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Be it trends or any other relevant conversations, we regularly deliver, in relatable context, news and insights on how social media affects our community of everyday readers.
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This week on social media, Naira Marley’s fraud case and Guccy Branch’s viral memes, Mount Zion was trending on Nigerian Twitter and more stories.
Last week, the Catholic Church in Germany reportedly revealed plans to train 50 new priests to become social media influencers through a two-day “smart camp”. On the backdrop of this, we take a closer look into the phenomenon of religious influencers on social media
This week on social media, President Buhari made a joke which nobody founf funny, Nairamarley was arrested by EFCC and more stories.
Instagram and Twitter may soon hide like and retweet counts in order to create a healthy environment for users. Find our how this may affect Nigerian influencer marketers.
This week on social media; Tiwa Savage leaves Mavin Records for the Universal Music Group, Tonto DIkeh releases new details about her ex-husband and more stories.
This week, the most popular discussion on Nigerian social media is Yahoo Yahoo, also known as cybercrime or Internet fraud. It all began last week when popular Nigerian musician Nairamarley posted a photo on Instagram with the caption “If u know about slavery u go know say yahoo no b crime”. Roughly meaning that Nigerian…
This week on social media; Game of Thrones final season premieres, famous Nollywood actress Omotola was trending on Nigerian Twitter and other stories.
On Sunday, March 31, a young man was accidentally shot dead by two officers of the Nigerian Police Force’s Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS). Apparently, the young man, identified as Kolade Johnson was trying to help another man being harrassed by the officers when the incident happened. A Nigerian, identified as Kolade Johnson, was shot…
Over the past 48 hours, the “Ant Wey” trend has taken Nigerian and Ghanaian Twitter by storm. To find out how it all started, Techpoint chatted with Amen-Omoregie Osamudiamen, the personality behind the trend.
This week on social media. the story behind the rift between MMMG founders Ubi Franklin and Iyanya, Congolese singer Koffi Olomide gets prison sentence for rape and other stories.
This week on social media; should you compliment your interviewer during a job interview?, unrest at the University of Nairobi and other stories.
This week on social media, winter is coming on April 14, Ghana at 62 and other stories.
This week on social media; Nigeria decides and its Kardashian sisters played a huge role, Dangote is now the 64th richest man in the world and other stories.
This week on social media; Drama in the Nigerian tech community, Kano court grants Deji Adeyanju bail and more stories.
The social media tax introduced in Uganda last year is already having negative effects on Internet subscriptions in the country.
This week on social media, Tobi Bakre’s horse debacle, Nigeria decides and other stories.
By introducing the new features, Twitter wants to help Nigerians find election-related tweets with ease.
Just before midnight on the 15th of February, barely 24 hours to Nigeria’s general elections, news broke of the suspension of at least 12 well-followed Nigerian Twitter users, popular referred to as influencers.