UPDATE: Facebook is working on technical issues as #socialmedia portal is DOWN.

Facebook is currently down for many users around the world.

The problems first seemed to start just before 17:00 BST (midday Eastern Time), and naturally, people wasted no time in taking to Twitter. I broke it in Nigeria at 4.56pm. The time is now 5.22pm and I am blogging into Twitter in my office.

KemiOmololuOlunloyo@HNNAfrica

#BREAKING 4.56PM #Nigeria #Facebook is DOWN!! FIRST on #HNNAfrica #HNNTech

KemiOmololuOlunloyo @HNNAfrica

#BREAKING 5.42pm #Nigeria #Facebook is back up! See how your lives are being controlled by #American Computers. When are u gonna learn TECH?

45 mins of hell for Nigerians who refuse to get on TWITTER! I was on Pinterest.com/HNNafrica the entire time.