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September 1, 2017

“How can I get a Kenyan passport? I’m tired of elections being stolen by Mugabe” | Twitter reacts to Kenya’s Supreme Court decision

Kenya has put itself on the world’s map for doing something so unprecedented, we got a chill. Early last month, the East-African country conducted an election that saw incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta emerge winner. International observers were even on hand to state that the elections were credible. In a bloody gutsy move, Kenya’s Supreme Court... Read More
Opinion
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August 29, 2017

Houston Pastor, Joel Osteen faces heavy criticism for closing his church to Hurricane Harvey victims

by Wareez Odunayo In the wake of the disaster that has rendered thousands homeless in Houston Texas, dozens of churches, schools and community centers have opened their doors to offer temporary shelter to the victims of devastating Hurricane Harvey. Famous televangelist and pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, Joel Osteen has become the subject of... Read More
The News Blog
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August 29, 2017

[The Activism Blog] Paradigm Initiative condemns military monitoring of Nigeria’s social media space

Digital rights organization, Paradigm Initiative Nigeria has lent its voice to the growing condemnation of the decision of Nigeria’s military to start monitoring Nigerians on social media. In a release, the Executive Director of Paradigm Initiative, Gbenga Sesan said, “The statement made by the Director of Defence Information during the Channels television interview is worrisome.... Read More
Counter Culture Blog
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August 28, 2017

Stop military from monitoring Nigerians on social media | SERAP tells Buhari

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to stop the plan to monitor Nigerians on social media. SERAP in a letter by its Deputy Director, Timothy Adewale was reacting to the directive to the military to clam down on perpetrators of hate speeches. In the letter sent to the President, SERAP... Read More
The News Blog
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August 24, 2017

The Thread: “4 months pregnant. 4k RTs & I won’t abort it”, lady tweets. The responses are sick

Twitter trolls and bants go hand in hand. Nothing is off topic, and it’s usually off-colour. This one, though, is for the archives (*whispers: we still don’t know if she’s serious). Enjoy: https://twitter.com/saipanting/status/900498587490144257 Reactions: Sweetie, How sad has to be your life to do this? pic.twitter.com/N4MvyV3Zv0 — badbonnie (@IonicRainbow) August 23, 2017 https://twitter.com/Zurizoltan/status/900518730626723842 https://twitter.com/saipanting/status/900523311385505800 https://twitter.com/JabariTheGreat/status/900532234259582976... Read More
Gist
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August 21, 2017

“Stylish restworking” ” See lying and witchcraft” | Buhari says he’s working from home- again. TwitterNG runs mad

Media aide to the president, Bashir Ahmad has corroborated news reports that President Buhari will be working from home for some time while renovations are ongoing at his office. See below: Some renovations are on going at the office. He's a fully equipped office in his residence, he'll be back to the main office after... Read More
Opinion
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Ezekwesili
August 16, 2017

The Thread: “Una no get shame at all” | Oby Ezekwesili lays into Nigerian politicians

You must know that Nigerians and politics are intertwined. Be it at newspaper stands or bars, the hot-button topic is almost always the state of the nation and who is to blame. With President Buhari’s absence from office 100 days and counting, all eyes are facing forward towards 2019 while mouths are wagging, debating who... Read More
Opinion
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August 12, 2017

YouTube has just launched its ‘share’ feature but will you be using it?

https://youtu.be/feBF_IY-HI8 On Thursday evening, YouTube rolled out its new sharing feature in its mobile app for Nigerian users. The launch started worldwide on Monday although it was already being tested in a few markets (Canada and Latin America) since 2016. The sharing feature allows Youtube users interact using social messaging within the app. Once you... Read More
Thinking Through
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August 11, 2017

Buhari has redeemed his pledges, contrary to social media lies – Lai Mohammed

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has said President Muhammadu Buhari has redeemed his promises, contrary to reports in the social media. Mohammed said the administration was working tirelessly in the critical areas of developing the economy as well as fighting corruption and insecurity. He stated this in Abuja on Friday while signing a... Read More
The News Blog
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August 10, 2017

The Thread: “It’s embarrassing when dirty laundry is aired” | How Google entered ‘hot water’ for firing a staff

Recently, Twitter chewed Google up with relish and spat it out for good effect after the company fired a staff for writing a memo that argued that biologically, women are less suited for certain tech jobs. CEO of Google, Sundar Pichai, who had been in Lagos in the past week,  said the Damore was fired... Read More
Opinion
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August 10, 2017

The Thread: “You can’t shut Toke up” | Dr Dipo calls TwitterNG to order

The author of Unbecoming, Toke Makinwa has had her fair share of scathing criticism and attack from the online community, but the one comment Nigerians always reach for every time her opinions are not in sync with the rest of the general populace is: After her failed marriage, Toke Makinwa should shut up about her... Read More
Opinion
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Olusegun Adeniyi YNaija
August 10, 2017

