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9 Aug 2023
Some content creators on the social media platform, X, formerly known as Twitter, yesterday, woke up to receive payments for ads displayed on their feeds by the company. The payment, which started in the United States of America last month, saw Nigerian users display various sums received from the micro-blogging platform. The company announced the…
3 Aug 2023
AFP news agency launched a copyright case in France on Wednesday against social media giant Twitter, recently rebranded X, part of a global struggle to get tech firms to pay for news.
31 Jul 2023
Elon Musk, the new owner of X, has reactivated the account of Kanye West, who was banned from the platform last December for violating the site's rules on inciting violence. West's account was suspended after he posted a series of antisemitic tweets and images, including a picture of a Swastika merged with the Star of…
25 Jul 2023
As part of the rebranding of micro-blogging platform, Twitter, the owner, Elon Musk, has changed the bird logo to an X. Part of the rebranding process saw Twitter launch a new website ‘x.com’, which redirects users to Twitter once clicked. In addition, Musk has also posted a picture of Twitter’s headquarters, showing it has been…
24 Jul 2023
Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino has confirmed that the social media site will be rebranded as X. In a series of tweets, Yaccarino said that X will be “the future state of unlimited interactivity,” focusing on audio, video, messaging, payments/banking, and creating a global marketplace for ideas, goods, services, and opportunities. She added that X, powered…
21 Jul 2023
ChatGPT now has a new formidable competitor as inventor, Elon Musk has finally rolled out a new AI company called xAI. “The goal of xAI is to understand the true nature of the universe,’ Musk stated on the company website.
19 Jul 2023
CHATGPT now has a new formidable competitor as inventor, Elon Musk has finally rolled out a new AI company called xAI. “The goal of xAI is to understand the true nature of the universe,’ Musk stated on the company website
16 Jul 2023
Twitter owner Elon Musk said Saturday that the social media platform he bought for $44 billion last October has lost roughly half of its advertising revenue.
14 Jul 2023
Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Friday he held a virtual meeting with tycoon Elon Musk on electric car maker Tesla's foray into his country, as well as supplies of low-cost internet services.
14 Jul 2023
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has announced the launch of a new artificial intelligence (AI) company called xAI. The company, which is incorporated in Nevada, was founded by Musk in March 2023. In a statement on the company's website, Musk said that xAI's goal is to "understand the true nature of the universe." He described the…
12 Jul 2023
New photos have emerged of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg training with UFC champions Israel Adesanya and Alexander Volkanovski, fueling speculation that he is preparing for a fight with Elon Musk. The photos, which were posted to Instagram by Adesanya, show Zuckerberg working out with the two fighters. The photos have sparked a frenzy of speculation…
7 Jul 2023
Elon Musk has reacted to the recent cease-and-desist letter sent to Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta (the parent company of Facebook), which accuses Meta of infringing upon Twitter's intellectual property rights with the launch of Threads.
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One of the governorship aspirants who contested the ticket of the party with Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa during last Saturday's primaries, Mayowa Akinfolarin, has dispelled the rumour that he stepped down for the governor during the shadow election. Akinfolarin, who came second after garnering 15,343 votes, disclosed that he did not back out of the contest…
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France's Court of Cassation on Wednesday confirmed the conviction of former premier Francois Fillon in a fake jobs scandal that wrecked his 2017 presidential bid but ordered a new trial for his sentencing. Fillon, 70, was sentenced on appeal on May 9, 2022, to four years' jail, three years of which were suspended, and a…
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Bayelsa Deputy Governor Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo has been appointed as head of the Ondo State’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary election scheduled for Thursday. This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Akure by Mr Kennedy Peretei, the Publicity Secretary of PDP in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria…
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The Nigerian government has suspended Dana Air a day after one of its aircraft crash-landed in Lagos. Nigeria's aviation minister Festus Keyamo directed the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to implement the suspension on Dana Air over safety concerns. "In light of these incidents and with the paramount priority being the safety and well-being of…
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Boko Haram fighters ambushed and wounded five Nigerien soldiers who were protecting a key agricultural site near the Nigerian border, local authorities said Wednesday. The site is one of two in Niger's southeastern Diffa region created to boost rice and wheat production and generate more than 12,000 jobs, according to the agriculture ministry. Diffa governor…
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) predicts sunshine and thunderstorms throughout the country from Wednesday to Friday. NiMet's weather forecast, released on Tuesday, predicted a sunny atmosphere over the northern region for the entire forecast period. NiMet predicted isolated thunderstorms in parts of Kebbi, Taraba, Zamfara, and Kaduna during the afternoon and evening hours. The agency…
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Tradegy struck as a newborn baby drowned inside a well at Ruguzau in Takai Local Government Area in Kano. This is contained in a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of Kano State Fire Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, on Wednesday in Kano. He said the incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon. ”We received an emergency…
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The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has directed the transfer of regulatory oversight of the electricity market in Ekiti from NERC to the Ekiti State Electricity Regulatory Bureau (EERB). It also directed the regulatory oversight of the electricity market in Ondo State from the Commission to the Ondo State Electricity Regulatory Bureau (OSERB) in compliance…