The Equatorial Guinea government has prohibited its citizens on WhatsApp from downloading and sharing photos, videos, and audio files via mobile data. According to local news platform Ahora EG, this ban has frustrated citizens who are now unable to share…
Glo takes youth product, My-G, to Nigerian cities
Technology company, Globacom, on Thursday unveiled a multi-city entertainment tour for its youth-centric product, My-G. The entertainment blast is targeted at exciting youths across the country and highlighting the amazing benefits of the offer. My-G, an innovative data offering, was…
Glo unveils MY-G data bundles
Globacom has launched an exciting and sizzling all-in-one social media and entertainment super-fast data bundle called ‘MY-G’. My-G, in local parlance, is used to reflect the closeness people have with their friends. The new data plan which goes by the…
Apple pulls WhatsApp, Threads from China App Store following state order
Apple has removed the Meta-owned end-to-end encrypted messaging app WhatsApp from its App Store in China following a government order citing national security concerns, the news agency Reuters reported Friday. Meta’s newer, Twitter-esque text-based social networking app, Threads, has also…
Covid inquiry: Boris Johnson hands over WhatsApps and notes to Cabinet Office
Boris Johnson has handed over a major cache of WhatsApp messages and notebooks to the Cabinet Office, challenging it to release the documents unredacted to the Covid inquiry. In a move that will pose a major headache for the government,…
WhatsApp to allow users to edit messages within a 15-minute limit
WhatsApp has granted users one of its most awaited features – the ability to edit messages. “For the moments when you make a mistake or simply change your mind, you can now edit your sent messages on WhatsApp,” the Meta…
The power of a like — Gbubemi Atimomo
Pondering how social media approval affects us all I am very sure that you must have come across some, if not all, of these types of comments before: “Please like my post, I need to get a hundred likes!!”, “Could…
WhatsApp reunites BUK 92 class after 30 years
It was a nostalgic homecoming for Bayero University Kano (BUK) graduating class of 1992 when they converged from various walks of life to mark the 30th graduation anniversary of their exit from the “great citadel of learning.” Inspired by the…
WhatsApp back online after worldwide outage
The messaging platform WhatsApp has come back online after an outage that affected users around the world. Meta, which owns WhatsApp, said the problem had been fixed but did not give a reason for the disruption. People trying to send…
WhatsApp disrupted in many countries
Mobile messenger service WhatsApp experienced widespread technical disruptions on Tuesday. Users of the service in many countries reported on Twitter and other channels that they could no longer send messages. In Germany, many also reported a breakdown of the WhatsApp…