A 19 year old Aerospace engineering student, Jack Sweeney, has rejected an offer of $5000 from the world’s richest man, Elon Musk. Sweeney, a student at the University of Central Florida created a twitter bot that helps track the location and movement of private jets used by billionaires. The sophisticated bot matches data from…
The Federal Government has lifted the suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria after approval by President Muhammadu Buhari The decision was announced by the Chairman Technical Committee Nigeria-Twitter Engagement and Director-General National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, CCIE. Kashifu, in a statement in Abuja, said the approval was given following…
A Twitter user notified the social media giant about the tweet, alleging that Osinbajo has “never done his job properly” and is allegedly using the American music star’s song “without permission”. The tweet was taken down by Twitter afterwards. See a screenshot below…….. This is coming months after same social media giant removed…
Parag Agrawal, the new Twitter CEO, has been hit with racism claims after a 2010 tweet resurfaced in which he appears to call all white people racist. In the tweet shared on October 26, 2010, Parag Agrawal, an Indian-American, wrote: “If they are not gonna make a distinction between Muslims and extremists, then why should I…
Jack Dorsey, the CEO and co-founder of Twitter could be about to step down from running the social network. Truetells Nigeria reports that stakeholder in Twitter is seeking to remove Dorsey who also serves as CEO of payment company Square. Sources told CNBC reporter David Faber that Elliott Management, a US investment management…
The Nigerian Communications Commission has said the Twitter ban in Nigeria is still in effect as the commission is yet to recieve the green light from the Ministry of Information to lift the ban. This was disclosed by the Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde. The NCC had sent a memo to…
Revealed How Nigeria Lost Over N132.8bn In Two Months of Twitter Ban. Truetells Nigeria reports that the Nigeria is estimated to have lost N132.8bn ( approximately $366,88m) since Twitter was banned in Nigeria by the Federal Government. The Federal Government banned Twitter in Nigeria on June 4 and the ban came into effect on June…
Twitter has announced that its New York City and San Francisco offices will be closed permanently while other office reopenings will be paused in response to the latest CDC warnings about COVID-19. The company made the announcement on Wednesday July 28, saying it was closing its two largest offices. ‘After careful consideration of the…
Twitter Makes New Laws For Users. Truetells Nigeria reports that Twitter on Wednesday unveiled a new version that allows Arabic language users to be addressed as female rather than male, in efforts to use “inclusive language” on the platform, popular in the Arab world. Arabic verbs and adjectives have both masculine and feminine forms,…
Nigerian billionaire and former Federal lawmaker, Ned Nwoko, has shown his support for President Muhammadu Buhari administration decision to suspend the operation of Twitter in Nigeria. The philanthropist said, “On the current issue with Twitter in Nigeria, I wholeheartedly support the position of the Federal Government.” The former lawmaker stated this while speaking at a June 12…
