A New Media and Information Resource Specialist at the US embassy in Abuja, Joe Adah, has advised journalists to pay attention to their digital footprints and protect themselves and their sources. Adah gave the advice during a press parley in Abuja organized by the Nigerian Union of Journalist, Federal CapitalContinue Reading
THE importance of the social media space, for media practitioners, was again brought to the fore, recently, in Lagos,, at a media summit organized by the Dangote Group, in collaboration with the Folio Media. Tagged ‘Media Convergence’, the one-day workshop, which had the crème de la crème of the nation’sContinue Reading
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Pantami, has called for the need to entrench transparency, laws, and regulations in social media usage to ensure a safer digital space, devoid of illegalities and promoters of fake news. The Minister who was represented by the Director-General, National Information TechnologyContinue Reading
Facebook, Big Cabal Media and Comic Republic on Wednesday announced the launch of #NoFalseNewsZone, a campaign aimed at minimising the spread of fake news in Nigeria. Facebook, in a statement, said #NoFalseNewsZone is an educational campaign focused on helping people to identify false news and educate them on the actionsContinue Reading
By Israel Babalola It is not an overstatement that media in Nigeria is currently mourning the ban placed on Twitter, a microblogging site that enables people to send and receive precise messages (tweets) and also elevated many Nigerians out of poverty. It is such an unruly heavy impact for manyContinue Reading
The Nigerian government through the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on Thursday issued a fresh notice to all social media platforms and online broadcasting service providers in Nigeria to apply for its broadcast licence. This new directive affects Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, TikTok and others. NBC Director-General, Armstrong Idachaba, issued theContinue Reading
WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook and Facebook Messenger users are currently reporting issues with the apps on Android, iOS as well as PC. While Instagram and Facebook users are unable to update their news feed, WhatsApp users are unable to send or receive any messages. According to the tracking website DownDetector, moreContinue Reading
By Israel Babalola On every social media space, one priority common to individuals, businesses, organizations, companies, etc., is getting traffic; that is, building followers in all capacity, because followers have great influence on the progress and measure of productivity expected to grow. Your social media followers, if well managed, canContinue Reading
By Israel Babalola Social media has been a vibrant tool in connecting various people together no matter their tribe and way of life. It is a vital tool that socializes people either from the same community or not, engaging each other with in-depth topics that concern the society. News storiesContinue Reading
By Olajumoke Okunade Communication across seas and borders has evolved over the years. From telegrams, to fax machines, to land phones and cellular phones, the smart phone has proven to be the king of them all (at least for the moment) and without doubt living up to its name andContinue Reading