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Clergyman, Mike Bamiloye, claims fallen angels have taken over social media.
According to him, a lot of ladies and men are now possessed by an evil spirit and that “by their social media posts, you shall know them.”
APC presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said that he doesn’t use social media anymore because users “abuse the hell” of out him.
Tinubu said his children and workers send posts about him on social media once in a while and when he’s had enough, he tells them to stop.
In his words;
”I don’t read social media anymore, they abuse hell out of me. If I read it, I get high blood pressure, I get angry. I don’t read it.
If I want to hear anything, my children or any of my workers will tell me this one said this. If I am tired I say please forget it.”
Nigerian singer, Blaqbonez has revealed that he stopped watching people’s Instagram and Snapchat stories 4 years ago.
The ‘Commander’ crooner explained that he did this because watching always made him feel less of himself.
He tweeted: “4 years ago i stopped watching people’s IG & snapchat stories, because it always made me feel less of myself, people always seemed to have this perfect life, i told myself I won’t let then tension me. I still don’t watch people’s stories.”
Chairman of the Nigerians In Diaspora Commission NIDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has said she is not a public figure that cows to bullying.
She stated this while replying to former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, who cautioned her for calling a Twitter troll ”Ode” an abusive word in yoruba language which can mean ”d*mb, f**lish, st*pid,” and so on.
Ezekwesili spotted Abike’s Tweet and felt it was inappropriate.
Tweeting at Ms. Dabiri-Erewa, she wrote;
”Dear Abike @abikedabiri, What is this? . Kai. This is messy. Please clean it up. Quickly. Please.”
Popular businessman, Ikechukwu Ogbonna popularly known as IVD has updated his Instagram display photo with a photo of his late wife, Bimbo Ogbonna and his children.
The popular car dealer has been at the center of a domestic violence controversy which reportedly led to the death of his wife.
Asides from changing his display photo, it was also noticed that his followers on Instagram have also increased from 441k on Saturday, to 463k as of this morning.
IVD has also deleted every post on his Instagram page.
An American Pastor, Dr Juanita Bynum is trending online for charging her members $1499 to teach them how to pray.
The Pastor’s price list for the 4-week session which includes a certificate was passed on in a flyer she shared on her social media page.
Bynum wrote; “The Prayer Institute, a four week 7 Session, in-person 2 hour intensive. Register Now!“Location: Atlanta, GA Seating is Limited!”
Actress Nkechi Blessing Sunday’s ex, Opeyemi Falegan, has clapped back at her following an interview she had on TVC this morning where she spoke about their relationship.
During her interview Today, September 15, while appearing on TVC’s Your View, Nkechi was asked if she still loves ODF.
She replied saying she did not really like Falegan when they started dating and only dated him to get back at her American ex, Mike Adeyemi, who was already flaunting a new woman when they had issues.
She also said she has since moved on from her breakup with Falegan and has no feelings for him anymore.
Falegan has now taken to his Instagram page to clap back at her.
In his response, the politician said attaching his name to Nkechi’s name is dysfunctional and asked her to stop. He also asked her to move on and stop talking about him.
See his post below…
Social media platform, Twitter, has finally released its highly requested Edit Tweet feature.
This comes after many years of request and it will be available first to some paying Twitter subscribers later in September.
According to Twitter, the feature is currently undergoing “internal testing.”
“Tweets will be able to be edited a few times in the 30 minutes following their publication,” according to a Twitter blog post.
“Edited Tweets will appear with an icon, time stamp and label so it’s clear to readers that the original Tweet has been modified.”
Elon Musk has overtaken Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, on the list of the richest social media owners, after his acquisition of the largest share in competing microblogging firm, Twitter.
It was gathered that the top five social media billionaires are worth almost half a trillion dollars, about $465.9 billion to be exact, however, only Musk and Zuckerberg, crossed the $100 billion mark, according to data collated by Ripples Nigeria.
Elon Musk
Zuckerberg started the year on the list of the richest social media owner. However, he fell to the second spot, behind Musk, the wealthiest man on earth, whose networth is $282 billion as of April 7, 2022.
Ripples Nigeria recalls that Musk purchased 9.2% in Twitter, which has a market valuation of $38.45 billion, to add the social media firm to his investment portfolio, which includes automotive business, Tesla, and Space company, SpaceX.
