Nigeria Politics

APC announces new website, social media accounts

Ihesiulo Grace 15 April 2018 0

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced its newly-designed website and other official social media accounts. The party made this known in a statement on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi. An online news site reported how the party acknowledged it had no

Law Opinion

#PaulUsoroChallenge is helping to advance Nigeria’s pro bono culture

Ihesiulo Grace 11 April 2018 0

Though life was not perfect for 24-year old Jimi Oladapo, at least he managed to get by. A graduate of Accounting from the University of Benin, Oladapo eked out a living working as a machine operator in a plastic production factory. After three fruitless years of job hunting, he was forced to swallow his pride, […]

Tech

Facebook complies with new EU rules, revamps privacy controls

Ihesiulo Grace 28 March 2018 0

Facebook announced an overhaul of its privacy tools, additional steps to make it easier for users to find and edit the personal information the company holds. According to the statement announced on the company’s blog, the revamp was already planned ahead of the scandal in order to comply with new EU rules. This effort is coming after […]

Entertainment

Social media market; a must for today’s entrepreneurs-Fela Yomi-Layinka

Ihesiulo Grace 12 February 2018 0

Retail fashion is a challenge in Nigeria-Fela Yomi-Layinka The year 2017 was an economic roller coaster for Nigeria, most especially for SME’s and Start Up businesses. The Dollar had risen against the Naira to an all time high and only managed to settle somewhere between N360-N365towards the later part of the year. For most small […]

News

Civil defence bans personnel on use of social media

Ihesiulo Grace 1 February 2018 0

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has barred its personnel from the use of social media, especially to discredit the activities of the leadership of the corps. In a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, signed by the corps Public Relations Officer Emmanuel Okehi, NSCDC threatened that any of the officers caught using any […]

Headlines News

Buhari remains Nigeria’s only incorruptible leader – Aide

Ihesiulo Grace 28 January 2018 0

The Personal Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on social media, Lauretta Onochie, has said that her principal “is the only Nigerian leader not accused of corruption.” In a tweet on Saturday, Onochie said that some people may insult her based on the claim, but maintained “it is a fact that cannot be disputed.” The presidential […]

World

Afghanistan Blocks Social Media Services

Ihesiulo Grace 3 November 2017 0

Authorities in Afghanistan are temporarily blocking WhatsApp and Telegram social media services in the country, citing security concerns, officials confirmed recently. An official at the Afghan Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, ATRA, told VOA the social media tools will be suspended for 20 days. The decision follows a request from state security institutions. News

News

UNICEF social media platform to engage 2m Nigerian responders

Ihesiulo Grace 26 October 2017 0

U-Report, UNICEF’s unique social media platform to engage with communities on issues that affect them, has surpassed two million registered responders in Nigeria, the UN agency has disclosed. U-Report uses simple Short Message Service (SMS) messages and social media to reach communities around the country and provides an opportunity for community members to share their

Features

The Needless Hoopla Over Monkey Pox In The Country

Ihesiulo Grace 14 October 2017 0

Since September 22, when it was discovered that a rare disease known as Monkey Pox has shown its ugly head in Nigeria, the social media and even the main stream media has been abuzz with frightening photographs of victims. With large pox all over their body, it leaves many Nigerians wondering whether, indeed, the end […]

Opinion Social Media

A need for caution on the issue of internet monitoring

Ihesiulo Grace 8 September 2017 0

Recently, the Director of Defence Information, Maj-Gen John Enenche, was on Channels TV to discuss what the military has embarked upon as part of its national security duties. Gen Enenche set off a storm that could come back to hurt the present administration when he said the military was now monitoring social media and the […]

Tech

Is your child old enough to be on social media?

Ihesiulo Grace 7 September 2017 0

The current generation of kids are amazingly precocious.Their wide-eyed curiosity and seemingly insatiable desire to constantly learn new things means that, your child is probably active on social media at an early age. According to the Research and Development Unit of Yudala, an online and offline e-commerce outfit, while there are actually age requirements for […]

News

Social media attacks frustrating Benue’s industrial growth – commissioner

Ihesiulo Grace 3 September 2017 0

The Benue government said on Saturday that incessant attacks hurled through the social media were painting the state in bad light and discouraging investors from patronising it. “The social media attacks have been very severe; they paint Benue in bad light and discourage investors from coming in,” Mr Lawrence Onoja Jr., Commissioner for Information and […]

Headlines News Nigeria Social Media

Military now monitors social media

Ihesiulo Grace 23 August 2017 0

The activities of Nigerians on the social media are now being monitored for hate speech, anti-government and anti-security information by the military. The Director of Defence Information, Major-General John Enenche, announced this on a Channels Television programme in Abuja. Maj-Gen Enenche said that such close-marking has become necessary because of troubling activities

Analysis Headlines

#AskTheArmy, what nonsense!

Ihesiulo Grace 22 August 2017 0

In the modern Nigerian era where we had the EFCC handle winning fans thanks to the openness and willingness of its erstwhile handler to connect with the public in a no-holds barred, quip-for-quip way – and the heavens did not fall, it is rather baffling now that a spokesperson of a government agency, like the […]

News Nigeria Politics

Senate president did not snub Tinubu – Aide

Ihesiulo Grace 26 February 2017 0

The video making the rounds in the social media suggesting that the President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki snubbed a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has been described as untrue. Mr Bamikole Omishore, Special Adviser New Media to the President of the Senate told our correspondent that the alleged snubbing […]

News

Burundi Blocks Social Media amid Protests

Ihesiulo Grace 30 April 2015 0

Media caption Maud Jullien reports from Bujumbura on the protests against the president’s decision to run for another term Messaging services including Facebook, Whatsapp, Twitter and Tango have been cut off in Burundi amid protests over the president seeking a third term. The regulator ordered telecoms operators to block mobile access to certain sites, reports […]

Entertainment Hollywood

Madonna Goes N@ked to Fight Instagram’S Ban on Nud1ty

Ihesiulo Grace 3 April 2015 0

  Madonna has had enough of not being able to bare her full n@ked self on social media. In her latest Instagram post, the singer hit out at the social media rules alongside a black and white, nude photograph of herself with just her nipples censored. She captioned the raunchy image: “Why is it ok […]