Lara Owoeye-Wise, media aide of Ovie Omo-Agege, deputy senate president, says the "umbrage" against her appointment has shown that Nigerians need to do more on civic engagement.Owoeye-Wise came under fire on social media following her appointment as a media aide to Omo-Agege.Some social media users alleged that the aide and Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west, have had an intimate [...]
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Lai Mohammed, minister of information, says the biggest problem the military has is probably the social media and not Boko Haram.Segun Adeyemi, media aide to the minister, quoted Mohammed as saying this at a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday.The minister said the federal government is planning to launch a national campaign to rally support for the military.Everyone, he said, [...]
The presidency says Yusuf, son of President Muhammadu Buhari, is being impersonated on various social media platforms.Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, said on Wednesday that Yusuf does not have any social media account.Adesina pointed out a fake Instagram account bearing Yusuf's name, saying it has thousands of followers, however, TheCable found that the account mentioned, @ymbuhari, has no post.“The most recent is [...]
Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, has warned Nigerians abroad to be wary of news about the country found on social media, saying 80 percent of them are fake.NAN reports that Lai made the remark on the sideline of a meeting with Sylvanus Nsofor, Nigerian ambassador to the US, in Washington on Saturday.The minister said fake news on social [...]
The Mongolian government has banned the use of social media sites including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube by civil servants while at work.The government made the decision on May 23, while it took effect Tuesday.The move is said to be intended to prevent cyber attacks and to ensure the safety of government information networks, according to a statement released by the [...]
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to stop the military from monitoring Nigerians on social media and clamping down on perpetrators of hate speech.SERAP made the request in a letter by Timothy Adewale, deputy director of the organisation. and sent to the president, in reaction to the purported directive of the federal government to the military to [...]
The role of the military in a democracy has always been an issue right from the days of Plato, 2500 years ago. The recent pronouncement by Nigeria’s military that it would monitor anti-government comments on social media gives cause for concern and reminds one of Plato’s argument in the Republic.In responding to the recent misuse of the social media, the [...]
The Nigerian military says it is now monitoring the social media for comments that could be “anti-government, anti-military or anti-security”.John Enenche, director of defence information, said this when he appeared on Channels TV on Wednesday.He said the measure became necessary in the wake of hate speeches and comments threatening Nigeria's unity.Eneche spoke two days after President Muhammadu Buhari expressed worries [...]
It is my privilege and honour to give the give the keynote speech at the maiden edition of CKN News Annual Lecture which thematic focus requires us to reflect on the role of the social media in the social, economic and political development of Nigeria.As a global phenomenon and platform for knowledge, information and person to group communications, the social [...]
Nigeria's 16 million Facebook users represents the highest in Africa, says Umar Danbatta, vice chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).Danbatta said this in a keynote address at the maiden lecture of CKN News in Lagos, where he spoke on the role of social media in the economic, political and social development of Nigeria.Describing social media as the marketplace of creativity and [...]
Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says social media has made the task of spokespersons of government difficult.Speaking at the annual conference and general meeting of the National Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) in Kwara state, Mohammed said the challenge of spokespersons have defied everything they may have been taught in school.He expressed concerns over the situation where anyone [...]
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The world of hate writing and anonymity
BY OCHECHE ALABI In my growing-up years, readers’ reactions and opinions under editorial columns of newspapers and magazines were a delight as they do not only give voice to the voiceless but also contribute to the richness of debates on politics, policy formulation and events around us. To many, it was a delight to take up a pen, do a write-up [...]