Mark Zuckerberg
Zuckerberg, ranked second, is worth $79.6 billion, drawing his wealth from Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and virtual reality business. The 15th richest man, according to Forbes, is also planning to add digital currency to his portfolio.
Although, Zuckerberg’s firm, now known as Meta Platform (Facebook), is worth $606.86 billion, according to Thursday’s trading, making it the world’s most valuable social network.
Zhang Yiming
The third spot was taken by TikTok founder, Zhang Yiming, who is an Internet entrepreneur from China. The 39-year-old’s total fortune is estimated at $49.5 billion, sitting on the 26th spot.
Yiming’s Bytedance created TikTok in 2015, and it has a market valuation of about $250 billion according to Forbes report in 2021. The billionaire also owns news aggregator, Toutiao.
Ma Huateng
The internet company of Chinese billionaire, Ma Huateng, Tencent Holdings, owns WeChat, China’s largest social media gathering, although the messaging app was created by Allen Zhang.
The 50-year-old businessman is ranked 33rd on Forbes world’s richest, with a networth estimated at $39.7 billion, which he gross from Tencent, carmaker Tesla, streaming service Spotify, and Snapchat.
Pavel Durov
Pavel Durov is the founder of Telegram, and the Russian billionaire is worth $15.1 billion, ranking 130th in the world – thanks to the over 600 million users connecting on the social app.
Durov and Telegram were both based in Russia before he relocated to become a French citizen and based his business in Dubai, following his refusal to share users’ information with Russian secret service.
US-based Nigerian choreographer and entertainment polymath, Korra Obidi has addressed her ‘online family’ and fans during a Facebook live session on Saturday morning.
The Instagram celebrity apologized for portraying a perfect inter-racial family on social media while her home was falling apart.
Speaking during the session, the mother of two mentioned that she never had the intention of deceiving anyone and it stunned her that her family would fall apart so quickly.
“I just want to say, I am sorry,” Obidi stated as she cried on Facebook.
Obidi’s statement is coming after her caucasian husband, Dr. Justin Dean went on Instagram to reveal that he was filing for a divorce. Dean went on to state that he has had enough of Obidi’s manipulation and narcissism; he also alleged that she cheated on him, however, he apologized for the latter stating that it happened while they were still dating.
Korra Obidi during her Facebook live session admonished her fans to find a place in their hearts to forgive her as she is broken and ‘trying to be strong’ for her children.
She mentioned that her craft is how she has been able to keep herself together.
Listen to what Obidi has to say:
Nollywood actress Doris Ogala has taken to her Instagram page to explain why alot of people prefer to remain in bad marriages instead of getting a divorce.
She mentioned that people are scared to get a divorce because they do not want criticism from social media trolls.
Read her statement below:
The way people are being mocked on social media after divorce!
Made a lot to stick in marriage suffering and smiling”
She continued:
Am not shading anyone!
Am just alerting you guys in case!
This shit called marriage is bitter cola!
If I end mine and anyone mocks me!!
I swear I’ll curse that person!
I Am scared of marriage.”
Read what she read on Instagram:
Nigerian recording artiste, Simi has admonished budding musicians to sell themselves intentionally on social media.
The singer stated in her Instagram stories that a visit to some of the social media handles of upcoming musicians showed that they share other things asides their work as artistes.
She went on to admonish that if they sincerely want success, they must be selling themselves at all times.
Read the thread below.
A young Nigerian lady has taken to social media to launch a search for a childhood friend whom she was close to
The lady with the Twitter handle @Nifash_ shared an old childhood photo of them and went opened up about their indivisible relationship when they were younger.
According to her, the boy in the pic was more than a friend and never wanted to leave her side nor allow any hurt to come to her.
She added that she showed the old image to her mum who said the boy is her soulmate.
@Nifash however doesn’t know his name anymore and wants social media users to help her get in touch with him now.
She wrote: “I showed my mom this picture and she said this is my soulmate cause when we were small he never wanted to leave my side.. Like he’ll always protect me.
The thing is I don’t know his name anymore and I kinda wanna know what he looks like today. Twitter help your girl.” In a new update she shared, the lady discovered that the lad is no more.”
Nigerian singer, Tiwa Savage, has been making the rounds on social media since her controversial lewd tape suddenly surfaced online on Monday evening.
