As always, there is so much going on in the social media world, and it can be hard to catch every story.
“Social Media Roundup” is a weekly roundup of some of the most interesting events that caught my attention in the past week.
Published on Sundays, “Social Media Roundup” will help you stay up-to-date on all the important social media news you should know.
Enjoy.
1. RIP to the lives lost from the COVID-19 virus.
RIP to Victor Ikwuemesi, chairman of the now-defunct Sosoliso airlines who lost his life to coronavirus.
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, announced the death of the Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari on Twitter.
Reactions from some of his colleagues:
COVID-19 Update: 86 new cases have been reported in Nigeria today according to the NCDC.
A recent PSA from Funke Akindele, after her run-in with the law a couple weeks back.
2. Between Sarz & M.I.
This misunderstanding started when M.I joined Blaqbonez’s Instagram live and proceeded to tell a not so funny joke about a night out with Sarz.
Sarz’s Reaction:
https://twitter.com/beatsbysarz/status/1251102639523274752?s=20
M.I retracted his statement and apologized:
Oh yeah, and check out AQ & M.I’s new project that came out two days before this “joke.”
3. Ruggedman’s tweets exposed this brutal act by the Nigerian Police Force in Osun State.
The disgusting video of the Nigerian police doing what they do best, abusing their power:
The Lady in the video replied, with some evidence:
Some reactions:
The Nigerian Police replied:
4. Between Davido & Ycee.
If you follow Davido, you know he pushes all his DMW artistes relentlessly and would not let anyone get in the way of that. Well, Ycee tried to and that’s what led to this.
Davido replied a fan:
Ycee replied Davido:
https://twitter.com/iam_YCee/status/1251045573890920448?s=20
Davido’s Reply:
Ycee’s replies:
Check out the freestyle Ycee referred to below:
https://www.instagram.com/tv/B_HQ3WpgYDr/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
5. The governor of Kaduna state’s son, Bello El-Rufai threatened a Nigerian twitter user based on opposing political views.
The two men clashed after the Bello criticized United States President, Donald Trump, for not doing enough to handle the outbreak of Coronavirus in America.
Bello said, “There is nothing as radioactive as an incompetent leader during a time of crisis. The United States of America is a case in point. A few states in Nigeria too.”
Theranos_zer replied “How about the absentee president of Nigeria?“
It all went downhill from there:
Bello sent the below Twitter Direct Messages to Theranos_zer:
https://twitter.com/thanos_zer/status/1249277890304368641?s=20
“Truly your mother’s son. Does she still earn by earning 2,019 naira per suck on Azikwe Street, Aba LGA? Tell her to wear mask and gloves while doing it due to this pandemic.” he added in a now-deleted tweet.
The first lady of Kaduna State, Hadiza El-Rufai supported her son with this tweet:
She changed her mind shortly after:
https://twitter.com/Zannyzanariya/status/1250844795393761280?s=20
https://twitter.com/Zannyzanariya/status/1250844795393761280?s=20
