Nigeria Police Force Joins Twitter

The Nigeria Police Force has join the world of social media networking.

The police force, which been battling with a battered image joined twitter on Saturday, January 21, 2012. It also has on its twitter handle, @policeng, the direct number of the Inspector General of Police.

It presently has about 1736 followers, following about 28 followers with about 21 tweets as at press time.

You will recall that MD Abubakar took over the leadership of the police force some weeks ago with a promise to reform the police to a better Nigeria police to be proud of.

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Student, Dies After Tweeting 'Thank You God for Another Year Of Life'

It was Ariane Noelle Patterson's 21st birthday, and she was grateful to be alive.

The Gardner-Webb University student took to her Twitter account on Jan. 17 and posted the message: "Thank you God for another year of life."

Hours later, she collapsed during a religion class and was rushed to nearby hospital, where she was pronounced dead, the Associated Press reports.

The senior at the North Carolina Christian college was originally from Delaware and majored in religious studies, the Shelby Star reports. She had recently obtained a work-study position managing multimedia for campus ministries.

The cause of her death is still under investigation.

The university released the following CLICK HERE FOR STATEMENT FROM HER SCHOOL AND FRIENDS statement on its Facebook page:

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