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The Federal government has said that despite criticism of its plan to regulate the social media, it would still go ahead with the regulation to curb the level of hate speeches and fake news that is being characterised on the social media.…

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State on Wednesday sacked his Technical Assistant on Social Media, Mr Ndubisi Itumo, for allegedly misinforming the public.A statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr Kenneth Ugbala,…

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has again cautioned Nigerians not to believe everything they read on the social media but rather take such online publications “with a pinch of salt.”Soyinka gave the warning on Saturday in Badagry at…

Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) in its bid to steer more customer friendliness and improve on its customer relations is releasing the company's social media handles.The company's Assistant General Manager/Head, Media &…

ACKNOWLEDGING the important role the social media plays in promoting government policies and propagating ideas in the public, the National Information Technology Agency (NITDA) has released new regulatory guidelines to regulate the use of…

VICE President Yemi Osinbajo has called for conventions and agreements between nations to regulate social media and counter the phenomenon of hate speech.Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday…

"THE inability and unwillingness of social media giants to crack down on bots and trolls have an adverse effect on their users, politicians and even global democracy."This was the submission of Joel Poopola, British tech entrepreneur of…

The Ibadan Social Media Festival, now in its second year, seeks to bring together, active social media users of all ages to harness the benefits of social media, learn, interact and network.According to the organisers, they hope to…

LAGOS State government has disclosed plans to occupy social media with increased content on governments’ policies and programmes, saying that with increased uploading of content on its social media platform, followership is expected to…

The Deputy National Chairman (DNC)-South of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Elder  Yemi Akinhanmi on Thursday charged the party's youths to avail themselves of the power of the social media to expose the failings of the…