By Luqman Openiyi Contrary to the expectation of most attendees at the 2017 Nigeria Technology Awards Night, that UNILAG was favorite to clinch the social media category, UNICAL rather emerged the surprise winner. The event which held at the MUSON Center, Onikan Lagos, Saturday 25th November 2017, saw a stunned audience in rapturous applause when
By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River Government has announced plans to hold a Media Literacy Education symposium for youths in the state with focus on social media management. The symposium will be organized in collaboration with the Association of Cross River Online Journalists (ACROJ) said the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mrs. Rosemary Archibong Tuesday
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Speaker of the Cross River House of Assembly, Hon. John Lebo has warned that any leader who underrates the power of social media is sitting on quick sand and stress the fact that the government has lost its traditional monopoly of the tools of mass propaganda. In a comment on a
By CrossRiverWatch admin Reports reaching CrossRiverWatch indicates that there is disenchantment in Government House, Calabar as social media aides of Governor Ayade have been allegedly stripped of their office space. It was initially thought that the Chief of Staff to the governor Mr. Martin Orim, gave the directive to that effect but CrossRiverWatch findings reveal
By CrossRiverWatch admin The Wife of the Governor of Cross River State, Dr. Linda Ayade has dissociated herself from some facebook I.Ds purportedly belonging to her, which have been asking unsuspecting job seekers to pay sums of money for prospective employment in some federal agencies. In a statement today by her Special Assistant on Media
Before 2011 and 2012, most people in Cross River State had felt their voice never counted in the State. Many citizens complained about the activities of government in the confines of their homes, or within the earshot of trusted family members and friends. Over the years, Cross Riverians were scared to speak out and even
In this report, Temitayo Famutimi examines the opportunities and dangers associated with the use of new media tools for information dissemination With the level of Internet penetration in Nigeria, coupled with the availability of various new media tools, ordinary citizens other than professional journalists now actively engage in information dissemination. Roles hitherto exclusively played by
By Punch (segun@segunakiode.com @segunakiode) Social media is the ravel of the moment and, by all indications so far, it would be so for a while. In these ‘new days’ of social networking, many find it even more comfortable to send a Facebook invite, follow you on Twitter or ask for your BlackBerry pin than ask