It looks like Russia hired internet trolls to pose as pro-Trump Americans

Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Russia's troll factories were, at one point, likely being paid by the Kremlin to spread pro-Trump propaganda on social media.

That is what freelance journalist Adrian Chen, now a staff writer at The New Yorker, discovered as he was researching Russia's "army of well-paid trolls" for an explosive New York Times Magazine exposé published in June 2015.

"A very interesting thing happened," Chen told Longform's Max Linsky in a podcast in December.

"I created this list of Russian trolls when I was researching. And I check on it once in a while, still. And a lot of them have turned into conservative accounts, like fake conservatives. I don't know what's going on, but they're all tweeting about Donald Trump and stuff," he said.

"I've gone several months without being paid' Samson Siasia resigns from National football duty

Samson Siasia, Nigeria's Bronze winning coach at Rio 2016 has resigned from his post as head coach despite his team's heroics this summer saying he's doing so because of 'a disrespectful system'

'I have reached that point where I have to say I have had  enough, I've gone several months without getting paid, years of being derided and disrespected by the sports authorities in Nigeria but I am done already." Siasia, whose contract expires at the end of the Olympics, told BBC Sport. 

It's sad that after all we went through to get to Brazil and end up winning a bronze medal, the players, coaching and backroom staff never received a 'thank you' in appreciation despite a turbulent time at the Olympics" Sisasia added. 

Six storey building collapses in Abuja, 5 laborers trapped in the rubble

A six story building under construction as a hotel collapsed this morning on 444 Crescent , Citec Villas , Gwarinpa. The incident happened at about 1.00 am. Five laborers were trapped inside and three have been rescued by combined efforts of the Police, NEMA and FEMA. The iron rods used for the pillars gave in like wood and the concrete work were said to be as brittle as ordinary sand. Efforts are still going on to rescue the two innocent laborers trapped under the rubble. More photos after the cut.

Photos of young black man and his elderly white lover goes viral

These photos of a young black man and his alleged older white lover has been making the round on social media. The woman is said to be in her 70s. Love doesn't care about age...:-). More photos after the cut...

Justin Bieber and girlfriend Sofia Ritchie show massive PDA on vacation in Mexico

Singer Justin Bieber and his new girlfriend, model, Sofia Richie were in the romantic Mexican hot spot of Cabo San Lucas on Saturday to celebrate Sofia's 18th birthday, where they put on extreme PDA while lounging in their bathing suits by the beach. The young couple couldn't keep their hands off of each other as they showered each other with kisses and at one point Justin Bieber seemed to have a visible erection. 

For $25,000, You Can Meet Pope Francis

If your answer to the age-old question—“Which famous person would you most like to have dinner with?”—includes the Pope, you can finally make that wish a reality. Quintessentially Lifestyle, the exclusive members-only concierge service, is offering its members the chance to meet Pope Francis (the 266th pope and current leader of the Roman Catholic Church) before his address in St. Peter’s Square on August 31, 2016.

Man strips to underwear before jumping security fence and crashing truck into plane at Omaha airport

A man stripped to his underwear, jumped a security fence and rammed a pickup truck into a plane at an airport in Nebraska, police said.

Dealario Koonce was arrested after driving the truck into the Southwest Airlines flight at Omaha airport on Thursday evening.

Two crew members were injured in the incident, which happened as passengers were boarding the Denver-bound flight at 9.30pm local time (2.30am GMT).

One of the 18 passengers was also injured when the truck smashed into the plane's nose gear, Omaha Airport Authority Chief of Police Tim Connahan said.