100 Days: Twitter Pleads With FG Over Ban

100 days after the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) banned Twitter in the country, the microblogging platform has lost about 23.44 per cent out of its market share. The company before the ban had a market share of 25.52 per cent in Nigeria, but this has drastically reduced to 2.8 per cent as of August 2021. The company has however opened talks with the Government so as to resolve the ban.

Glo Launches Mobile TV Service

Nigerian telecommunications company, Globacom has on Tuesday launched its Mobile TV “Glo TV” streaming service to promote entertainment, providing its subscribers with premium all-round entertainment, news, sports. The TV service is available on Android and iOS devices as well as the web for linear television video and catch-up content.

Instagram Reveals New Tools to Reduce Racist, Offensive Comments

The facebook-owned social media app, Instagram has revealed new measures to reduce abusive and racists content on the social media site. Instagram said it would begin using “stronger warnings”, when users post potentially offensive comments, and also a “hidden words” feature that allows users of the social media platform to filter abusive messages.

FG Approves New Salary Structure For NIMC Staff

The Federal Government has revealed a new condition of service and salary scale for staff of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC).

PayPal Launches Crypto Buying, Selling In The UK

PayPal Holdings Inc, an online payments system has expanded its services, introducing buying, selling, and holding of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to its customers in the UK. The service expansion in the UK by the American financial technology company will start this week, allowing users to buy bitcoin, ether, litecoin, and bitcoin cash through their PayPal wallets online and on their mobile apps.

Twitter Launches Into E-commerce Via ‘Shopping Module’ Pilot

The tech giant has begun testing a new feature that allows businesses to add a shopping section to the top of their profiles, i.e social commerce. The tech giant is following the trail of other popular social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Pinterest who have also used new features to turn their services into shopping destinations.