14 results
- 19 May 2014
#BringBackOurGirls: All Eyes on Boko Haram, Nigeria
It's impossible to predict what will go viral on social media, but viral contents share common features as #BringBackOurGirls, the campaign designed to build worldwide…
- 17 Oct 2014
BBOG Campaigners Plan “Coup” Against Jonathan-Presidency
The Presidency on Thursday said its longstanding view that the agenda of the #BringBackOurGirls campaigners was confirmed on Wednesday with the presence of the movement’s leaders at the presidential…
- 14 Oct 2014
Four Chibok Girls Escape from Boko Haram Militants
Four of the more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the militant Islamist sect Boko Haram have escaped, raising hopes for the young ones still held captive, according to a report published by New York…
- 21 Jun 2014
219 Chibok Girls Confirmed Missing, Ezekwesili Vows to Fight on
Brig.-Gen. Ibrahim Sabo (rtd.),‎ chairman, Presidential Fact-finding Committee on the Abduction of Chibok Schoolgirls, yesterday disclosed that 219 students of the Government Secondary School,…
- 17 Nov 2014
NY Times Article Blasts Jonathan, PDP over Graft, Terrorism
A damning article published in The New York Times has painted a not too pleasant picture of Nigerian current government which it said is “widely seen as the most corrupt since independence from…
- 12 Dec 2014
Nigerians Celebrities Accomplish Landmark on Twitter
Dapo Oyebanji, award winning and multi talented singer, popularly known as “Koko Master”, or D’Banj @iamdbanj recently joined the league of Twitteratis with Highest numbers of followers in Nigeria.…
- 16 Dec 2014
Coders at 13, Billionaires @ 30
In the last few days, the world celebrated another computer science week; a statutory commemoratory series of events which held between December 8th-14th of the world to recognize the huge…
- 26 Mar 2015
How Twitter Aids #Nigeria2015Elections
No matter which candidate you’re supporting, you can be a part of the conversation on Twitter. That is the advice from Twitter team in Nigeria. In the run-up to the Nigerian Elections, due to hold on…
- 25 Feb 2016
How Social Media Change the World: The Good & Bad
Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snap chat, Periscope and Google+ to mention but a few social media are changing the way the world is perceived either for good or bad. These different social media have…
- 16 Apr 2016
How Twitter, Palmchat Messaging App Boost Use of hashtags
Hash tags are not memes, as a lot of people tend to see them that way especially because it has risen to much prominence due to social media usage While the word is synonymous with social media, some…
- 12 Jan 2022
FG Lifts Suspension on Twitter Operations
The Federal Government has lifted the suspension on microblogging site, Twitter, seven months after it suspended the social media platform in Nigeria. This was contained in a statement issued by…
- 13 Jun 2014
WITIN Holds 6-Week Summer iCamp for Children
Women in Technology in Nigeria (WITIN) said preparations are on top gears towards hosting a six-week online work-at-home summer camp for children between the ages 9 to 18. The programme…
- 24 Sept 2014
Controversy over Release of Chibok Girls as Army Back-Tracks
The military has retracted its statement that some of the over 219 schoolgirls abducted from Chibok town in April by Boko Haram, Islamist militants had been freed. Major General Chris Olukolade, Army…
- 22 Dec 2014
Sheriff Opens Up on Boko Haram, Says Chad Has Solution
Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, former governor of Borno State, has opened up on what he knows about the Boko Haram insurgents currently ravaging states in the northeast and some other parts of the…