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Tweet photos: Nigerians protest fuel subsidy removal

Jan. 3 | Photos from rallies against fuel subsidy removal in Nigeria, which has caused an increase in petrol prices have become viral on social media sites, such as Twitter and Facebook.  Latest report from trade unionist protest in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial...

Facebook nation slams Jonathan, followers to “unlike” the President

Dec. 28 | By Nigerians Abroad staff writer Facebook followers of Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday expressed outraged against the perceived incompetency of the Presidency; Others have called for fans of the President to “unlike” his official...

Nigeria’s April elections set new records in use of social media

Sep. 16 | By André-Michel Essoungou In 2008, then US presidential candidate Barack Obama broke new ground by using social media in ways never seen before. Yet it was Goodluck Jonathan, the recently elected president of Nigeria, who took the extraordinary step...

Social media bloggers hanged by Mexican drug cartel

Sep. 15 | Still Video footage of social media bloggers hanged by Mexican drug cartel HOUSTON CHRONICLE - Placards left with the tortured bodies of two people hanging from a Nuevo Laredo overpass warn that the same fate awaits social media devotees who keep...

Jonathan seeks to clarify choice of words over ‘southwest rascals’

Feb. 14 | By Nigerians Abroad staff writer Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday, posted on his official Facebook page that he was “grossly misunderstood” over his statement that suggests that part of the country is being administered by rascals. At...

Man jailed over Facebook curse on Jigawa State governor Sule Lamido

Feb. 2 | In this Monday, Sept. 27, 2010 photo Jigawa state Governor Sule Lamido speaks during an interview in his office in Dutse. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba) A man who used Facebook to post a curse directed at a northern Nigerian governor has been arrested and...

Nigeria at 50: Nigerian Youth Top 10 Priorities

Sep. 29 | By  Ayeni Adekunle Young Nigerians are bold, bright and beautiful, restless and result driven, increasingly aware that this is the time to determine how they want their tomorrow to be. Positive about themselves and passionate about their country,...