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Nigeria's Internet Space: Clout-Chasing, Noise and the Need for Balance

BY- EGUNGWU CHUKWUKA BENJAMIN T he advent of the internet and multimedia devices has revolutionized human life, provided unprecedented access to information, promoted e-commerce, aided remote learning and work, and supported entertainment.  It's introduction actually created new possibilities for personal and professional growth. However, I sincerely believe that Nigeria's internet space is cluttered with a lot of noise and some unnecessary content. The emerging content trends include the abuse of platforms, the promotion of sexual acts, infodemics, virtue shaming, and the undermining of our cultural values as Africans. A few days ago, popular Nigerian social commentator Abisoye Olukoya Michael, known as Oyemykke, took to the internet to lament the level of vox pop (interviews) with degenerates, promoting prostitution, while virtue shaming people who practice originality. Another incident is the online feud between popular Nigerian activist Vincent Martin Otse and Michelle Muko...

Nanyah’s Tragic Loss: Practical Steps to Repel Snakes & Scorpions

  BY- EGUNGWU CHUKWUKA BENJAMIN T he tragic death of Nanyah, the fast-rising Nigerian singer whose real name was Ifunanya Nwangene but on socials was known with the username ‘Nanyah music’, has triggered a lot of buzz online and offline. The deceased was said to have been bitten by a venomous snake at her residence in the early hours of Saturday, 31st January, 2026, in Abuja.In the early hours of Sunday, 1st February, tributes and a lot of posts by Nigerians clustered the internet, with some apportioning blame to the hospitals she rushed to for not having anti-venom treatment, which led to her death. In reference to the above speculation, The Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Jabi, Abuja, debunked the above claim and revealed that the deceased passed away due to neurotoxic complications following a snake bite, despite all the efforts made by the medical personnel who attended to her upon arrival. In this piece, we will be highlighting some of the ways or things we should observe to rep...