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
Are you wondering how your website, video or blog can go viral? Then first you need to understand what going viral online truly means. The term viral marketing relates to the process of spreading or replicating something and spreading it. Quite akin to a biological virus that replicates quickly and spreads with contact between an
by Vanguard LAGOS — THE information that a bus belonging to the Bus Rapid Transit, a franchise under the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, LAMATA, plunged into Lagos Lagoon on the Third Mainland Bridge, yesterday is untrue, after-all. However, the rumour sent jitters down the spines of residents, who made frantic calls to various quarters