Twitter’s blue tick removal tsunami has affected Peter Obi, Bola Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar, and others’ verification badges. obi-twitter A check on the handles of the Labour Party, All Progressives Congress, and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate’s Twitter handles late Thursday shows that the blue tick has disappeared. Owner Elon Musk, who has seen…
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo has claimed that some individuals are going over the constitution daily looking for what they can use to disqualify the President-elect Bola Tinubu. He stated that those who were trying to disqualify Tinubu were simply exhibiting their ignorance. Speaking via Twitter, the APC chieftain alleged that those disqualified…
People enjoying free verified Twitter accounts will lose their verification badges on April 20, 2023. Twitter Chief Executive Officer, Elon Musk, announced the final date for the free Blue badge removal via his verified account on Tuesday evening. “Final date for removing legacy Blue checks is 4/20.” the 51-year-old business magnate and investor wrote on his verified…
Twitter has changed its classic blue bird logo to the “doge” meme. This was confirmed by Twitter CEO, Elon Musk while posting a conversation and responding “as promised”. Musk took control of the social media giant in a $44 billion deal last year. Twitter’s blue bird is now replaced by the Shiba Inu dog meme,…
Twitter on Thursday evening, December 15 banned the accounts of several high-profile journalists from top news organizations, a significant attempt by new owner Elon Musk to wield his authority over the platform. Accounts belonging to CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan, The New York Times’ Ryan Mac, The Washington Post’s Drew Harwell and other journalists who have…
he European Union has threatened to ban Twitter unless the new Chief Executive Officer, Elon Musk abides by its strict content moderation rules. EU industry chief Thierry Breton made the threat during a video meeting with Musk on Wednesday, citing people with knowledge of the conversation. The warning, which has been reported by The Financial…
Twitter owner Elon Musk has disclosed Apple intends to ban the social network from all its devices without reasons, thereby denying users access to the platform. “Apple has also threatened to withhold Twitter from its App Store, but won’t tell us why,” tweeted Mr Musk on Monday evening. Mr Musk made the assertion shortly after…
The State Security Service has locked up a student of Federal University Dutse over a social media post deemed defamatory against Nigeria First Lady Aisha Buhari. Peoples Gazette heard that Aminu Adamu Muhammed had in June posted on Twitter that Mrs Buhari had suddenly added massive weight after taking part in plundering the nation’s meagre resources as…
Former US President Donald Trump’s Twitter account has been reinstated on the platform. The account, which Twitter banned following the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, was restored after Twitter CEO and new owner Elon Musk posted a poll on Twitter on Friday night, November 18 asking the platform’s users if Trump should be…
Twitter says it will add a new “official” label to some verified distinguished accounts. The label, according to the micro-blogging platform, would be located under the account name and handle. Twitter’s Early-Stage Products Executive Esther Crawford said this on Tuesday. Confirming that not all previously verified accounts will get the new label, Crawford said the…
