Twitter Announces Monetization Plans To Rival Facebook, YouTube
May 7, 2021 Twitter on Thursday began letting some users add virtual tip jars to accounts so people can support their tweets by tossing in money. A limited number of…
Twitter Suspends Accounts Promoting Trump Affiliated Websites
May 7, 2021 Twitter on Thursday confirmed that it pulled the plug on several accounts trying to skirt its ban on former president Donald Trump by promoting his blog posts….
Flutterwave Makes Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential Companies For 2021
April 28, 2021 Nigeria’s Fintech firm, Flutterwave has been named a “Pioneer” by Time Magazine in its list of the 100 Most Influential Companies making tremendous impacts across the globe….
Instagram launches feature to tackle hate speech, abuse
April 21, 2021 Facebook Inc’s Instagram is rolling out a feature to prevent users from viewing possibly abusive messages by filtering offensive words, phrases and emojis on the photo-sharing app….
OSINBAJO URGES WORLD LEADERS: END UNFAIR BURDENS ON DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, CRITICISES VACCINE NATIONALISM
April 14, 2021 The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has called on world leaders to build a fairer world that takes into account the interest of the poor and the marginalized….
$1bn News Showcase Programme: Google says ‘not up to us’ to dictate how news companies run their business
Alphabet Inc’s Google has reached licensing deals with over 600 news outlets around the world and is seeing a “huge increase” in users requesting more content from specific publications as…
IWM: Facebook launches book, ‘LeadHER’ to inspire female entrepreneurs
Facebook on Wednesday announced the launch of its book ‘LeadHERs: Life Lessons From African Women’ as part of its commitment to celebrate International Women’s Month (IWM). Facebook in a statement…
Lies against MFM/Olukoya: Court Grants N500m Damages Against Maureen Badejo
An Ogun State High Court of Justice, holden in Abeokuta, Nigeria, has slammed N500 million (about $1 million) damages against a U.K.-based blogger, Maureen Badejo for libelous publications through her…
NHRC panel orders police to produce victim of “enforced disappearance” unfailingly by Feb. 24
The Independent Investigative Panel on Human Rights Violations by defunct Special Anti- Robbery Squad (SARS) on Monday ordered the Police to produce Morris Ashwe, a victim of alleged “enforced disappearance”…
Tizeti rolls out high-speed 4G LTE in Edo with N4000/month broadband service, installations expected to commence in Benin April 1, 2021
As part of its commitment to ensuring access to affordable broadband connectivity in Africa’s underserved populations, Tizeti West Africa’s pioneer solar-based internet service provider is rolling out its 4G LTE…