The founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, on Tuesday commended efforts of rising startups in Nigeria.

A South African court Friday fined a white estate agent $10,000 for comparing black beachgoers to monkeys in a Facebook post that sparked outrage over racist attitudes more than 20 years after apartheid ended.

Brazilian police arrested the vice president of Facebook for Latin America on Tuesday after the social media giant refused access to data the authorities said was important to a criminal probe.

Feeling outraged, tickled or touched by something you spotted on Facebook? Now you can say so, after the social media giant added five new reactions to its basic “like” button.

In a bid to foster relationship and retain brand visibility on the platform, representatives of Facebook, leading social media platform last week visited Nigerian personal style and beauty brand, Natures Gentle Touch, manufactured by Recare Limited to recognize its 1.4 million fan base and enhance customer efficiency.

IT is 9 a.m and you’re yawning at work. No one but you knows that your weary eyes are not as a result of a crying infant or take home assignments. You spent all night watching funny videos on instagram, and reading through one interesting post after the other on Facebook.

Facebook has activated its “Safety Check” feature for the first time in Nigeria, after a bombing likely carried out by Boko Haram killed more than 30 late on Tuesday.

Money makes the world go round. And with the hustle to get it, you would think that many people would not be willing to give it away. That’s not entirely true. Even in this ‘wicked ‘world, human sympathy still thrives, making it possible for genuine causes to receive funding.

Social media is an integral part of governance and leaders worldwide have accepted the need to maintain a social presence in one or more of the media platform to engage the electorate and further increase the conversations about governance.

Senators are to receive free Facebook training, says the Chief of Staff to the President of the Senate, Sen. Isa Galaudu on Thursday in Abuja.

A Tokyo man accused of accessing a woman’s Facebook account and allegedly downloading pictures of her in her underwear has been arrested, police and reports said Tuesday. In what is being reported as the first such arrest in Japan, Ryosuke Koga, 25, allegedly logged into the victim’s Facebook account 17 times between January and March, […]

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike,has denied the Facebook posting on the judgment of the Taraba State Governorship Election Tribunal which annulled the election of Governor Darius Ishaku of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and declared the All Progressives Congress’ (APC) Aisha Alhassan as winner of April 11, 2015 poll on Staturday.

US President Barack Obama belatedly joined more than a billion other Facebook users Monday, signing up to the social networking site and using his first post to encourage action against climate change.

Minister-Designate and immediate past Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has disclaimed a twitter account purportedly set up in his name along with his picture even as he urged members of the public to be wary of the antics of scammers.

Facebook is boosting its efforts to put more news in its News Feed.

That is, real news from the news media, rather than status updates from friends.