Social media

Twitter shares surged Wednesday after its quarterly update showed improving growth in user numbers, offsetting concerns over a decline in revenue and another net loss for the social network. The …

Instagram has just announced that it now has 700 million users, representing a pretty impressive growth spurt from the 600 million it announced just four months ago. For additional context, …

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has dismissed as false information on various social media platforms alleging that the federal government has put in place necessary measures …

Nigerians used Google to satisfy their hunger for gossip this week as the topics that trended were sensational ones. Some of the topics include Oge Okoye’s alleged dog picture theft, …

The Lagos State Government has lamented the influence of the internet and social media in killing civil servants and other workers’ productivity. Commissioner for Establishments, Training and Pensions, Dr. Benson …

If you’re not an avid Twitter user, you may not know that there’s an account run by Twitter admins called Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety), and its sole purpose is to make …

Facebook on Wednesday began letting businesses in the US or Canada post jobs and take applications from job seekers, posing a challenge to Microsoft-owned LinkedIn. The platform’s users will be …

Facebook must do much more to stamp out hate speech on its site, the president of Italy’s lower house of parliament said, warning that rising abuse on various social media …

Homeland Security Secretary, John Kelly, has said visa applicants could be asked for passwords to their social media accounts by United States, US, embassies, going forward. Kelly said the move …

James Ibori, former governor of Delta state who just finished serving a jail term in the UK for fraud, has wasted no time in joining the social media – 24 …