Olusegun Adeniyi: Murder in the Cathedral

by Olusegun Adeniyi First performed in 1935, ‘Murder in the Cathedral’ is a play by the 20th-century British playwright and social critic, T. S. Eliot which tells the story of the assassination in 1170 AD of Archbishop Thomas Beckett by loyalists of the then British monarch, Henry II. In writing the drama, Eliot was said... Read More
Opinion
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August 9, 2017

The Thread: “If you follow Toke, ‘konji’ will wound you” | TwitterNG mocks Toke Makinwa

Every other random week or month, Toke Makinwa manages to set social media astir with her controversial opinions on relationships, fashion, life hacks etc. Today again the author of Unbecoming has many tongues wagging on Twitter NG over her latest utterance. For a moment, we have all forgotten our country’s woes as #WokeLikeToke, #Toke and... Read More
Opinion
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August 8, 2017

Today’s Noisemakers: P. Diddy, Donald Trump, and the Kenyans who will do anything to cast their votes

Every day, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters, etc. Sometimes, they are even downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from today:   1 P. Diddy... Read More
Opinion
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August 8, 2017

Taking the L: When will Lauretta Onochie get it?

by Alexander O. Onukwue Being a Presidential aide is a duty that comes with much responsibility and popularity. It is something of a poisoned chalice, especially in situations when the President would be in need of constant defence against barrage of inquiries from the media and the people in general. The best of aides navigate... Read More
Story of the day
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August 5, 2017

Today’s Noisemakers: Kelechi Iheanacho, Justin Gaitlin and the tributes pour in for Usain Bolt

Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from today:... Read More
Opinion
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August 4, 2017

The Thread: “Man likes big butts and he cannot lie” | Twitter goes wild as Amir Khan tackles Anthony Joshua

Today, Twitter has been the gift that just keeps giving and giving. Amir Khan accused his wife Faryal of setting her sights on his colleague, Anthony Joshua. Now, there are speculations that all this drama is fake ’cause they’ve been hacked. We cannot know for sure because no one has come out to confirm this.... Read More
Thinking Through
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August 3, 2017

The Thread: This rapper has Americans reaching for their rosaries and holy water

Hi everyone. Introducing XXXTentacion, an America rapper whose lyrics had this duo gaping in shock. Watch: https://twitter.com/akaBashh/status/892633311453089792 Black Twitter could not believe its ears. Rap can be wild, vile or even violent and fans will be fine but when it crosses over into the diabolical realm, all bets are off. The lyrics he spewed had... Read More
Opinion
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August 2, 2017

Today’s Noisemakers: Neymar, Gary Lineker, Japheth Omojuwa and others

Every day, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters, etc. Sometimes, they are even just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from today: 1 Neymar Neymar’s... Read More
Opinion
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July 28, 2017

The Thread: “You couldn’t win” “You have failed” | Americans reacts to Trumpcare failure

It’s a rough day for Trump, who lost the opportunity to push Trumpcare through and repeal Obamacare. The Guardian notes that the Senate effort to pass a “skinny” repeal of Obamacare failed dramatically early Friday morning by a 51-49 vote. As usual, Trump mourned the results, but Americans are mostly happy. See below: MCCAIN VOTES... Read More
Opinion
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July 27, 2017

Today’s Noisemakers: Sundar Pichai, Dr Joe Abah, Atiku and others

Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from today:... Read More
Opinion
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July 26, 2017

The Thread: These are the worst break up stories you’ll ever read

Twitter is a mock up of the best and the worst of virtually everything; e.g, relationships, politics, misogynists, the list goes on. So sometimes, to better appreciate the worst, folks like to pose questions like this: Describe your worst break up — ‎Andy O’tam (@MrMake_HerSmile) July 25, 2017 And wait for drama to flood the... Read More
Opinion
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July 24, 2017

As we say goodbye to @officialEFCC’s amazing handler, here are some of his best tweets

The question in the tweet below has  been the one burning on the minds and fingers of every Twitter user who has come across the @officialEFCC account. Who is this handler who blows our minds away with the most sarcastic, tongue-in-cheek, hilarious but absolutely brilliant tweets and replies? Today, as he said goodbye to his... Read More
Thinking Through
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July 21, 2017

Today’s Noisemakers: Sean Spicer, J.K Rowling and the 2019 presidential candidate you didn’t see coming

Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from today:... Read More
Opinion
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July 19, 2017

Today’s Noisemakers: John Boyega, Ohimai Amaize, Nathaniel Bassey and others

Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from today:... Read More
Opinion
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July 18, 2017

The Thread: Blessed are our political thieves, thugs and liars

When you’re tired of criticising because no one is listening or you’re fed up of speaking out because no one’s paying attention, what is the next best thing? Blessing, of course. Nigeria is a deeply religious country and if there’s one thing we understand, it’s the efficacy of blessings and curses- and sometimes a blessing... Read More
Opinion
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July 18, 2017

Today’s Noisemakers: Tunde Leye, Toke Makinwa, Gbemi O.O and others

Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from today:... Read More
Opinion
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July 17, 2017

Today’s Noisemakers: Reno Omokri, Tunji Andrews, Sterling Bank and others

Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from today:... Read More
Opinion
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