by Rachel Ogbu Olorisupergal.com is the new entertainment website from Oluwatosin Ajibade, popularly known as Olorisupergal. The accounting graduate from Lagos State University (LASU) started blogging in February 2010 wit Olorisupergal.blogspot.com, a name she has been holding onto till now. The new website which goes live this week will feature impressive segments such as; Supergal Hot Pick of... Read More
by Femi Owolabi As at my last click on this page, only 470 persons have liked the page. What percentage should I accord that to, considering the hundreds of thousands of Nigerian students that are Facebook users? My ageing mother who seldom check her Facebook account still boasts of more that 500 friends. Student politics... Read More
by Olufemi Adeagbo Social media today if studied with the deserving attention, will reveal to the Nigerian government the existence of a young population that is increasingly abusive, often inarticulate, frustrated, restless, aggressive and often impatient – as evidenced in the shallowness of some of the analysis that one sees across social media platforms. Social... Read More
by Isi Esene You already know that the Y! Magazine Issue 9 dubbed; the #LondonIssue, is out with long time @WajeMusic and @Omawumi fiercely gracing the front-cover. To allow our teeming social network followers share in the thrilling Y! Magazine experience, YNaija is coming out with an online contest to bring the much talked about... Read More
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My quest was never about hatred for anyone or any brand, it was about asking the system a question it was not used to being asked. Now that I have my answers, I have moved on. A lot has happened since the 16th of June 2012 when my iPad issue started. Yesterday, at the Lagos... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola The speaker of Nigeria’s Federal House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, is not known to be active on any social media platform, yet the man has advocated for the use of social media in the day-to-day running of government affairs. According to him, there was no doubting the unlimited opportunity which the social media platform offers... Read More
by Dean Praetorius Social media would undoubtedly have painted a clearer picture of what happened inside the towers in 2001. On September 11, 2001, I had no idea if my parents were alive or dead. They didn’t work in the towers but like so many other commuting Long Islanders, it was far from implausible that either... Read More
Imagine that you own a blog where loads of information has been stored over time with value proportionately built with it? How would you want that value utilized should you no more be alive? A certain young lady on her way to her National Youth Service Corps got involved in a road accident and unfortunately... Read More
Do not be coerced into helping anyone break the law, all in the name of love or romance. I read the report of the murdered Cynthia Osokogu, may her soul rest in peace, and chills went over me. She went missing in July and her body was found late in August at a Festac Morgue after... Read More
by Isi Esene The governor of Delta State, Emmanuel Uduaghan yesterday advised Nigerian youth to positively exploit the benefits of social media for the development of the society. He said this at Boji Boji-Owa while on a condolence visit to the family of Maj.-Gen. Frank Osokogu (rtd.) on the death of their daughter, Cynthia, who... Read More
“Your Excellency, I scan the Nigerian media everyday and I also do same for American and British media and I am aware our media is not as cynical and contemptuous of their government and the man in power as the British or American media Without conducting a poll or a content analysis, Dr Goodluck Jonathan... Read More
Director, Centre for Applied Economics, Lagos Business School WHY DID you decide to contest in the presidential elections? All of my life, I have struggled to walk my talk. I have tried very hard to do what I preach. In Nigeria, it is too easy for people to complain and hope that other people solve... Read More
The world is full of stupid people, let’s face it, and mobile phones and social media have unfortunately empowered them and magnified their power to cause confusion In the opening lines of that now-famous fascinating insider’s view of the presidential kitchen / dinner-table, spokesperson Reuben Abati descends hard on all who criticise the president –... Read More
by Zaid Akl Social media without the necessary groundwork of political organization is useless, an illusion that the August 24 organizers fell for. The demonstrations of August 24 did not turn out to be politically significant, especially after major political forces decided to abandon them. The demonstrations were controlled by individuals who possess no experience... Read More
by Steven Strauss “We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters.” ~ Peter Thiel, Founders Fund website We live in an age of rapid change. Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Twitter and many other innovators have changed how we work, communicate and live. But is this a new industrial revolution? Twenty-some years ago, a large... Read More
by Funmi Fadipe The recent death of Cynthia Osokogu via the activities of suspected criminals on social media has brought to fore the good, the bad and the ugly sides of such networking sites. The social media commonly used in Nigeria include Facebook, 2go, Yahoo! Messenger, BBM, Netlog, Badoo, Eskimo, Twitter and Nimbuzz. They all... Read More
The way social media has become a tool for saving lives is reflective of our failing health care system. I avoid reading books written by former presidents, and view most of them as attempts to rewrite history and whitewash tattered reputations. It is a cruel way to view any form of literature, but the first... Read More
by Mark Schaefer One of the biggest ironies of the social web is that almost any post you read will pontificate about the need for “authenticity.” It has been repeated so many times we are beginning to believe it. I heard a guru guy speak about this last week. Authenticity. Authenticity. Authenticity. Yet his Twitter... Read More
by Femi Owolabi “My life has always been about service. I am focused on serving my Creator, family and my country to the best of my ability and with your HELP I aim to be better at doing that.” President G. Jonathan (My Friends and I. 2010) Nigerians have been waiting in the forlorn hope... Read More
by Catherine Bennett So all-pervasive is the social networking service that non-users are now treated with deep suspicion Colorado killer James Holmes, not a fan of Facebook. It is a frustration for those who study them that there are not enough murderous psychopaths to help isolate, at all reliably, characteristics specific to the type. Not... Read More
by Doyin Jaiyesimi Last week, the media was filled with reports that the Senate president, David Mark, had called for a clampdown on the use of social media because it was being used as an avenue to send out wrong messages about Nigeria and its leaders. The statement was reportedly made while he was delivering... Read More
by Mark Schaefer As you create marketing plans for your own business — or if your current efforts are stagnating — maybe it’s time to step back and look at your own “landmines” that are keeping you from your goals. When I work with clients on marketing strategies, we spend a lot of time working... Read More
by Okechukwu Ofili By so doing they establish credibility within themselves for wanting to hear the voices of the people instead of attempting to drown the voices, after all social media is not responsible for the bad roads, lack of electricity or corruption, we already know who is responsible for that. So I am... Read More
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