Godwin Edudzi Tamaklo, the lawyer of Whatsup News editor David Tamakloe, has threatened to spill it all if the police do not withdraw its official statement on the arrest of his client. The arrest of Mr Tamakloe on Thursday, April 1 has since generated controversy but the Ghana Police …
Read More »CID releases Whatsup News editor, says arrest was for extortion
The Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service has released the editor-in-chief of Whatup News on bail but denied arresting him at gunpoint. A statement signed by DSP Juliana Obeng, Head, Public Affairs, CID, said the investigative arm of the police service, “on Thursday, 1 April 2021, arrested …
Read More »WhatsUp News Editor reportedly arrested again by National Security operatives
Chief Editor of digital news platform WhatsUp News, David Tamakloe has reportedly been arrested for the second time by unidentified personnel purported to be National Security operatives. According to news reports in circulation, David Tamakloe was busted in connection with alleged blackmail and extortion of a businesswoman. Reacting to …
Read More »WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook down globally
Social media sites, WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook are down. This global shutdown is being reported across the world and users on Twitter have been discussing the shutdown. “We’re sorry, but something went wrong. Please try again,” reads Instagram. WhatsApp has a similar ‘Connecting’ and circular icon near the top as …
Read More »WhatsApp forces users to agree to share data or stop using the App
If you’re a WhatsApp user, which you mostly are, you’ve probably seen a pop up asking you to agree to share certain data with Facebook, the mother company of WhatsApp. The message, which read, “By tapping Agree, you accept the new terms, which take effect on February 8, 2021, After …
Read More »VIDEO: New Sc@m Alert – Whats@pp Accounts Take Over By Fraudsters, This Is How They Operate
It has been revealed that some fraudsters have started taking over WhatsApp accounts. According to Philemon Hene, Cyber Analyst at E-Crime Bureau, 5 cases have already been recorded and people are advised to be more careful. The way these fraudsters operate is by sending you a message on WhatsApp …
Read More »Last Whatsapp chat of Ray Styles before his death
After the death of Ghanaian artist, Ray Styles, there’s a Whatsapp chat of his circulating on social media. Apparently, it’s a chat between him and a friend. In the chat, he told the friend whose identity isn’t known that he was in India receiving treatment and he was positive that …
Read More »Letter from Africa: Why Nigerians are muting their mothers on WhatsApp
In our series of letters from African writers, Nigerian novelist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani says children are now having to police their credulous parents on WhatsApp. Just a few years ago, local comedians had a field day with jokes about elderly Nigerian mothers and their nonchalant attitudes towards their mobile phones. …
Read More »WhatsApp Tightens Limits On Message Forwarding
WhatsApp is trying to stem the rapid spread of coronavirus misinformation by placing new limits on the number of times a forwarded message can be shared simultaneously. A message received by a person on the Facebook (FB)-owned platform that has already been forwarded five times can now only be passed …
Read More »Coronavirus: WhatsApp service in South Africa goes global in WHO virus fight
The World Health Organization plans to reach at least 50 million people with a WhatsApp information service that delivers information on demand about the coronavirus and is so successful in South Africa it will be used around the world. The free service, the first of its kind launched globally by …
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