Tag: twitter wars

Ezinne August 8, 2017

The Thread: “You will never be President” “Your marabouts are defrauding you” | Twitter NG blasts Atiku

Like our people say, "the polity is hot, all man eye dey red, nobody wan hear word." Politics is usually an explosive subject in these parts. It's become worse now…

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Op-ed Editor April 29, 2017

The Thread: Funmi Iyanda goes in hard on Nigerian youth and war erupts

The daily scuffles we see on social media daily are representative of the state of the Nigerian society itself. Whether religious or cultural; whether Fulani herdsmen, Boko Haram or the…

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Op-ed Editor March 13, 2017

Today’s Noisemakers: Hushpuppi, Davido, Tayo Faniran, Dr Joe Abah 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…

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Op-ed Editor February 2, 2017

The Thread: Nigerians slam Lauretta Onochie, Buhari’s SA on social media | #IstandWithTuface

Guess Lauretta Onochie, SA to the president on social media, did not read our painstakingly written memo, explaining how the presidential media team ought to conduct themselves because she thought…

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Op-ed Editor January 31, 2017

The Thread: BBOG’s Aisha Yesufu advises those attacking Tuface about the protest

This protest against 2Baba's protest is still gathering storm on Twitter. Of course in controversial matters like this, there are those for, against and in-between. Whichever party you belong to,…

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Op-ed Editor January 31, 2017

The Thread: Burning questions for 2Baba’s critics

In case you are social media averse, and so do not know what is making the rounds today, we've got your back. Tuface is the no.1 trending topic on Twitter…

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Op-ed Editor January 27, 2017

The Thread: Are we playing politics with Southern Kaduna?

Twitter saw an uproar yesterday over the credibility or otherwise of Southern Kaduna killings as exposed by Music Chocolate City Group boss, Audu Maikori. In one camp, the school of…

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Op-ed Editor January 26, 2017

The Thread: An ethnic crisis is brewing on Twitter and Audu Maikori is in the crosshairs

Twitter NG is feeling the tremors over alleged deliberate falsehoods by Chocolate city boss, Audu Maikori. Some persons allege that the stories he's told and the pictures he's used to…

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Op-ed Editor January 26, 2017

The Thread: ” How much is enough to dance on the corpses of your fellow Nigerians?” Southern Kaduna native comes to Audu Maikori’s defence

Advocacy is a thankless job anyday, so when Audu Maikori decided to raise thenecessary awareness of the havoc going on in Southern Kaduna, which someone aptly named "The Killing fields…

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Op-ed Editor January 26, 2017

The Thread: Twitter wars | Audu Maikori is accused of spreading falsehood about Southern Kaduna genocide

This came out of left field, we swear, although the tweet directly below says something about a meeting of northern social media influencers. @Ayourb and @ jag_bros are alleging…

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Op-ed Editor January 12, 2017

The Thread: Mr Eazi’s apologizes to Nigerians for his gaffe, but the response is mostly “sorry for yourself”

Stage name: Mr Eazi Real name: Oluwatosin Oluwole Ajibade Occupation: Musician Nationality: Nigerian He of the above bio began the explosive Ghana vs Naija Music wars on Twitter today with what…

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Op-ed Editor October 30, 2016

The Thread: “Mental illness is not your fault”

There's a lot to be said about how we treat persons with mental illness in Nigeria. And in a way, Pastor Sam Adeyemi's tweets presented the platform for that discussion…

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Op-ed Editor September 9, 2016

The Thread: This is specifically for the ‘woke’ Twitter

Urban dictionary defines being "Woke" as being aware, i.e. knowing what's going on in the community. You know those Nigerians on twitter that always like to sound intelligent, like they…

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Op-ed Editor September 3, 2016

Twitter Wars: #KenyavsNigeria tug of war over Mark Zuckerberg continues

There's a war currently ongoing on twitter between netizens of Nigeria and Kenya. The cause of the war appears to be Mark Zuckerberg's visit to the two African nations. Over the…

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