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    Business Twitter Shuts Down Vine Video-Sharing App

    On Wednesday, Twitter announced that it was shutting down its short-form video sharing service – Vine. Twitter made this known in a statement which read, ''Since 2013, millions of people have turned to Vine to laugh at loops and see creativity unfold. Today, we are sharing the news that in...
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    Business Twitter, Amazon, Other Major Sites Disrupted As Cyber-attack Hits Internet Provider

    Major internet services including Twitter, Amazon and Spotify suffered outages on Friday as a US internet provider said it had come under attack. Some of the world's biggest websites including SoundCloud, Spotify and Shopify are experiencing technical problems due to a reported DDOS attack...
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    Politics President Buhari Spotted In Gucci Shoes Worth Over N200, 000; Some Nigerians React [Photos]

    According to SignalNG, president Muhammadu Buhari was spotted wearing a Gucci shoe worth N223,905 in this harsh economy. Immediately @theSignalNG tweeted about it some Nigerians reacted to the price of the shoe: See tweets: What is your take on this?
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    Metro Twitter 'Bomb' Niger Delta Avengers' Account

    The micro-blogging platform, Twitter and one of the fastest growing online community has suspended the official account of the Niger Delta Avengers handle. Niger Delta Avengers claimed responsibilities for the recent attacks on pipeline installations in the Niger Delta region, blowing up five...
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    Business Twitter Invests $70m in Streaming Service, SoundCloud

    Internet giants, Twitter Inc. has invested $70 million in sound streaming service, SoundCloud Ltd. The investment is to help the Berlin-based business expand its paid offering. It is also part of a larger financing round expected to amount to about $100 million, valuing the company at about...
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    World Twitter Suspends Nigerian Man, Tambuwal For Supporting ISIS

    Hassan Tambuwal, a Nigerian living in the United Kingdom has been suspended by Twitter following his express support for Islamic State (ISIS) attack on Brussels. Tambuwal, whose twitter account was Hassan_Anfield (@hassan_tambuwal), tweeted after the Brussels attack that he was ready to die...
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    World Islamic State New Video Makes Direct Threats Against Twitter and Facebook CEOs

    A video purportedly made by supporters of the Islamic State makes direct threats against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey for combating terrorism on their Internet platforms. The 25-minute propaganda video was released by a group calling itself "the sons of the Caliphate...
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    World Twitter Troubles: Shares Drop Again Due To Lack Of User Growth

    Twitter troubles continued when the company reported earnings that beat analyst expectations but failed to allay investor concerns about the company's user growth prospects. The San Francisco-based company reported a net loss of $90m (£62m) for the last three months of 2015 versus a loss of...
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    World Twitter Suspends over 125,000 Accounts To Combat Terrorism

    Twitter Inc. has shut down more than 125,000 terrorism-related accounts since the middle of 2015, most of them linked to the Islamic State group, the company said in a blog post on Friday. Twitter has said it only takes down accounts when they are reported by other users, but said that it has...
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    Politics #Febuhari: READ What Nigerians Are Saying About Buhari's Administration

    Exactly one year after the campaign for Buhari's election in 2015 with #Februhari.... READ what Nigerians saying exactly one year today... Is it truly FeBuhari or FailBuhari?
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    Politics Legislatures are more Open and Transparent than the Executive - NASS

    The legislative arm of government has argued that the body is more transparent and open than the other arms of government, most especially the Executive, through the official twitter account. In a series of tweet, the official account said: “Legislatures are more open and transparent than...
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    Metro Oby Ezekwesili Blasts Twitter Follower Over BringBackOurGirls Campaign

    Oby Ezekwesili has blasted a Nigerian on twitter for accusing her over the silent of Bring Back Our Girls Campaign group on the street of Abuja. See tweets:
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    Metro 'A Selfie-Stick is Heavier Than An Average Kenyan' - Read more Tweets on #KenyansvsNigerians

    Twitter is quite place where people all over the world meet to discuss, network and dialogue over issues and events. But at times, it is a battle ground. Before now, Nigeria Tweeterians have fought with Ghanaians, South Africans and now it is the turn of Kenyans on the twitter with the hashtag...
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