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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The instant messaging application, WhatsApp, has been restored after over an hour of being down.<\/p>\n

At around 8:20AM on Tuesday, users of WhatsApp observed that they could no longer receive or send messages, while status could not longer be updated.<\/p>\n

Our correspondent observed that the application was down world over as people from different locations took to Twitter and other social media apps to express their displeasure.<\/p>\n

However, at 9:45AM, it was observed that users started receiving messages, while sent ones showed they have been delivered.<\/p>\n

Meta, the owner of WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook, is yet to make a statement about the development.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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