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Twitter’s owner Elon Musk and its new CEO said Sunday that the social media network would ditch its bird logo, be rebranded with the name X and move quickly into payments, banking and commerce. Founded in 2006, Twitter takes its name from the sound of birds chattering, and it has used avian branding since its […]
Continue ReadingOwner of Twitter, Elon Musk on Friday unveiled Linda Yaccarino as the new head of the organisation, the social media app he purchased from the founders in April 2022. Sequel to a series of live trials and errors on the app, Elon Musk on Thursday hinted that he had hired a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) […]
Continue ReadingModern inventions have rapidly changed the world. From writing letters with pen, ink and paper and taking the letter to the Post Office for postage that may take days, weeks or even months to get to their destinations; to writing email or faxing documents that will get to their destinations almost immediately they are sent […]
Continue ReadingNigerian activist, Aisha Yesufu, has accused the giant social and microblogging platform, Twitter of engaging in fraudulent misrepresentation. Yesufu asked the blue app to take off the “blue tick” or give a proper explanation of why it was restored to her Twitter handle, insisting she did not subscribe to it. The Bring Back Our Girls […]
Continue ReadingMega social media, Facebook and Instagram owner, Meta, will launch a paid subscription service starting at $11.99 a month allowing users to verify their accounts, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Sunday, following a similar move by Elon Musk at Twitter. Meta Verified, which reports say will roll out first in Australia and New Zealand this week, […]
Continue ReadingNigerian actresses, Caroline Danjuma and Iyabo Ojo have engaged in a Twitter face-off just after their reunion show was aired. The actresses cum reality show stars’ fight centered on alleged lies, age deceit, fake life amongst other things. Things had gotten really messy from there as they both began dragging each other extensively. See the […]
Continue ReadingWorld’s richest man, Elon Musk said Tuesday that his purchase of Twitter would not go ahead unless he was assured that fewer than five percent of accounts on the platform were fake. “Yesterday, Twitter’s CEO publicly refused to show proof of <5%,” tweeted Musk, who has almost 94 million followers on the social network. “This deal […]
Continue ReadingElon Musk on Tuesday said he would lift Twitter’s ban on former US president Donald Trump if Musk’s deal to buy the global messaging platform is successful. “I would reverse the permanent ban,” the billionaire said at a Financial Times conference, noting that he doesn’t own Twitter yet, so “this is not like a thing […]
Continue ReadingBuhari has returned to Twitter 11 months after he stopped tweeting following the ban on the microblogging platform. The Buhari administration banned Twitter after the platform deleted tweets by the president, threatening to treat members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in the “language they understand”. The ban was announced on June 4, 2021 […]
Continue ReadingTwitter on Monday confirmed it is selling the platform to billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk in a deal valued at $44 billion. The sale was a dramatic shift for the board, which had originally maneuvered to block Musk from taking the social media network private. “Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter […]
Continue ReadingNigerian star actress, Nse Ikpe-Etim, has reacted to federal government of Nigeria lifting suspension of Twitter operations in the country. The federal government said it lifted the suspension of the social media giant’s operations in the country after reaching an agreement which include legal registration of operations, taxation, and managing prohibited publications in line with […]
Continue ReadingThe ban on Twitter operation in the country may soon be lifted as the social media giant has reportedly met six conditions imposed on it by the Nigerian government. The Nation newspaper reported that the Technical Committee raised by the government to resolve the impasse between the two parties is fine-tuning the offers by the […]
Continue ReadingThis is Narncey’s project on Twitter and it went on well with so over 800 retweets and over 6,000 likes. As you can see, she showcased the hot, sexy and plumpy assets for the eligible(s). She captioned the photos: “Call me the last movie you watched” See more photos below: Photos: Narncey, Twitter
Continue ReadingPeoples Gazette has uncovered how the Buhari administration provided seed capital for Adamu Garba’s Crowwe social media platform, hoping the firm would help the government dominate internal narratives while squaring an ardent challenge to Facebook and Twitter for the Nigerian audience. The Gazette obtained bank documents that carried a transfer of funds from the Central […]
Continue ReadingMembers of Nigeria’s House of Representatives on Tuesday have described the suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria as ill-timed and dictatorial. Nigerian government had on June 4 through the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, suspended Twitter operations on the grounds that the platform was undermining the country’s corporate existence. The following day, […]
Continue ReadingECOWAS Court of Justice sitting in Abuja, Nigeria, on Tuesday restrained the Federal Government and its agents from prosecuting or doing anything whatsoever to harass, intimidate or arrest people for using Twitter. In its ruling on an interlocutory application, the court restrained the Muhammadu Buhari-led government from, “unlawfully imposing sanctions or doing anything whatsoever to […]
Continue ReadingOur president “seems to act speedily only when there is a political enemy to be punished.” That is the conclusion of about 40 diaspora Nigerian intellectuals in a statement they issued on the state of our nation on Friday. Our president is known for their easy life – and he enjoys ‘eating’ it. But, something […]
Continue ReadingThe Buhari administration has just stumbled on a convenient but unexpected political diversion: the Twitter ban. We can keep debating Twitter while an orchestrated project of deepening authoritarianism takes hold. While Twitter rages, the president has said in his latest television interview that he has ‘ordered’ the police and the army to be more ‘ruthless’ […]
Continue ReadingThe president tweeted a promise of war. Twitter deleted the promise. The government banned Twitter. It has also promised to jail anyone found in bed with Twitter. The Buhari government’s role models on this road to infamy are North Korea, Iran and China. The list is that short. I laugh at Nigerians who say they […]
Continue ReadingAttorney General of the Federation and Nigeria’s Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, has deactivated his Twitter account. He announced this on his Facebook page on Tuesday evening. Malami used Virtual Private Network (VPN) app to log into his Twitter account but invariably deactivated it. His Twitter handle:
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