Tag: koo
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#TwitterBan: Indian firm officially launches microblogging app in Nigeria
An Indian firm has taken advantage of the fallout between the federal government and popular United States baseball microblogging site, Twitter to establish its own microblogging and social networking app, Koo. The app was launched on Tuesday in Nigeria. Mr Aprameya Radhakrishna, Co-Founder of Koo, made this known during a virtual press briefing organised to…
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Atiku distances self from Koo social media account
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has denied owning a Koo social media account. Abubakar made the denial in a statement by his spokesman, Mazi Paul Ibe, on Saturday following the emergence of an account with the name of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the 2019 elections in Nigeria. I’ve said: “This…
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FG opens account on Koo, days after sidelining Twitter
Less than a week after banning American microblogging site Twitter indefinitely, the Nigerian government has joined its India-made rival Koo. Shortly after the ban, Koo had announced that it was available in Nigeria and was working to add local languages on its platform. Recall the government had alleged that the microblogging site was being used…