Tag: Facebook
Facebook plans global web access
Facebook revealed Thursday it has a lab working on using drones, satellites and solar-powered planes to provide web access around…
Facebook acquires WhatsApp for $16 bn
The fast-growing mobile messaging service WhatsApp, trendy among teenagers, has been acquired by Facebook for more than $16 billion in…
Research: Facebook loses appeal to teenagers
Facebook is losing its appeal to teenagers as more and more parents start using it to keep tabs on them,…
Fake Facebook account of NDLEA chief opened
Simon Ateba/Lagos Fraudsters have opened a fake Facebook account of Ahmadu Giade, Chairman of Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency,…
Man In Court For Raping Facebook Lover
The Nigerian police in Lagos on Wednesday arraigned a 34-year-old man, Omowuyi Kelvin, over alleged rape of a 25-year old…
Like Nigeria, Facebook-linked murders in Guatemala
A court in Guatemala sentenced two men to 200 years in prison each for murdering two teenagers they contacted via…
Nigerian Ladies Worry Over Scarcity Of Men
The recent alarm raised by the Catholic Women Organisation that husbands would become scarce in Nigeria in 2023 may just…
Jilted Boyfriends Upload Girlfriends’ Nude Videos On Internet
Jilted boyfriends are uploading the nude videos of their former girlfriends on the internet to get back at their former…
An Overview: The Senate And The Underage Marriage
By Ezebuike Temple The news of the Nigerian Senate passing a law that supports underage marriages has taken to the…
Nigerians Slam Dokubo Over Underaged Marriage
Head of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, NDPVF, Dokubo Asari, is getting more than he bargained for on Facebook…
Lebanon Man’s Penis Cut Off By Irate In-Laws
The irate family of a Lebanese Druze woman who married a Sunni man attacked her new husband, cutting off his…
Nigeria 3rd Largest Facebook User In Africa
EROMOSELE EBHOMELE Nigeria is the third largest user of Facebook in Africa in the latest ranking of countries using the…
Glo Subscribers To Browse Facebook Free
Nigeria’s leading telecommunication company, Globacom has unveiled a new promo that gives subscribers unlimited access to social media website, Facebook.…
Facebook unveils phone with Facebook features
Facebook on Thursday in Menlo Park, California, unveiled a software suite which stakes out a “home” on Android smartphones as…
Facebook may unveil smartphone next week
Facebook fueled fresh talk Friday about its own mobile phone after the leading social network scheduled a press announcement for…
Facebook launches search engine for shared content
Facebook on Tuesday in California launched a search engine for shared content described as a way to find things liked…
Fake doctor arrested for defrauding Facebook friend
The Nigerian Police in Lagos has arrested a fake medical doctor, who lied to an acquaintance he met on the…
President Goodluck Jonathan’s Facebook Message
It is a seasonal ritual for rulers, be they monarchs, military and civilians to wish the people they govern well…
Facebook lover gets new trial date
A Nigerian court has fixed 18 January to commence trial of Arthur Obiora, “the Facebook lover’’, charged with attempted rape…
Boyfriend Pushes UNILAG Student Off Storey Building
A 21-year-old student has been hospitalised, after she was allegedly pushed down from the third floor of the multi-storey building…
Facebook posts loss despite rise in ad revenues
The world’s most popular online social network, Facebook, has posted a loss of $59m despite recording revenues rise of 32…
US election: Obama leads the social media war
By Rob Lever WASHINGTON, (AFP) – The 2012 US presidential election campaign is being fought with tweets, hashtags, Facebook updates…
Facebook boost for Obama campaign
US President Barack Obama got an exceptional spike of more than one million “likes” on Facebook this week in his…
Facebook Tragedy: How We Killed The General’s Daughter —Suspects
Two murder suspects who were paraded today by the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, Echezona Nwabufor, 33, and Ezekiel Nnechuwu…
Facebook Monitors Users’ Chats
According to a report, the social networking site, Facebook, and other websites are monitoring users’ online chats and then scanning…
Yahoo, Facebook unveil advertising alliance
Facebook and Yahoo! announced Friday in San Francisco they were launching an advertising partnership as the two tech giants settled…
Facebook’s Email Switch Prompts Criticism By Users
Facebook is facing a backlash from users after replacing email addresses listed in members’ contacts with those provided by its…
Woman In Trouble Over Facebook Message
A 23-year old mother of one has been arrested by policemen from Ipaja Police Station, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, for…
Facebook members vote on privacy policy
Facebook on Friday began letting its more than 900 million members vote whether they approve of privacy policy changes introduced…
Facebook stumbles on first day of trading
Facebook stumbled in its first trading day Friday as shares ended barely above the starting price after a glitch-plagued market…