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WhatsApp down, users unable to send or receive messages

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WhatsApp, the instant communication app owned by Meta, is reportedly down. WhatsApp users in Nigeria are currently unable to send or receive messages on the app.

WhatsApp outage was noted few minutes past 8:00 Tuesday morning (WAT). The outage has prevented sending messages to groups, individuals and also messages are not delivered to users.

WhatsApp Messenger, or simply WhatsApp, is an internationally available freewarecross-platformcentralizedinstant messaging (IM) and voice-over-IP (VoIP) service owned by American company Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook).

It allows users to send text and voice messages, make voice and video calls, and share images, documents, user locations, and other content.

WhatsApp’s client application runs on mobile devices, and can be accessed from computers.

The service requires a cellularmobile telephone number to sign up. In January 2018, WhatsApp released a standalone business app called WhatsApp Business which can communicate with the standard WhatsApp client.

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