As the ongoing debate about guerilla journalism suggests, there probably is no other subject in the annals of Nigerian journalism that provokes reverence and reproach in equal measure. While some believe that the phenomenon was the brave, underground response to …
The suspension and eventual sacking of Ezra Olubi from Paystack, a company where he was Chief Technology Officer and co-founder, over resurfaced tweets from a decade ago, is not surprising. If you understand social media and its affordances, then you …
We have to agree with those who think that a nation’s deepest fissures are often revealed in the most unscripted moments. Why then are people surprised that a piece of property under construction in Abuja’s Gaduwa district became the scene …
As much as possible, I avoid arguments focusing on the military viability of a threat, and this article is not intended to interrogate the geopolitical implications of a potential U.S. intervention in Nigeria. Those kinds of inquiries, as necessary as …
The social media is a brutal battleground and it is no surprise that some of the debates around the age-old question of what truly constitutes value takes place online rather than in more sacred places. The recent public spat pitting …
Recent events within Nigeria’s vibrant and often chaotic social media space are forcing us to confront serious issues about the systematic erosion of the once-clear distinction between fame and infamy. The appointments of fuji artiste, Wasiu Ayinde Marshal (KWAM 1, …
It seems the line between robust political speech and criminal incitement is not just thinning in Nigeria; it is being actively redrawn by the state in real-time, with each new lawsuit and social media post. We have become accustomed to …
Watching the moments when two hitherto unknown, young Nigerian women were forced into our collective consciousness reminded me of what media scholars have been saying for a while: we are all accidental journalists now. The worrying thing for those who …
There is no way we can know everything but at least, when it comes to social media, we know that the most harmful lies are disguised in slick but poisonous bottles of certainty – pushed by smiling charlatans pretending to …
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