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Saturday, September 03, 2016
Driverless minibuses make a debut on the streets of downtown Dubai
A driverless bus service was unveiled in downtown Dubai on Thursday in a month-long trial period for the electric vehicle with a view to expanding it across the futuristic Gulf city state.
Buhari praises Zuckerberg’s simplicity, generosity in sharing knowledge
President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has praised Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg for inspiring young entrepreneurs during his visit to the west African nation earlier this week.
Zuckerberg who arrived in Nigeria and has met with young entrepreneurs at information technology and computer centres in the country’s commercial hub of Lagos and the capital Abuja.
Sooner than later, Social media will be a tool for transforming the country ~Ogundamisi
Kayode Ogundamisi is an International Relations expert, TV producer, convener of the Liberty Forum, United Kingdom, and a Fellow of the German human rights group, Internationaler Menschenrechtsverein Bremen e.V. With a following of 209,000 on Twitter alone, he tells JESUSEGUN ALAGBE the impact of social media on his career
You are a social commentator, human rights activist and TV producer. How would you describe the impact of social media on your career?
As it does for almost everyone, social media has created both negative and positive impact in everything I do, but mostly positive. Take Facebook and Twitter, for example, it’s a platform for interaction, used mainly by young people, a more vibrant generation. For those of us born in the 60s and for someone like me with a tradition of barricade activism, it is a new and thrilling experience. I joined my first protest at the age of 13 at Agege (Lagos). I am 47 now. Then, we had no social media when we took on different Nigerian military dictators to fight for democratic rule. As a matter of fact, during my days of student unionism, we used to make our stand known to the then autocratic rulers by words of mouth. I recall holding meetings inside mosques in Sokoto and on different hills in Enugu, just to distract the security agents. What I find ironical now is how we were able to mobilise, communicate and carry out very effective mass actions in those days. But today, with all the easy means of communication, so many youths are more divided, mostly ill-informed and easily bought with the smallest of crumbs from the table of the same people who oppress them. Social media is supposed to be a tool for positive change. For me, it is more of a tool to engage, provoke debates, as well as socialise. Most of my TV productions became successful not just because of the quality of the content, but as a result of being able to share them via various social media platforms.
You are a social commentator, human rights activist and TV producer. How would you describe the impact of social media on your career?
As it does for almost everyone, social media has created both negative and positive impact in everything I do, but mostly positive. Take Facebook and Twitter, for example, it’s a platform for interaction, used mainly by young people, a more vibrant generation. For those of us born in the 60s and for someone like me with a tradition of barricade activism, it is a new and thrilling experience. I joined my first protest at the age of 13 at Agege (Lagos). I am 47 now. Then, we had no social media when we took on different Nigerian military dictators to fight for democratic rule. As a matter of fact, during my days of student unionism, we used to make our stand known to the then autocratic rulers by words of mouth. I recall holding meetings inside mosques in Sokoto and on different hills in Enugu, just to distract the security agents. What I find ironical now is how we were able to mobilise, communicate and carry out very effective mass actions in those days. But today, with all the easy means of communication, so many youths are more divided, mostly ill-informed and easily bought with the smallest of crumbs from the table of the same people who oppress them. Social media is supposed to be a tool for positive change. For me, it is more of a tool to engage, provoke debates, as well as socialise. Most of my TV productions became successful not just because of the quality of the content, but as a result of being able to share them via various social media platforms.
Football legend Pele set to visit Nigeria
Brazilian football legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento, popularly known as Pele, will visit Nigeria this month after his initial visit that was set for August failed for health reasons.
Friday, September 02, 2016
Amnesty International Leave Nigeria Now ~PCC
Progressive Citizens Congress Statement Read at the March to the Embassy of the United States on Friday September 2, 2016.
Amnesty International Leave Nigeria Now
There is apparently a concerted effort to make Nigeria into a failed state and recent events are proof of such plot. Our dear country has battled all manners of insurgency in the north east especially the Boko Haram terror group, which was once an assemblage of ragtag of misguided youths that turned into an international terror organisation within the shortest time possible.
Amnesty International Leave Nigeria Now
There is apparently a concerted effort to make Nigeria into a failed state and recent events are proof of such plot. Our dear country has battled all manners of insurgency in the north east especially the Boko Haram terror group, which was once an assemblage of ragtag of misguided youths that turned into an international terror organisation within the shortest time possible.
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