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August 16, (THEWILL) - A legal practitioner, Maxwell Opara (SAN), has filed an alleged defamatory suit, seeking N10 billion in damages against Twitter and the Department of State Services (DSS). Opara in the writ of summons marked: FCT/HC/CV/7186/23 and...

May 13, (THEWILL) – Tesla CEO and Twitter owner, Elon Musk, has named Ms Linda Yaccarino, as the new chief executive officer (CEO) of the microblogging platform. Yaccarino is the former advertising chief at NBCUniversal. She will resume work at...

April 12, (THEWILL) – Elon Musk-owned X Corp has absorbed the social media platform, Twitter, as part of the CEO’s long-awaited move to turn it into an “everything app” similar to China’s WeChat app. This means that Twitter is now...

December 20, (THEWILL) - Elon Musk looks set to quit as CEO of Twitter after asking the website’s users to decide his future at the company. Musk started a poll on Twitter, asking if he should “step down as head...

December 19, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government has countered the claim by former Twitter staff that the microblogging platform did not negotiate with Nigeria before it was allowed to resume operations in the country after its suspension. Speaking on Monday,...

December 19, (THEWILL) – The microblogging platform, Twitter, has said it will no longer allow users to link to several rival social media websites, including "Facebook, Instagram and Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Nostr and Post" from their accounts. The development...

December 14, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government has commended social media giant, Meta on its initiative to combat fake news and hate speech on its platform ahead of the 2023 general elections in Nigeria. Meta had at a recent...

December 02, (THEWILL) - Twitter owner, Elon Musk, has suspended the Twitter account of American rapper, Kanye West, for violating the platform's rules. The singer had launched an attack on his ex-wife, Kim Kardashian, as well as the new owner...

November 20, (THEWILL) – Microblogging platform, Twitter, has restored the suspended account of former United States President, Donald Trump. The development followed a poll carried out by the platform’s new owner, Elon Musk, on Saturday. Musk had set up a poll...

November 10, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government has said it is closely monitoring Twitter under the new owner, Elon Musk, to ensure it is not open to fake news that may endanger the peace and security of Nigeria. Minister of...