For the second time in less than two months, Nigerian journalists are at the centre of a needless and embarrassing controversy. Some of the reactions to the appointment of a Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President of …
President Muhammadu Buhari’s comments at 13th Convocation ceremony of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, early last month was spot on, not because they revealed something we don’t already know but because they exposed Nigeria’s inadequacies in a profoundly …
Just when you think you’ve seen it all, along comes something new to remind you that Nigeria is one exciting and complex place where anything can happen. Or how else does one make sense of that viral video of Success …
A new study by the Pew Research Centre has painted a scary picture of life in Nigeria as it shows nearly half of all Nigerians are making plans to leave the country within the next five years. The report says …
You’ve heard the myths about Social Media and its influence over OccupyNigeria; now it’s time to try and make sense of what role Facebook, Twitter, and other platforms played during those protests. I’ve been on the whole project of how …
Just two days before the Ethiopian Airline flight crashed and ended the lives of 157 people, I was teaching a Tutorial Class of Year 2, Media Studies, where we discussed the ‘Algorithm Culture’ and how it’s shaping communication in the …
Three videos clips, of prominent politicians, which surfaced on social media in the course of the 2019 general powerfully reinforced the changing media landscape. The videos of Governor Nasir El-Rufai, All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Oyo State, Adebayo …
Democracy thrives when the media is effective, this meaning the provision of accurate, useful information in a way that readers or users can make informed decisions. You have to agree with those who say the quality of the media often …
How do you get noticed in a crowded media market like Nigeria? To attempt to answer this question we have to look at what desperate young folks who don’t have the financial muscle of the big brands are doing on …
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