The singer had a couple of weeks ago claimed someone blackmailed her after obtaining the video of herself and her partner, Abolo Beckham, making out via the social media platform, SnapChat.
Savage said the blackmailer sent the video to her team and demanded money.
After trying initially to downplay the incident, she came out with her own narrative since her partner knew about it.
Her revelation expectedly drew mixed reactions from Nigerians at the time.
The video had also elicited responses from Nigerians since it came out.
A Nollywood actress, Sonia Ogiri, was one of those who saw the video.
She said: “Dear young girls. Please choose wisely your path. Dear @tiwasavage we love you, your songs and have supported you all these years. But this is unacceptable behaviour from you.
“Dear women, please desist from s*x recording either with a boyfriend or even husband. Anything can happen tomorrow and it might be used against your interest.
“For those of you that will call me clout chasing, I hope you see beyond clout because it won’t put more dollars in my account or put my son in a better school than he is now.”
Tonto Dikeh and her estranged partner, Prince Kpokpogri have unfollowed each other on their various social media accounts, fueling reports that they may have called their relationship quits just after two months.
This is coming several weeks after a leaked conversation between Kpokpogri and a yet-to-be identified woman surfaced online.
Recall it was reported that Kpokpogri was cheating on the Nollywood actress.
However, both parties haven’t deleted their photos on their respective social media pages.
It is uncertain if their relationship has packed up just after two months. Tonto Dikeh has not made a comment pertaining to Kpokpogri’s conversation about a certain escapade a couple of weeks ago.
Meanwhile, Kpokpogri has failed to fulfil his promise about the leaked conversation with the anonymous woman.
Former Governor of Cross River State, Liyel Imoke, has urged Nigerian youths to use their influence and negotiate their way into power come 2023.
Speaking at a ceremony to mark his 60th birthday and 10th anniversary of his foundation, Bridge Leadership Foundation (TBLF) on Saturday, Imoke said despite the influence the Nigerian youths commanded both in and outside social media, they have not been able to maximise such influence to break into what he described as the ‘boardroom’ to provide a ground for them to influence policies.
He identified the failure of the youths to set out their objectives before going into politics as one of the reasons they have been constantly sidelined by the current generation of leaders in the country.
Imoke explained that social media seemed to be the place, where youths believed they had influence, noting that it was not enough, as governments across Africa have a certain influence over the operation of social media.
He maintained that the current crop of leaders in the country are not ready to shift unless the youths break their ways in and are actively involved in politics.
Meanwhile, he explained that as 2023 is around the corner, it provides the youths the opportunity to get into the business of political leadership, noting that the youths must be audacious to make the change they want.
He said, “It is not enough to be a member of an organisation but also to be a member of the board, because that is where things happen, unless you are on the board, you will remain where you are.
Whenever you think you have such a power of influence for any activity, it must be for a purpose. It must be towards an objective. And until you become part of that decision-making process, your effort will remain just an effort.
“Next time, before you finish your influences, make sure you negotiate your way into the boardroom. When you get to the boardroom, there you can influence policies. Until you get into the boardroom, you can never influence change! You can make all the noise, you can have all the activity, you can have all the followers, but, you will not change the policy.
This is the time for a new generation to get into the boardroom, it is time for a new generation to appreciate the importance of being audacious. No one, not any one of us in front, or anyone there is going to shift! No one is going to shift by you saying, please make space for me, I am young, it is my time.
“Nobody gave me space. At 30, nobody gave me space. It was hard work. But, the good fortune was that I wanted to be in the boardroom. The generation that we are talking to, 2023 provides you with an opportunity to be in the boardroom, provides you with an opportunity to take control and to take charge. But, it’s a lot of work. Are you ready to deliver? Are you ready to do what it takes?”
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned Nigerians against the use of virtual private networks (VPNs) to access social media.
Following the federal government’s ban on Twitter and subsequent disconnection by network providers last week, many Nigerians turned to VPN to access the microblogging platform.
But National secretary of the APC caretaker committee, John Akpanudoedehe warns that hackers could steal data and money from bank accounts through the use of VPN.
In a statement released on Tuesday, he said; “The APC alerts Nigerians of the many risks involved in accessing contents, especially social media using the Virtual Private Network (VPN) which is vulnerable to the heinous activities of criminal hackers who can steal data and money in bank accounts.
