Social Media
Be it trends or any other relevant conversations, we regularly deliver, in relatable context, news and insights on how social media affects our community of everyday readers.
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This week on social media; Drama in the Nigerian tech community, Kano court grants Deji Adeyanju bail and more stories.
The social media tax introduced in Uganda last year is already having negative effects on Internet subscriptions in the country.
This week on social media, Tobi Bakre’s horse debacle, Nigeria decides and other stories.
By introducing the new features, Twitter wants to help Nigerians find election-related tweets with ease.
Just before midnight on the 15th of February, barely 24 hours to Nigeria’s general elections, news broke of the suspension of at least 12 well-followed Nigerian Twitter users, popular referred to as influencers.
There is likely a bug on Instagram that is causing users to lose followers in the millions
Facebook Messenger globally rolls out “Remove for everyone” to help you easily retract typos, embarrassing thoughts or any other messages.
This week in social media; Asisat Oshoala is on loan from her Chinese club to FC Bacelona’s women team, “Please Call Me” is trending in South Africa and more stories.
Facebook wants to let users message one another across Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp
This week on social media; drama in Camp Oby Ezekwesili, o jewa ke eng, and other stories.
WhatsApp has rolled out a global cap on message forwarding it first introduced in India after the spread of rumors led to killings and lynching attempts.
This week on social media, Nigerians react to Moral Instruction, Falz’s fourth album. Read this and other trending topics during the course of the week.
A 5-year-old Twitter bug may have affected tweets and accounts of users on ‘Twitter for Android’
In a bid to curb foreign interference during upcoming elections in 2019, Facebook has extended its new political advertising policy — which it originally enforced in the US, UK, Brazil and, later, Ireland and India — to further countries, staring with Nigeria.
Facebook is launching a $300 million investment in news programmes, partnerships and content over the next 3 years to support local news globally
On Wednesday this week, we got news that two of Nigeria’s most popular artistes Simi and Adekunle Gold tied the knot in a secret ceremony with “only” 300 people in attendance. We didn’t even know they were engaged. Its Official! Adekunle Gold And Simi Become Husband And Wife Today https://t.co/t2eRxdF2f2 pic.twitter.com/BcHlSa3xuF — Netng (@theNETng) January…
Instagram is adding the new feature that lets you publish a post to multiple accounts at the same time.
This week on social media; Burna Boy calls out Coachela over font size, President Buhari’s alleged niece gets INEC appointment and other stories.