United States President, Donald Trump has been suspended from Twitter and Facebook after tweeting in support of mob who attacked the US Capitol. In a social media message to protesters he said “I love you” before telling them to go home. He also repeated his claims about election fraud. Twitter said it required the removal … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG When citing social media that allow for such easy connection between Nigerian musicians and their fans, Twitter is one that quickly comes to mind. Twitter allows for an easy interactive section between artists and their fans. As these artists posts, fans jump under the comment section to pour out their thoughts/opinions. Often … Read more
Popular social networking service, Twitter, has verified the account of Olamilekan Moshood Agbeleshe, known as Laycon, winner of Big Brother Naija Season 6. Ekohotblog understands that the blue verified badge on Twitter lets people know that an account of public interest is authentic. Verification of the Nigerian reality TV personality and songwriter evolved a few … Read more
Twitter has announced it will hand over the presidential @POTUS account to Joe Biden when he is sworn in on inauguration day, even if President Donald Trump has not conceded his election loss, US media reported Friday. The social media giant is “actively preparing to support the transition of White House institutional Twitter accounts on … Read more
NOVEMBER 18, 2020 US-based social media platform, Twitter, has launched ‘Fleets’, a new feature allowing users to make posts which disappear after 24 hours. The company said the initiative was consequent upon complaints from its users over the permanent nature of tweets on the microblogging platform. The social media giant said the new feature will … Read more
Ekohotblog, 30th October, 2020 Nigerian Actor cum Politician, Desmond Elliot’s followership on Twitter has reduced drastically. Just yesterday, a Nigerian Actor and politician, Desmond Elliot, currently serving Surulere Constituency in Lagos shot himself in the leg after he referred to Nigerian youths as children. He went further to blast his colleagues in the Nollywood industry … Read more
Following a series of Pro-EndSARS tweets coming from the National Broadcasting Commission’s Twitter handle, the NBC, has confirmed that its Twitter account was hacked, stating that they are working on the retrieval. This happened barely 48 hours after viral audio released by an ‘anonymous’ supporting the #EndSARS protest, thereby giving the government 72 hours or … Read more
Twitter On Thursday night, Nigerians experience a Twitter outage. It led to speculations the government had clamped down on the social media app amid the #EndSARS online campaign. Read Also: Anambra 2020: Nwankpo Declares For Governorship Race But it quickly emerged that it was a global issue caused by a system change. According to Twitter … Read more
Man Narrates How SARS Officers Allegedly “Kidnapped” Him On His Birthday, Extorted 298,000 Naira From Him Ekohotblog, September 13, 2020… Man cries for justice as he narrated how SARS officers allegedly “kidnapped” him on his birthday and extorted from him a sum of 298,000 Naira. The man identified as Gilbert took to his Twitter account … Read more
American microblogging and social networking service, twitter, says the tweet announcing the demise of Chadwick Boseman is the “Most liked Tweet ever.” It further described it as “A tribute fit for a King,” accompanied with hashtag #WakandaForever. The tweet had garnered 6.5m love, three million retweets and 155,300 comments as of the time of this … Read more
A Twitter influencer who exposed Ogudu police officers for alleged assault and extortion revealed that he was stopped again. On July, 8, Ogudu police officers were arrested after a social media influencer took to Twitter to narrate how they allegedly assaulted him after accusing him of being gay. Olumide Bakare alias Valking said the policemen extorted the … Read more
A Twitter user, identified as Bettyaana, said she got a scholarship to study at Warwick but she rejected the offer after her Nigerian pastor told her it’s not the “will of God”. She added that she later got another scholarship into Russell in London and the same pastor told her to drop out and she … Read more
Olusola was arrested on the orders of Jonathan and was denied access to a lawyer while he stayed in detention for two months. Read Also: The Upcoming Edo Election Is A Matter Of Life And Death For Oshiomole – River State Gov Babatunde Olusola, an orphan and final year student of Chemical Engineering of the … Read more
I’ll quit social media before stepping into my husband’s house – Relationship therapist Says she will ask her husband to get her a sim so she can use Whatsapp A relationship therapist says she will quit social media on her wedding day before she steps into her “husband’s house”. The relationship therapist, known on Twitter … Read more
-A lady identified as Teefah demands justice for her brother’s death. -He died from an accident at works with saba steel industrial company at Amuwo Odofin where he worked. Makeup artist identified as Teefah (@Laposco) on Twitter, demands justice for the death of her brother, who died from an accident at work. The lady said … Read more
A lady identified as Bola has narrated how she narrowly escaped death on her way to work. Bola, who took to her twitter page to share the story said, she boarded a bus from Yaba to ojuelegba, and the tyre of the bus pulled out on motion. She noted that out of fear, she resorted … Read more
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has described as fraudulent the operations of a fake twitter handle, @YusufPhilipYila, purported to belong to its Director, Development Finance Department, Mr Philip Yila Yusuf. The apex bank’s Director of Corporate Communications, Mr Isaac Okorafor, raised this alert in a statement in Abuja. Okorafor said fake messages relating to … Read more
Almost all U.S. tech firms, from Google to Amazon, Twitter, and Facebook have condemned the latest visa ban announced by President Donald Trump. They said the freeze would make the US less competitive. Trump on Monday banned new H-1B visas, used by major companies to bring over highly-skilled engineers from abroad. Around 18,000 H1-B visas … Read more
Who says one can’t find love online? As a Lady on Twitter, identified as @Aysha_Yayari on twitter narrates how she found love online. Naana said the journey that transformed her from single to being married started 18months ago when a twitter user messaged her on a Saturday at precisely 7 am. READ ALSO: NLC Advises … Read more
……Trump Threatens To Send Military Against Protesters Protests intensify over the death of George Floyd as protesters continue to rage in Minneapolis. Late Thursday night, cheering protesters broke into a Minneapolis police precinct station after the department abandoned it, setting it ablaze and igniting fireworks. A police spokesman confirmed late Thursday that staff had evacuated … Read more