Tag: Twitter
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Negative reactions spark Davido’s Twitter post
Nigerian artiste, David Adeleke, popularly called Davido, on Sunday received some backlash from many Twitter fans following a post considered disrespectful to Islam. Davido in the tweet accompanying the video had said: “Allow me to re-introduce, @logosori with his new single “Jaye Lo”… Lets Run It Up one time! Let’s take over the world.” A…
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Twitter vs Threads: Elon musk drags Mark Zuckerberg to court over launch of new app
Elon Musk Twitter has vowed to sue Meta 24 hours after it launched a rival application that gained massive users. Threads gained 30 million users just 24 hours after it was launched and went live. But now Twitter boss Elon Musk has sent a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, via his lawyer Alex Spiro,…
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Threads: Twitter rival hits 10m users within few hours of launch
More than 10 million people have signed up for Threads, Meta’s rival to Twitter, within the first few hours of its launch, the company’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Thursday. The app went live on Apple and Android app stores in 100 countries at 2300 GMT on Wednesday and will run with no ads for…
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Harsh judgment: Woman to spend 30yrs in jail for criticising Govt on Twitter
Saudi Arabia imprisoned a woman for 30 years for criticizing the Neom megacity project on Twitter. ALQST, a UK-based human rights group, said a Saudi court sentenced Fatima al-Shawarbi to 30 years during a recent appeal hearing. She is in her 20s and from Al-Ahsa province, the group said. The Saudi justice system is cloaked…
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Again, Abike Dabiri-Erewa’s Twitter account hacked
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), has said that the official Twitter account of Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, its Chairman, has been hacked again. A statement by Mr Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Head of Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit
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I will transform Twitter – Newly appointed CEO
Newly appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Twitter, Linda Yaccarino has made a pledge to transform the micro-blogging platform.
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Elon Musk Shakes Up Twitter: Linda Yaccarino Takes Charge as New CEO
In a surprising move, Elon Musk announced on Friday that he has appointed Linda Yaccarino as the new CEO of Twitter. Yaccarino, who was most recently the Chairman of Advertising Sales and Client Partnerships at NBCUniversal, will take over from Jack Dorsey, who stepped down from the role earlier this year. Musk, who is known…
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Twitter adds audio, video calling features on platform
Twitter users can now enjoy audio and video calling features on the microblogging platform, says owner, Elon Musk According to him, video, audio calls and encrypted chat features soon. This was made known via a tweet on Wednesday morning
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I ran away from Twitter after the election because of insults – Funke Akindele
Beautiful Nollywood actress-cum-politician, Funke Akindele, has stated reasons she left Twitter few days after losing the gubernatorial election in Lagos.
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Twitter changes logo to Dogecoin and Elon Musk explains why
Twitter changed its traditional blue bird logo Monday morning to mimic the logo of a popular cryptocurrency – an image of a dog that featured in viral memes. The microblogging platform’s homepage and loading screen was replaced with the shiba inu image associated with the Dogecoin memecoin cryptocurrency. The logo change has caused the dogecoin…