Twitter is delaying its rollout of ‘Fleets’, its Stories-like function, while it fixes “performance; and stability problems”. Fleets, which had been tested in Brazil since March before being announced in other territories; are tweets that disappear within 24 hours. Twitter said at the time that its intention was to make users feel more comfortable without having to be concerned over likes and retweets. Many users on Twitter complained about Fleets for being yet another Stories clone, with similar features appearing on Snapchat, YouTube, Instagram, Skype; and LinkedIn since it was introduced in 2013. However, others said that the new feature…
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Instagram and other social media platforms are still struggling to handle troll comments; misinformation and more such practices. To help give users more control over bullying comments, Instagram rolled out a new feature. Instagram already lets users delete comments that they don’t want visible on their posts. This can however get cumbersome especially if the troll army attacks your posts. But you can now delete up to 25 comments at once that you don’t want to appear on your post. You can do the same to block accounts as well. This feature was introduced recently and here’s how to use…
The Ugandan military on Thursday heightened up security in the capital Kampala; and major towns after violent protests erupted on Wednesday, leaving three people dead and 34 injured. Brig. Flavia Byekwaso, military spokesperson, said soldiers had been deployed to prevent possible escalation of protests after the arrest of opposition presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi, over flouting the COVID-19 campaign guidelines. Pilot dies after aircraft on training as Uganda beefs up security after violent protests Kyagulanyi’s Wednesday arrest sparked off sporadic protests in some parts of the east African country. “The deployment today is to beef up the security. We saw what…
Bobby Brown Jr, the son of the singer Bobby Brown, has been found dead in Los Angeles, police have said. The 28-year-old was discovered at his home on Wednesday after officers were called to a “medical emergency”, the Los Angeles Police Department said. Singer-songwriter Landon Brown, who is the eldest son of Bobby Sr., confirmed his brother’s death in an Instagram post captioned, “I love you forever King.” The cause of death is yet to be ascertained, however, no foul play is suspected as the case is pending examination, said LAPD public information officer Jeff Lee. Brown Jr was the…
Three members of the Kaduna State Vigilante Service have been killed by bandits in the Chikun Local Government Area of the state. The vigilantes, according to the State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan were ambushed by bandits on Tuesday night at Dande village while they were on their way from Damba-Kasaya in the Buruku general area. He gave the identities of the deceased as Alison Musa, Dauda Audu and Ishaya Sarki, while those injured are Ayuba Tanko and Doza Adamu Meanwhile, Governor Nasir El-Rufai has condoled with the families of the victims, praying for the repose…
US rapper Lil Wayne was charged Tuesday in Florida with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon over an incident dating back to last year — a federal offense that could see him sentenced to up to 10 years in prison. The 38-year-old artist, whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter Jr, was found to be carrying a gun and bullets when police searched a private plane in Miami in December last year. The Miami Herald reported that Lil Wayne — who has a home in south Florida — admitted the gold-plated pistol found in his luggage was his.…
The police in Katsina State have arrested nine suspected serial rapists who have been accused of continuously raping a 14-year-old girl, identified as Auwa Mato. Katsina, usually referred to as Katsina State to distinguish it from the city of Katsina, is a state in North West zone of Nigeria. The Police Spokesman in the state, Gambo Isah, disclosed this on Wednesday at the command headquarters, Katsina during a press briefing to showcase the recent achievements made by the command in the fight against Banditry, Kidnapping, Cattle rustling and other forms of crime and criminality in the state. According to Isah,…
Instagram is changing the way you search for posts on its platform. The photo and video sharing service is starting to surface relevant content when you look for posts using keywords. Prior to this update, you could only search for hashtags or account names. It was a longtime limitation that restricted the way you discover content on Instagram since it won’t surface photos or videos that did not contain the hashtags you were trying to find, for instance. With the latest change, you can search for content that matches your keywords; regardless of whether it contains relevant hashtags or not.…
Whatsapp is now working on a new feature that will give users the option to mute videos before sending them. WhatsApp’s new feature is being tested now but it’s not available to public beta users yet. This feature is under development, and it was discovered by WABetaInfo. There’s no word when WhatsApp will roll out this feature to users. It’s a simple feature but it can be useful to users who wish to send videos without any audio in them. Based on the screenshot shared by WABetaInfo, the preview screen for videos will have a speaker icon which you can…
A teenage girl has lost an ear after she was bitten by a retired police officer in Edo State. We gathered that the 18-year-old girl identified as Faith Aigbe was involved in a bout with a retired police officer named Mr Ogunbor. The alleged incident happened at Eweka Street, off Aduwawa Road, Benin City in Edo State on Sunday, November 15; during a quarrel between the victim’s mother and the Ogunbor family. Faith said when Mr Ogunbor picked up a shovel to hit her mother, she quickly held back the weapon. The retired police officer was said to have grabbed…