Youths, politics in social media age
By MARINDOTI OLUDARE THE year was 1954 when 25-year-old Martin Luther King Jr became a pastor in the Dexter Baptist Church. By 1955, a now 26-year-old King organised the Montgomery bus boycott in protest of the Jim Crow laws that enforced racial segregation in Southern United States. As a 32-year-old, he had started the non-violent […]
Ndi-Igbo must harness potentials of Social Media for development — AIC Akwarandu
Executive Director at Vokal Digital Agency and Former special adviser to the immediate past governor of IMO state on social media, AIC Akwarandu, says Ndi Igbo need to harness the power of social media in creative ways to ensure the human capital development of its people.
Trump supporters migrate to Parler, Rumble, others in US election dispute
Conservatives backing President Donald Trump’s claims of election malfesance have sparked a migration to alternative social media sites which have refrained from filtering unverified claims. The shift has boosted right-wing favourites like Parler, Newsmax and Rumble which have rejected the approach of Facebook and Twitter in labelling and limiting the reach of conspiracy theories. Parler, […]
Nigerian youth, social media and the gathering storm
By Jerome-Mario Utomi The easy accessibility individuals have to publish ideas on the Internet has led to the emergence of a new meritocracy of ideas that is similar in some ways to the public forum that existed during the time of America’s founding. It has several structural characteristics that make it particularly useful and powerful […]
FG seeks support of South-East leaders on social media regulation
The Federal Government on Saturday solicited the support of South-East governors and leaders in the zone on social media regulation to check fake news and misinformation of Nigerians.. The Minister of Information and Culture, Mr Lai Mohammed, made the appeal while speaking at a presidential delegation interaction with South-East governors and other leaders of the […]
PDP flays APC’s move to gag social media
…Accuses ruling party for resisting calls for accountability By Dirisu Yakubu The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Wednesday, kicked against the clamour for the regulation of social media by some governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, describing it as unconstitutional, anti-people and a suppressive design to cage Nigerians. The party in […]
