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Nigeria:
Dangers in Social Networking
This Day, 6 September 2012
Social network sites have become perilous as a result of the activities of criminals. Amaka Eze writes on its dangers and experts' opinions Read more »
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Nigeria:
Cynthia, Social Media and Crime
This Day, 6 September 2012
The social media is a double-edge sword. It should be used with care Read more »
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Nigeria:
Social Networking - the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Leadership, 1 September 2012
Online Social networking platforms like facebook, twitter, Skype, yahoo messenger! WhatsApp! MySpace, Windows Live messenger, Google talk, AOL instant messenger and Blackberry… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Who Is Your Kid Chatting With?
Daily Trust, 1 September 2012
As many young people continue to make social media sites part of their everyday life, leaving them unsupervised can prove too costly. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Managing Social Media
Daily Trust, 29 August 2012
Like the notorious 419 fraudulent practices that followed the prevalence of internet in Nigeria, new social media are being deployed to achieve negative, in some cases fatal,… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Curbing Social Network Indiscretion
Leadership, 29 August 2012
In case there were Nigerians who were still living in the age of story-telling and outdoor social bonding, the Cynthia Osokogu tragic incident awakened our collective consciousness… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Cynthia Osokogu - a Fatal Friendship on Facebook
Leadership, 1 September 2012
Cynthia Osokogu, the only daughter of a retired army general, was allegedly murdered by two students with whom she struck up a friendship on the popular social media website,… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Cynthia - Social Media Abuse or Moral Bankruptcy
Daily Trust, 31 August 2012
The recent murder of Miss Cynthia Osokogu has prompted so many negative comments from a section of Nigerians, who are mostly against the social media revolution being witnessed in… Read more »
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Kenya:
'Is Our Children' Learning?
The Star, 1 September 2012
I keep a dead horse in my column cupboard that I drag out and flog every so often (hoorah for the mixed metaphor. Although - is this a metaphor? Or just a messy image?): Literacy… Read more »