Has Social Media Corrupted Nigeria’s Moral Compass?

 By Shuaib Agaka

When the Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, speaks about social media, his primary concern isn’t data privacy or investment—it’s morality.

In a report by  Tech Digest, the country’s top technology regulator was quoted as saying:  “We want to see people using it to promote digital safety, to promote content that will build a stronger nation.”  He lamented that most Nigerians now use social media purely for entertainment. His words strike at the heart of a growing national crisis: as we become one of the world’s largest social media markets, our moral compass and cultural identity are being shaped by algorithms that reward vanity, vulgarity and viral shock value.

Putting An End To Igbophobia

By Ralp Egbu

I had a choice to begin the dissection of national disorganization from reconciliation and unity but I told myself that the right way to enduring reconciliation and national unity would be to first of all discover the unit problems so we can put whatever solutions we come up with in their proper perspective. When this is done we get to the root of the problems.

The bane of national development has had to do with two basic approaches, take problems from the superficial level of the symptoms. World organizations lead us to run with the slogan “wipe out malaria by 2027” and when we want to start we begin with spending very huge national resources to purchase foreign made mosquito nets.

Bokku Advert Is Psychological Warfare

 

By Amanze Obi

Anybody who thinks that the ethnic slur from Bokku Supermarket directed at the Igbo was a mistake must be scratching the issue on the surface. Bokku was certainly no happenstance. It was a well-scripted, properly rehearsed enemy action released to the public for a predetermined purpose – to ridicule the Igbo. 

Those who are wondering how the offensive video passed through all the regulatory authorities and their layers of approval without objection or censorship are not being perceptive enough. When enemy action is at play, censorship takes the back stage. It does not come into the mix.

Independent And Unaccountable: A New Code For Nigeria’s Judiciary

 By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

Among the doctrines that underpin the legal process in Nigeria, few are as profound and pervasive as judicial independence, but no doctrine in the ecosystem of the law rivals its elusiveness.

The idea is ubiquitous in the syllabus of every programme leading to the award of a degree in law, in political science or public administration. After leaving the university, the practitioner will encounter it regularly in conferences and in after-dinner speeches.

The First Time I Was Battered By Policemen

 By Owei Lakemfa

The  images of the police taking on demonstrators in the streets of  Tanzania and Cameroun, following disputed elections,  remind me of the first time I was battered by policemen.

I was 17 and had gone to the Kings Cinema on Lewis street, Lagos Island. After the film, my friend, Albert Biodun Okopie and I were, like many film goers, excitedly discussing the film as we walked on the road.  When  we got to the Magregor Canal, we noticed a small crowd. Parked was a reconfigured 911 bus popularly called ‘Molue’. We joined the crowd to find out what was going on. Two policemen ordered  the crowd to disperse.