Tag: twitter wars

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EzinneAugust 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 ...

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Op-ed EditorApril 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 ...

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Op-ed EditorMarch 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, ...

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Op-ed EditorFebruary 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 ...

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Op-ed EditorJanuary 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 ...

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Op-ed EditorJanuary 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 ...

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Op-ed EditorJanuary 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 ...

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Op-ed EditorJanuary 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 ...

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Op-ed EditorJanuary 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 ...

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Op-ed EditorJanuary 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 ...

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Op-ed EditorJanuary 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 ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 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, ...

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Op-ed EditorSeptember 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 ...

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Op-ed EditorSeptember 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 ...

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