FG extends deadline for NIN-Sim linkage by four weeks
The Federal Government has extended the deadline for the registration and linkage of the National Identity Number (NIN) to Subscribers Identification Module (SIM) cards by one month. Following the announcement, Nigerians who are yet to complete the NIN-SIM registration now have
Twitter now allows users add stickers to Fleets
Twitter is adding stickers to its short-lived, Snapchat Stories-like Fleets, the social media giant announced Wednesday. According to the microblogging site, its new Sticker feature is available for users on both Android and iOS. When you’re making a Fleet, you’ll be able
Facebook removes Trump’s voice from platform
Facebook has removed a video of former US President Donald Trump from the page of his daughter-in-law Lara Trump. Trump was banned by the social media giant in January after the invasion of the US Capitol by some of his supporters. The
Jack Dorsey’s first ever tweet sells for $2.9m
Twitter founder and CEO Jack Dorsey's first ever tweet has been sold for the equivalent of $2.9m (£2.1m) to a Malaysian businessman. The tweet, which said "just setting up my twttr," was first published on March 21, 2006 and was auctioned
Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram down for users worldwide
Popular social media apps WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram went down for thousands of social media users on Friday. Users around the globe could not access the social media apps as the sites reportedly crashed. According to Downdetector, more than 122,000 people had
Flutterwave partners payments giant PayPal
Nigeria’s fintech firm, Flutterwave, has announced a landmark partnership deal with United States payments giant, Paypal. This was disclosed in a tweet Tuesday by Flutterwave’s founder and CEO – Olugbenga Agboola. He wrote: “As we build the largest payment infrastructure in Africa
Elon Musk is now Tesla’s ‘technoking’
Eccentric billionaire entrepreneur, Elon Musk, has changed his job title at Tesla to “technoking”. Also, the car manufacturer’s financial chief, Zach Kirkhorn, has been rebranded as “master of coin” in a slew of changes at the tech giant. Kirkhorn’s job title change