Joining the likes of Asa, Nneka and footballer, Odemwinge who
recently had their Twitter accounts verified, Nigerian and
internationally acclaimed model, Oluchi, has also got her account on
point.
Showtime gathered this when we caught up with the model on Twitter,
where she tweeted about the good news of Twitter authenticating her
account with them.
The model tweeted, showing her joy and happiness, which means that the operators of the social network, Twitter recognize her personality and contributions to the globe. My Twitter Account @OLUCHI is VERIFIED!!! *Wooohooo*’, she tweeted.
Recently, Showtime reported that social network, Twitter, had verified international singer, Asa’s account with them. Others who have also enjoyed such privilege include singer, Nneka and Super Eagles’ Peter Odemwinge.
Twitter introduced the verification programme in June 2008, as a means of allowing celebrities to authenticate their accounts, guarding against fraudsters and hackers. This programme also allows users who are followers of these celebrities to differentiate which account truly belongs to celebrities as against those created by imposters.
In the past, Nigerian celebrities such as Don Jazzy, Paul Okoye of P–Square, including Nobel Laurette, Wole Soyinka, have all fallen victims of internet hackers hence, the need for them all to get their accounts verified by Twitter.
To qualify for the Twiiter’s account verification, celebrities are expected to be internationally acclaimed with about 50, 000 followers.
On the contrary, the likes of Wizkid, Don Jazzy and Banky W have well over 100, 000 followers but haven’t got their accounts verified probably because they’re more popular in the Nigerian circuit.
From findings, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome is still the only Nigerian with the highest Twitter followers, estimated to over a million.
Oluchi
The model tweeted, showing her joy and happiness, which means that the operators of the social network, Twitter recognize her personality and contributions to the globe. My Twitter Account @OLUCHI is VERIFIED!!! *Wooohooo*’, she tweeted.
Recently, Showtime reported that social network, Twitter, had verified international singer, Asa’s account with them. Others who have also enjoyed such privilege include singer, Nneka and Super Eagles’ Peter Odemwinge.
Twitter introduced the verification programme in June 2008, as a means of allowing celebrities to authenticate their accounts, guarding against fraudsters and hackers. This programme also allows users who are followers of these celebrities to differentiate which account truly belongs to celebrities as against those created by imposters.
In the past, Nigerian celebrities such as Don Jazzy, Paul Okoye of P–Square, including Nobel Laurette, Wole Soyinka, have all fallen victims of internet hackers hence, the need for them all to get their accounts verified by Twitter.
To qualify for the Twiiter’s account verification, celebrities are expected to be internationally acclaimed with about 50, 000 followers.
On the contrary, the likes of Wizkid, Don Jazzy and Banky W have well over 100, 000 followers but haven’t got their accounts verified probably because they’re more popular in the Nigerian circuit.
From findings, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome is still the only Nigerian with the highest Twitter followers, estimated to over a million.
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