Social Media Brands, Others Suspend Services in Russia

Social Media Brands, Others Suspend Services in Russia

Several social media and business brands have suspended services in Russia. TikTok announced the measure this morning after American Express and PriceWaterHouseCoopers cut their services following that country’s invasion of Ukraine. The social media giant made the announcement on Sunday March 6,  in response to the country’s new controversial ‘fake news’ law, which threatens imprisonment for sharing what […]

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MTN Alerts Subscribers of Plans to Block SIM Cards without NIN

MTN Gets 14-day Ultimatum to Address Staff Welfare

Telco giant, MTN Nigeria Plc has been issued a 14-day ultimatum by the Telecommunications and Communications Senior Staff Association of Nigeria to attend to the issues affecting the welfare of workers or face industrial action. The association noted that workers will disrupt services nationwide if MTN fails to comply with the directive within the stipulated […]

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Buhari's SSA Makes First Post on Twitter after Ban is Suspended, Nigerians React

Buhari’s SSA Makes First Post on Twitter after Ban is Suspended, Nigerians React

The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu has been subjected to mockery after making his first post on Twitter following the lifting of the ban by the government. The Federal Government on Wednesday, lifted the ban on the bird app after 7 months of suspension. The microblogging […]

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Twitter Reacts to Lifting of Suspension by Nigerian Government

Twitter Reacts to Lifting of Suspension by Nigerian Government

Tech giant, Twitter has reacted to the lifting of the suspension of its operation by the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria after 222 days. Recall that the Buhari-led administration slammed the suspension in June 2021 over allegations that the platform was used to undermine the sovereignty and security of Nigeria. However, on Wednesday, […]

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BREAKING NEWS ! Federal Government Lifts Ban on Twitter

BREAKING NEWS ! Federal Government Lifts Suspension of Twitter

The Federal Government of Nigeria, under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday evening, 12th of January 2022 announced that it has authorised the lifting of the suspension slammed on the Microblogging website, Twitter. The development was made in a statement on Wednesday by the Chairman Technical Committee Nigeria-Twitter Engagement and Director-General National Information […]

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Hacker Breaks into NIMC, Steals over 3 Million NIN of Nigerians

Hacker Breaks into NIMC, Steals over 3 Million NIN

A man who identified himself as Sam on the internet has revealed that he hacked into the server of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and stole over 3 million National Identity Numbers. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is the nation’s premier communications regulations agency under the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy. Among its […]

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Blackberry Phone Brand Ceases to Exist From January 4th 2022

Blackberry Phone Brand Ceases to Exist From January 4th 2022

Blackberry phone brand have ceased to exist from the 4th of January, 2022 as services running on the operating system and services are no longer supported. The development brings to an end, the era of the mobile phone which was widely used across the world at the onset of of mobile telephony. Bloomberg, Waterloo, formerly […]

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Twitter Removes Vice President Yemi Osinbajo's Post for Copyright Violation

Twitter Removes Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s Post for Copyright Violation

The microblogging platform, Twitter has removed a post made by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo for copyright violation. The social media giant said the tweet was removed for copyright violation of Beyonce’s song. The Vice President had shared a tweet on the 8th of March in commemoration of International Women’s Day. The theme song used for […]

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Jack Dorsey Launches New Social Media App After Elon Musk Removed Many Influencers' Blue Tick

Twitter Founder, Jack Dorsey Appoints 3 Nigerians to Bitcoin Trust

Jack Dorsey, founder of popular Microblogging platform, Twitter has announced the appointment of 3 Nigerians to his Bitcoin Trust. He tweeted the appointment in a statement on his page on Wednesday. He appointed 3 Nigerians and 1 South African to act as the board of the BTrust fund. The fund will be expended for development […]

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New Twitter CEO Supports #EndSARS

New Twitter CEO Supports #EndSARS

Information unearthed by a Nigerian youth, Chris C #wahalabelike@thedichotome is that the new CEO of Twitter, Parag Agrawal supports #EndSARS. Agrawal who only a few days ago took over from the Founder, Jack Dorsey, played a significant part part in condemning police brutality and assault on Nigerian youths just like Dorsey. He mounted the saddle […]

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