Days After Releasing NITDA Code of Practice, Google, Twitter Update 'Practice Code on Disinformation' Social media giants, Meta, Google, Twitter and Microsoft have agreed to take a tougher line against disinformation including deep fakes and fake accounts, under an updated EU code of practice or...

Microblogging platform, Twitter, has launched two new payment providers for Pan-African users, Barter by Flutterwave and Paga. Barter is a web and mobile app, from payments technology firm, Flutterwave, that lets people send and receive money from abroad instantly, and safely, at affordable rates. Paga is...

The Return Of Twitter And Restoration Of Sanity In Nigeria, by Salis Mohammed Manager   Cross quarter excitement has continued to trail Nigerian government’s lifting of its suspension on Twitter operations more than six months after it first declared a ban on the social media giant...

Twitter Ban: Nigeria Loses N309.26bn In 124 Days   The Nigerian Twitter ban has entered its 124th day, causing losses of up to N309.26bn to the economy. The Nigerian government had on June 4 ordered the suspension of Twitter. Recently, President Muhammadu Buhari said “Social media is a...

Nigerians Lose N150.46bn To Twitter Ban In Two Month       Nigeria businesses may have lost N150.46bn ($366.88m) since the Federal Government’s ban on Twitter took effect in the country on June 5. This figure was calculated based on the NetBlocks Cost of Shutdown Tool. According to the...

Press Freedom: The Case for Regulation, by Abdulhamid Babatibde     When all is said about the taming of Twitter by the Federal Government my hope is that there will be a rapid realization that a lot that needs to be done to make the media environment...