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TikTok Removes 1.4m Nigerian User’s Videos In Q3 2023

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2 years ago

December 18, 2023

The short video platform owned by Bytedance, TikTok, has reported that during the third quarter of this year, it deleted 1.4 million videos uploaded by Nigerian users.

According to The Times, Nigeria was one of the top 50 nations from which videos abusing the site’s policies originated in Q3, the platform claims. During the evaluation period, 136.5 million videos were taken down from the internet worldwide.

The business noted in its recently published Community Guidelines Enforcement Report that 90% of all content removals for the quarter occurred in the top 50 markets where policy violations were documented.

One or more of TikTok’s policies, which cover topics like Integrity and Authenticity, Privacy and Security, Mental and Behavioural Health, Safety, and Civility, among others, were allegedly broken by the removed content.

TikTok reported that it deleted 73.6 million accounts that were found to be fraudulent or spam during the period under investigation.

“As always, we’re keeping an eye out for outside threats and taking precautions to protect the platform from fraudulent accounts and activity. There are periodic variations in the reported metrics in these regions as a result of these attackers’ continual probing and attacking of our systems.

“In spite of this, we’re unwavering in our resolve to swiftly detect and delete any accounts, materials, or actions that aim to manipulate users’ popularity on our platform.

According to the corporation, 348.7 million likes on videos were also deleted. In addition, 7.2 billion fake follow requests and 211.3 million fake followers were deleted.

It was found that the deleted likes, followers, and follow requests were the result of “automated or inauthentic mechanisms,” according to TikTok.

In 2023, TikTok reported a rise in the number of ads deleted for breaking its advertising regulations and a fall in the number of ads removed as a result of account-level measures during the third quarter. According to the research, the number of ads removed in Q3 2023 for breaking the platform’s policies increased to 1.3 million from 962,574 in Q2.

Even with the removals, TikTok’s user-generated revenue continues to climb, making it one of the most popular social media sites worldwide.

In 2023, TikTok made $3.8 billion in customer spending through the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, bringing its total income to $10 billion, according to a recent estimate from data.ai.

According to Data.ai, in Q1 2023, TikTok became the first mobile app to generate over $1 billion in global consumer spending in a single quarter. With over $6.2 billion in customer spending at the beginning of 2023, the social video app has managed to add $3.8 billion to that number over the course of the year.

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Don Jazzy Reveals Artist With Best Voice In Nigeria

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3 days ago

November 13, 2025

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Ace producer and music executive Don Jazzy has claimed that his former signee, Wande Coal, has the best vocals in the Nigerian music industry.

The Mavin boss made the claim during an interactive session with fans on X on Wednesday.

A fan had praised Don Jazzy, saying he has the best and most unique voice in the Nigerian music industry. However, in his response, Don Jazzy said that while he agrees he has the most unique voice, Wande Coal has the best.

He wrote, “Most unique I agree, best na Wande [Coal].”

Wande Coal is widely regarded as one of the finest Afrobeats vocalists, with several artists such as Wizkid, Fireboy DML, and Oxlade admitting that he inspired them.

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Regina Daniels Introduced Me To Drugs, She Sleeps With Girls – Co-wife, Charani Alleges

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3 days ago

November 13, 2025

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Senator Ned Nwoko’s Moroccan wife, Laila Charani, has accused her co-wife, Regina Daniels, of introducing her to illicit drugs.

She made the allegation in a recent post on Instagram after Daniels claimed that her husband’s other wives were also into drugs.

Charani claimed that it was her husband’s quick intervention that saved her from losing her marriage after Regina Daniels introduced her to drug addiction.

She also claimed that the only reason Regina Daniels is fighting with their husband is because he wants her to stop drug and alcohol addiction, stressing that the lawmaker doesn’t smoke nor take alcohol.

Charani further accused Regina Daniels of lesbianism, claiming that she sleeps with girls.

“You know too well that I almost lost my marriage when you introduced me to drugs 6 years ago and it was my husband’s quick insistence on intervention that rescued me from that dark path.

“You have been a bad influence since you married into this beautiful family giving drugs to nannies and our workers, including your younger sister Destiny.

“You infested everyone with your virus and this is why I will not trust my daughters around you unsupervised especially when I found out that you were sleeping with every single girl around you,” she wrote.

Charani urged Regina Daniels to seek psychological help and leave Ned Nwoko’s other wives out the her scandal with their husband.

Regina Daniels is yet to react to Charani’s allegations.

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Burna Boy Kicks Couple Out Of Concert For Sleeping During His Performance [VIDEO]

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3 days ago

November 13, 2025

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Grammy-winning Nigerian singer, Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, has sparked controversy after he ordered a couple out of his concert in Denver, United States, on Wednesday night, for allegedly sleeping midway into his performance.

The drama began when the singer paused his set and asked a male fan to take his girlfriend “home” for sleeping during his performance.

“When I stand up here [on the stage] and see you over there with your girl sleeping in the front of me, it pisses me the f**k up. So, please, take her the f**k home… Walahi I’m not performing another song till you go home,” Burna Boy fumed.

At first, the couple, especially the lady, was reluctant, but eventually left after the crowd started demanding they leave as Burna Boy vowed not to perform another song until their exit.

Burna Boy resumed his performance after the couple left the concert.

His action has sparked mixed reactions, with many berating him for kicking ticket holders out of his concert.

Recall that Burna Boy previously made similar headlines after he kicked a starstruck male fan who stormed the stage to hug him while he was performing.

He also once asked a fan to leave his concert for not dancing while he was performing.

The singer has earned a reputation for controversially kicking fans out of his concert for trivial reasons.

Watch the video here