•IGP Kayode Egbetokun Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has urged Nigerians to refrain from using social media to report the conduct of police officers and instead direct such complaints to the Police Complaints Response Unit. Speaking at the PPROs/Police Communication Experts’ Conference in Asaba, Delta State, yesterday, the IG e...
Australia’s prime minister today vowed to ban children under 16 from social media, saying the pervasive influence of platforms like Facebook and TikTok was “doing real harm to our kids”. The tech giants would be held responsible for enforcing the age limit and face hefty fines if regulators notice young users slipping through the cracks, [&hel...
Nigerians have been ranked fifth among the world’s top social media users in 2024. Figures from Cable.co.uk and We Are Social in 2024, posted by World of Statistics on X yesterday placed the country fifth globally for average daily time spent online. According to the data, Nigerians spend an average of 3 hours and 23 […]
Nottingham Forest were fined £750,000 ($980,000) on Friday and warned over their future conduct after criticising VAR official Stuart Attwell on social media last season. Forest were furious not to be awarded three penalties during a 2-0 defeat at Everton in April as they battled to preserve their Premier League status, reports AFP. At the [&h...
•Australian PM, Anthony Albanese Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a plan to ban children from using social media. The prime minister today said that the government would introduce legislation in 2024 to enforce a minimum age for access to social media and other relevant digital platforms, reports Xinhua/NAN. “We know s...
•National Youth Service Corps members Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.- Gen. Yushau Ahmed, has warned corps members to stop posting camp activities on social media. The D-G said posting happenings in camp on social media is a violation of the scheme’s standing rules and policies, reports Daily Trust. Ahmed, wh...
•Prophet who prophesied world will end today Social media users have reacted to a self-proclaimed preacher named Prophet Metuh, who has declared that the world will come to an end on today, Thursday, April 25. According to him, he received a ‘clear message’ from God, indicating that April 25, 2024, marks the final day for […]
•Nigeria’s midfielder, Alex Iwobi controls the ball Super Eagles star Alex Iwobi has made a social media comeback after the backlash he received following Nigeria’s 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) final game against Cote d’Ivoire. The Nigerian team lost 2-1 to the hosts, triggering a barrage of criticisms against the Fulham star, reports Ch...
The omnipresence of social media is a validation of Marshall McLuhan’s prophecy. The professor and media guru had predicted in the 1960s that the media would become so pervasive and intrusive that it would shrink the world into a “global village”. Not only has his prophecy come to pass, but in our time, social media […]
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