Tag: Social media

How Ecommerce Using Social Media Platforms is Creating a Market for Online Shoppers and Vendors

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The emergence of ecommerce in Africa has seen online shoppers take advantage of the convenience it offers, as goods can now be delivered directly to their doorsteps while they also have the flexibility of selecting the payment channel either using their debit cards or payment upon delivery option. However, as ecommerce continues to evolve and shape how business is done, there are numerous challenges that has been associated with making orders online, these challenges if unresolved over a long period of time, would make the trust the customer has to…

Social Media And The English Language By Reuben Abati

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I get confused these days reading many of the posts on social media, and text messages sent through cell phones, because of the kind of new English that young people now write. The English language is without doubt quite dynamic. In the last 200 years, it has lent itself to many innovations, as cultural, religious, and situational codes have transformed the language and extended the dictionary, with new words and idioms. The kind of new English being written by twitter and what’s app users, particularly young people is however so…

Stop cloning me on social media, Dabiri-Erewa warns hackers

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Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has said that some fake `Face book’ accounts have been opened again in her name. In a statement by the NIDCOM’s Head of Media and Public Relations Unit, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, warned members of the public to be wary of such accounts as Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa has no “FACEBOOK’’ accounts at all. “This disclamer became imperative as a similar one issued on Nov. 8, 2016 on the same subject matter still subsists while the hackers are back in their nefarious business. “It…

Use Social Media responsibly – NYSC DG

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The NYSC Director-General ,Brig Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim has advised Corps Members against the abuse of the new media through the posting of irrelevant information and fake news that may smear the Scheme.   The Director-General, stated this today while addressing 2019 Batch ‘C’ Stream Two Corps Members deployed to the Federal Capital Territory at the NYSC FCT Orientation Camp, Kubwa, Abuja.   He reminded the Corps participants that the Scheme was established to promote national unity and integration, and therefore admonished them to always exhibit the spirit of patriotism and…

Lead The Campaign To Rid Social Media of Fake News, Hate Speech,Lai Mohammed Tells NUJ

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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has challenged the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) to lead the ongoing efforts to rid the social media of fake news and hate speech Receiving the national executive of the NUJ led by its President, Mr. Chris Isiguzo, during a courtesy visit to his office on Monday, the Minister said it was in the interest of the NUJ and other media bodies to be in the vanguard of the campaign. ”As a matter of fact, the NUJ and other media professional…

Church Council Debunks Video Associated To Bishop Bakare On Social Media

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The Board of Trustees and members of the Towers of Flocks Evangels Ministry, on Monday disclaimed a viral video of Bishop Dr. Osmond Bakare on social media, describing it as handiwork of detractors and enemies of Christendom whose stock in trade was character assassination. The Ministry, in a press statement made available to newsmen in Abuja and signed by its Council Chairman, Arch. Rockson Essien, stated that the video in circulation was false, malicious and totally a misrepresentation of facts, saying all that are contained in it cannot be a true representation…

Be Wise, Just Be Wise, And Choose your Battles Rightly

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We rush to point fingers, we are not patient in understanding what we fail to understand. So, I laugh. Some of the squabbles you see here have nothing to do with what you might think them to be about. Be wise. Some of these fights, petty as they are, started before you were born. Now you offer your head, empty of history, light on civics, as a tool for breaking the coconut for a combatant, perhaps ensconced in a place of comfort, to snack on. Be wise. Some of these…