Twitter said Tuesday its profits tripled in the past quarter even as it ramped up efforts to root out abuse and misconduct on its short messaging platform.

At least 10 Malian soldiers died Sunday in an attack by suspected jihadists in the centre of the African country, a security source told AFP. "There are at least 10 dead soliders," the Malian source said. "Yes our camp at Guire was attacked on Sunday about five in the morning." "The terrorists came out of…

Twitter is taking a major step ahead in cleaning in its platform, in order for it to look more legit. In achieving this, it will start by eliminating spammers. “Follow, unfollow, follow, unfollow. Who does that? Spammers. So we’re changing the number of accounts you can follow each day from 1,000 to 400. Don’t worry,…

Stephen Urueye, a serving doctor at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), was allegedly killed on Thursday night by suspected robbers who stabbed him to death right in front of the hospital at Idi Araba, Lagos. Nigerians on social media have reacted to the incident which happened 48 hours after his convocation ceremony at the University of Lagos on Tuesday.…

Death eath makes mockery of life, and of all achievements. Death is always a tragedy since it puts a finality to existence, and ceases all possibilities. The death of a terminal patient, a loved one, is not bearable. This is even more so when death raids the intelligentsia and takes those on whom we have…

Personal branding has fast become a buzz word that we throw around nodding knowingly, but few of us really comprehend its power. Personal branding is described by Influencer Marketing Hub as the image people see of you, it is how you promote yourself and the telling of your story. In essence, it is how you…

AS Roma announced the launch of a new official Pidgin English Twitter account in a bid to connect with fans in Nigeria and neighbouring countries in Africa. The club said in a statement that the new account which is being run out of Lagos, was set up after fans in Nigeria contacted the club to…

Who's saying what on Twitter after Roger Federer won his 100th career title on Saturday: "Welcome to the 'Triple Digit' tournament victory club @rogerfederer — I've been a bit lonely - glad to have the company." -- Jimmy Connors, the only other man to win 100 titles, ending his career on 109. "Just watched @rogerfederer…

Facebook and Twitter are doing too little to scrutinise advertising placements on their sites in the runup to European Union elections in May, despite their pledges to fight disinformation, EU officials said Thursday.

One round of political contestation in this season in our land can be said to be over, at least for now. The tentative assessment is borne out of the realisation that one of the leading contenders is going to court to challenge the officially announced results. The commentary by this column is on what may…

Nigerians on Twitter are drawing humour from viral clip showing President Muhammadu Buhari supposedly peeping his wife, Aisha’s ballot paper. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the first couple were in high spirits on Saturday as they cast their vote in Daura. A brief moment showed them sharing smiles as Buhari seemingly checked Aisha’s…

Twitter has been sued by a Canadian Blogger who claims that they have no right to ban her permanently after she tweeted about the transgender community. Meghan Murphy, the founder of the blog Feminist Current, wrote in her lawsuit that Twitter locked her account after she tweeted, “Men aren’t women” because that was not their…