu, in Ishielu Local Government Area (LGA) of Ebonyi State. “The commercial bus, a white-coloured Toyota Hiace bus with Registration Number: RSH 231 XE, had…
David Sullivan announced Saturday he had stepped down from his role as joint-chair of West Ham with immediate effect. The 77-year-old is leaving his role of 16 years to fight “false allegations” about his private life. Sullivan, who built a business empire from owning pornographic magazines and sex shops, said: ” I have recently become aware that factually incorrect and entirely false, decades-old allegations concerning my personal life are due to be broadcast and published.” He added: “The false allegations levelled against me have been sensationalised by the media. After a lifetime spent building businesses in the adult industry, in…