“The APC warns legitimate private and public entities operating in the country to avoid the many dangers of exposing themselves to cybercrimes through the use of VPN which is not adequately secured.
“This advisory is necessary because despite the massive compliance by Nigerians to the federal government’s suspension of Twitter operations in the country, some individuals in the country have resorted to VPN to assess Twitter whose unwholesome activities were detrimental to peace and public order in the country.”
“The APC emphasises that VPN users expose their devices to vulnerabilities, because the network allows third parties access to personal data and changes user location to another country which compromises data integrity.
Your record can be traced to another country that is not yours, with all the risks that entails. Many individuals and organisations using VPN have lost their investments after compromising the security of their devices.
The APC strongly advises that Nigerians should avoid installing or using VPN to access social networking sites in order to protect their privacy and security online.
“This is in our individual and collective interest.”
Founder of Living Faith Church worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo has admonished youths against the excessive use of social media.
Oyedepo, who is the Chancellor of Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, gave the warning on Friday, May 21, during the 15th Convocation Ceremony and Conferment of Honourary Doctorate Degrees and presentation of prizes at the school.
The cleric noted that the negative impact of social media on youths could not be overemphasised, as it makes them lose focus and rob them of their destinies.
In his words; “The social media saga has eroded the substance of destiny as it has unconsciously robbed youths of their future and their time.
“The honour of this generation has been wiped off, chatting all day with no time left to think, plan programme and engage productively in the pursuit of any task.
“Some professionals have classified social media addiction along with drugs, alcohol and sex.
“Social media that is supposed to be a plus to the youth, suddenly became a minus, as everything of value is delivered through investment of time”.
He noted that life without a vision was an adventure in frustration and that life without a bearing was a burden.
According to the Chancellor, only those who know where they are going ever get anywhere.
“No one ever arrives at a future he cannot see, neither does anyone arrive at a future he is not prepared for.
“It is time for every youth to wake up from slumber and take his/her destiny in their hands,” he added.
Oyedepo further advised youths to get out of the nest by engaging in strategic planning as everyone was absolutely responsible for the outcome of his or her life.
Two diminutive European entertainers have been sending the internet into a frenzy in the past few days after a much talked about fight was announced.
Abdu Rozik, an 18 years old man from Dagestan, Russia, challenged Hasbulla Magomedov, 17, from Tajikistan to an MMA fight and the anticipated match made headlines.
The duo have been likened to Nigerian comic actors, Chinedu ”Aki” Ikedieze and Osita ”Pawpaw” Iheme, who suffer similar disorder as the Europeans.
Both Magomedov and Rozik suffer from a growth disorder in which their disease makes them appear younger than they actually are, as well as their dwarfism.
Videos of a heated press conference ahead of the MMA match between the two recently went viral on social media.
Both have gained fame on social media network, Tik Tok long before their first meeting.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested one Deborah Okiemute, hours after she flaunted her flashy lifestyle on social media.
Deborah, identified as Sassie Dira on Facebook, was arrested with three other suspects in Makurdi, Benue state.
on Saturday, May 1, the young lady had shared photos of herself posing with a flashy car while calling on people with ‘royal blood’ to link up with her.
First day of the month looking absolutely stunning as usual, fake life at its peak but don’t borrow clothing to show off fully focused for the kingdom and the king’s spec only those with Royal blood should DM,’‘ the lady captioned her post.
However, hours after she had made the post, the EFCC arrested her and three others over alleged involvement in internet fraud.
He noted that the four suspects, who are part of a syndicate of internet fraudsters, were picked up based on intelligence report on their “alleged criminal activities” in Makurdi, will soon be charged to court.
The statement read: “The Makurdi Zonal Office of the EFCC on May 1, 2021, arrested four members of a syndicate of internet fraudsters in Makurdi, Benue State.
The suspects, Gideon Damisa, Sunday James, Friday Ebosele and Okiemute Deborah, were rounded up by operatives of the commission following intelligence report on their alleged criminal activities in and around Makurdi metropolis.
“At the point of arrest, the principal suspect, Gideon Damisa, was in possession of a Mercedes Benz GLK 350, one IPhone, two Pro Max, two Infinix phone and ATM cards among others.
“They will soon be charged to court.”