Nigeria: Uses and Abuses - How Increased Social Media Usage Threatens Nigeria's Democracy

6 December 2021

Nigerians should be concerned not just about Facebook, but also about how we engage with new media technologies and how such technologies are changing our society.

Nigerians are avid users of social media. Last year, Nigerians spent an average of 3 hours and 41 minutes on social media every day. This is significantly higher than the global average of 2 hours 22 minutes. Between January 2020 and January 2021, the number of active social media users in Nigeria increased by 22 per cent, compared with a global average increase of 13 per cent.

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