Twitter’s chief executive has been criticised for promoting Myanmar as a tourist destination despite widespread allegations of human rights abuses in the country. In a series of tweets, Jack Dorsey said he had travelled to northern Myanmar last month for…
Nora Roberts is mad at Tomi Adeyemi (Find out why)
Nora Roberts, American author of over 200 books is very upset at first time author, Tomi Adeyemi, whose first novel, “Children of Blood and Bone” is a bestseller. Ms. Adeyemi had in a November 27, 2018 tweet suggested that Ms.…
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says follower count doesn’t matter (Metro)
Jack Dorsey has poured cold water on the idea that having lots of followers the aim of the game on Twitter. The bearded billionaire was giving a talk in New Delhi, India when he said that implementing the follower count…
Twitter deleted thousands of accounts that were posing as Democrats (BuzzFeed)
Twitter on Friday said it has deleted thousands of automated accounts that were posing as belonging to Democrats while trying to spread false information and discourage people from voting in the upcoming midterm elections. “We stopped this quickly and at…
If you are poor, Naija will oppress you – Lucia Edafioka
Remember that hashtag that trended on twitter a few years ago? #NigeriaForTheRich? Remember the discussions about how if you don’t have plenty money this country will just be oppressing you? On my way home that week I met members of…
Obi not on Twitter — Aide
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Vice Presidential Candidate for the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, is not on Twitter, his Special Adviser, Mr. Valentine Obienyem, said on Monday. He was reacting to a statement published in some newspapers purportedly extracted from…
IBB dissociates self from parody Twitter account (Guardian)
Former military Head of State Ibrahim Babangida has dissociated himself from a Twitter account which bears his name and pictures. This is coming after the parody account which has over 50000 followers declared its support for the opposition People’s Democratic…
Kanye West deletes Twitter and Instagram accounts (Rap-Up)
Kanye West has quit social media once again. On Saturday (Oct. 6), the hip-hop superstar deleted his Twitter and Instagram accounts. West suspended his social media activity in May 2017 before reactivating his Twitter account in April of this year…
Kanye apologizes to Drake (Pitchfork)
After months of friction, Kanye West apologized to Drake in a Twitter spree today. In the tweets, he addressed Drake’s beefs with Pusha-T and Kid Cudi, the G.O.O.D. Music album rollout and its proximity to Drake’s Scorpion release date, a…
Nigerians react to Twitter user who disqualified job seekers without PVC (Punch)
Nigerians on Twitter have been reacting to the tweet of Twitter user, who on Friday revealed how he disqualified three jobseekers because they didn’t have permanent voter’s card. The Twitter user, Afolayan Omotayo @olagladstone shared the information on his twitter…