REVEALED: Nigerian celebrities buying fake Twitter followers

So I got a mail yesterday from an IT person revealing a lot about what some of our Nigerian celebs are doing on Twitter. Quite a number of them are artificially inflating their Twitter followers to make themselves appear popular online. It's like a big competition now; who has the most followers, who has the biggest fans etc...hehe!

I have names and numbers...and how much some of them are paying to get these fake followers, but I will leave all that out, there's no point! :-). One celeb went from 73k followers to 150k followers in less than one week. Choi! Lol. They do it in a way that people who are following them do not even know they are following them, and when you find out you are following them, you can't even unfollow them. But the good thing about it is that the Twitter accounts they target are mostly those of foreigners. And it cost less N1.5k per follower..in case anyone is interested...:-)

US presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, was recently called out for his fake twitter followers and Youtube recently stripped 2 billion views from Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Beyonce, Rita Ora, Michael Jackson's videos on its site amid fears the figures were artificial inflated.

Willow Smith SAYS Tongue Piercing Is FAKE!

The eccentric 11-year-old daughter of superstar couple Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith has shocked us in the past with her multi-colored shaved hair and head-turning wardrobe. But Willow's latest attention-grabbing statement had us really concerned.

Perhaps in a show of tween rebellion, the "Whip My Hair" singer posted a picture via Instagram of herself and a friend showing off what looked to be real piercings. Willow poses with her mouth open and a silver ball on her tongue, while her friend sports a silver chin stud.

Willow's fans and followers went crazy after seeing the photo.

"That awkward moment when you find out Willow Smith has a tongue piercing. She's 11," one person tweeted.

Let's not forget the presumed lack of parental guidance in this situation. Another person chimed in on Twitter to point a finger at Will and Jada, tweeting: "Willow Smith is 11 and has a tongue ring. WHERE ARE HER PARENTS?"

As cool as Will and Jada may seem, it's hard to believe they would green-light this venture -- and they would have to under California state underage piercing laws.

Thankfully they didn't. Just as the hoopla surrounding the pic reached a fever pitch, Willow admitted the piercing was just a hoax: "It's fake... Sorry," she added to the Instagram photo.

Phew! We're relieved -- are you?