The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has indicated that TikTok and X (formerly Twitter) are yet to comply with tax filing requirements in accordance with Nigeria’s regulatory framework. The social media platforms were identified in a report obtained by PRNigeria, titled “Analysis of Compliance with Laws and Misinformation Management by Social Media Platforms in Nigeria”. Google, LinkedIn, and Meta …

Afrobeat music giant, Ayodeji Balogun (popularly known as Wizkid) on Monday, set microblogging site, X.com, on fire when he took swipes at David Adeleke (also known as Davido) and Mavin Records boss, Michael Ajereh (popularly known as Don Jazzy). As a result of the controversial tweet, Wizkid is now trending on X. He is number 4 on Nigeria’s X trends. …

Billionaire and owner of social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Elon has announced plans to remove the block feature from the service. The block feature enables a user to stop other accounts from seeing or interacting with their tweet and account in general. In a post shared via the platform on Friday, the billionaire said the feature made “no sense” …

Twitter’s owner Elon Musk and its new CEO Linda Yaccarino said Sunday that the social media network would ditch its bird logo, be rebranded with the name X and move quickly into payments, banking and commerce. Founded in 2006, Twitter takes its name from the sound of birds chattering, and it has used avian branding since its early days, when …

Twitter has lost roughly half of its advertising revenue, according to owner Elon Musk, since he bought the social media platform for $44 billion last October. Musk, who has been outspoken about the difficulties facing the company, broke the figures in a tweet response to a user who was giving suggestions on financing for the platform. “We’re still negative cash …

Twitter is threatening to file a suit against Meta for launching Thread – a “copycat” social media platform launched by Instagram on Wednesday. In a cease and desist letter sent to Meta, Twitter alleges that the social media behemoth poached its employees to create Thread, which is a typical replica of Twitter. In the letter sent to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, …

Mark Zuckerberg launched his Instagram Threads on Thursday, an app that is set to rival Twitter. According to screenshots from the App Store listing, Threads will function like Twitter with text-based posts that can be liked, shared and commented on. The app is currently topping the chat as the most downloaded social networking app with over 100 million downloads within …

Twitter Chief Executive Officer, Elon Musk, has set temporary limits on the social media platform to address extreme levels of data scraping and system manipulation. Musk who made the announcement on his Twitter page on Saturday said Verified accounts are temporarily limited to reading 6,000 posts a day, adding that the unverified accounts and new unverified accounts are limited to …

Popular microblogging platform, Twitter on Monday removed the verification tag attached to the account of Nigeria’s former Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. The special verification tag is designed for government officials. As at press time, it was observed that Osinbajo’s tag has been removed. However the one on the account of the former President Muhammadu Buhari remained. Osinbajo and his …

Twitter owner,  Elon Musk has announced Linda Yaccarino as the new Chief Executive Officer of the microblogging platform. The announcement on Friday via his verified Twitter handle came barely 24 hours after he disclosed that he had hired a new female CEO for the platform. Musk said the new CEO will “focus primarily on business operations”. He said he would …