Online taxi firm Bolt has halted 'inter-country' requests between Nigeria and South Africa after the two countries' social media rivalry
Online taxi firm Bolt has halted "inter-country" requests between Nigeria and South Africa after the two countries' social media rivalryOnline taxi firm Bolt has halted “inter-country” requests between Nigeria and South Africa after the two countries’ social media rivalry reached an all-time high – or low – with people booking and then cancelling rides in the other nation as a prank.
“We understand the impact this situation has had on our driver-partners in Nigeria and South Africa,” it said in a statement.Mr Chinyama told the BBC he had been inundated with insulting messages through the Bolt messaging feature that connects drivers with passengers.It is unclear how this “Bolt war” started but social media users in sub-Saharan Africa’s two biggest economies have a long history of trolling each other.
Fuel prices have rocketed in recent months in Nigeria as many drivers wasted scarce fuel picking up non-existent customers. President Bola Tinubu will return to France today after swearing in Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria . A flight tracker showed his plane is due to fly to Nice in France on Friday afternoon, following a flight from the same location to Abuja yesterday. Tinubu had cut short his visit…
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