Tag: YouTube
Rema’s ‘Calm Down’ hits 400m views on YouTube – how the song came about
'Calm Down' has also he song charted across Europe, reaching number one on the Belgian Ultratop 50, Dutch Top 40…
Indian gov’t bans YouTube channels peddling fake news
The YouTube channels, which were found to be operating as part of a coordinated disinformation network, had nearly 2 million…
Musician Asake, others selected for 2023 YouTube grant for African creators
Through the initiative YouTube will support creators and the creative economy in Africa with $20000 and $50000 respectively through the…
YouTube to give Shorts creators 45% of ad sales
The Google-owned streaming service announced Tuesday that it would introduce advertising on its video feature Shorts and give video creators…
Nigeria asks Google to kick out IPOB, others from YouTube
Nigeria said Google is a platform of choice for IPOB, a proscribed terrorist group in Nigeria while imploring the tech…
YouTube announces D’banj, Davido, others for Africa Day Concert
The Africa Day Concert is aimed at commemorating the foundation of the Organisation of Africa Unity, formed on May 25,…
YouTube to block channels linked to Russia’s RT, Sputnik
The company's actions follows that of Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc, which on Monday said it will restrict access to…
Omah Lay, 3 others join #YouTubeBlack Voices Music Class of 2022
YouTube on Thursday announced a roster of four Nigerian artistes and 50 other artistes, songwriters and producers selected to join…
Adele’s Easy On Me zooms to No.1 on YouTube, Tiwa Savage is 13th
The video dropped before midnight UK Time on Thursday. It was her first song since she released 25 in 2015.
BBC Hausa unveils YouTube show, “Mahangar Zamani”
The BBC Hausa team has declared readiness to start its maiden social media broadcast programme tagged: “Mahangar Zamani” to tackle…
Burna Boy hits one billion views on YouTube
YouTube made this known on Burna’s page, which showed a total of 1,006,338,859 views as at the time of filing…
Gospel singer Ada Ehi hits one million subscribers on YouTube
The award-winning songwriter and mother of two took to her Instagram page to announce the milestone to her fans and…
YouTube cancels Trump again
YouTube has deleted a video of former President Donald Trump from the American Conservative Union’s account over unscientific comment
YouTube wins user copyright tussle in court
European Union Court of Justice has ruled that Google’s video-sharing site, YouTube, and other e-platforms are conditionally not liable for users…
Rudeboy hits one million subscribers on YouTube
Nigerian superstar, Paul Okoye a.k.a Rudeboy has received a gold plague from YouTube for hitting one million subscribers.