There was chaos at the Faculty of Arts, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, after a yet-to-be-identified female student attacked and bit a lecturer during a heated altercation. The incident, which occurred on campus, stemmed from an argument after the lecturer, identified as Dr. Chukwudi Michael, interrupted the student while she was recording a dance video in…
The mother of famous Nigerian singer Oyinkansola Sarah Aderibigbe, aka Ayra Starr, has urged Nigerians to encourage their middle-aged mothers to join social media platform, TikTok. Mrs Aderibigbe, who is known for her trendy content on TikTok, claimed that the platform helps middle-aged women mentally. She made the claim in a video message shared via…
Nigerian actress Omotunde Adebowale-David, popularly known as Lolo, has expressed concern over a trend on the popular social media platform, TikTok, where young girls “display their breasts.” In a video posted on Instagram on Wednesday, Lolo shared her distress after viewing a video where a young male TikTok user encouraged girls to expose themselves on…
TikTok continues to reaffirm its dedication to online safety by removing over 2 million videos in Nigeria during Quarter 3 between July and September 2024, as detailed in its latest Q3 Community Guidelines Enforcement Report. Impressively, 99.1% of these videos were removed within 24 hours. With over a billion people around the world, using the…
A father in Pakistan killed his teenage daughter after she uploaded what he considered to be inappropriate videos on the social media app TikTok, police said on Thursday. The man, said to be in his 50s, recently brought his family back from the U.S. to settle in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, local police…
A US man who allegedly said President Donald Trump “needs to be assassinated” and posed on TikTok holding a rifle has been arrested, authorities said. Douglas Thrams, 23, posted multiple videos on Tiktok between Monday, when Trump was inaugurated, and Wednesday threatening anti-government violence, according to a criminal complaint Thursday. “Every US government building needs…
US President Donald Trump says he is open to the possibility of Elon Musk, owner of Tesla and microblogging platform X, purchasing TikTok. TikTok was recently shut down in the United States following a federal ban over national security concerns tied to its Chinese ownership. The ban, which took effect on Sunday, temporarily forced TikTok…
US President Donald Trump ordered a 75-day pause on enforcing a law that would effectively ban TikTok in the US, as he floated an idea of partnering with the app’s Chinese owner. The executive order delayed implementation of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which took effect January 19 and would prohibit…
TikTok restored service in the United States Sunday after briefly going dark, as a law banning the wildly popular app on national security grounds came into effect. TikTok credited President-elect Donald Trump, who retakes power on Monday, for making the reversal possible — though the outgoing administration of President Joe Biden had earlier said that…
TikTok disconnected access to its users in the United States late Saturday shortly before a national ban on the app was to take effect, with President-elect Donald Trump unable to intervene until he takes office. “A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the US. Unfortunately, that means you can’t use TikTok for now,” said…