The Federal Ministry 0f Information and Culture via its official Twitter page has released a press statement, announcing the indefinite suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria by the Federal Government. According to the press release shared on Twitter by Segun Adeyemi, The Minister of Information and
First Snapchat, then Instagram, WhatsApp, and now … Twitter! Apparently Twitter has been developing a new Stories feature called Fleets, reportedly for more than a year, and it’s ready to finally start testing it. Fleets represent a way for Twitter to better rival Instagram, Snapchat, and
One of the most visited night clubs in Lagos, Quilox, has been shut down by the Lagos state government. The club, which is located in Victoria Island, Lagos, was reported to have been sealed by the state’s government for polluting the environment with their activities. This
Following a wide-spread suspension that swept through Twitter on Tuesday, the company has confirmed that it may have been an error and that some of the accounts have been restored. A Twitter spokesperson told Techpoint Africa that “upon further investigation, a number of the accounts
According to Terragon’s Digital Trends for Nigeria in 2018 report (PDF), about 6 million Nigerians use Twitter actively every month. Over the years, the social media platform has changed the way Nigerians interact with one another online and with other users all over the world. It has also bridged
Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp were temporarily down early Sunday. All three social media platforms, including Facebook Messenger, were affected by the outage. Downdetector.com, a site that monitors site outages, shows Facebook had been down since 6:30 a.m. EST in much of the world, with thousands of reported
Recall Cynthia Chinecherem, the girl who made parallel A1 in the just concluded WASSCE, good-spirited Nigerians are out to commend her efforts! Chinecherem made A1 in all her 9 subjects and made rounds online after her result was shared by Twitter user, @DrDamages on July