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The following topics made top trends online: #EndSARS Nigerians were triggered to trend the hashtag on Tuesday after Writer and Investigative journalist, Fisayo Soyombo released an investigative report, confirming at least 21 deaths from the Lekki shooting of unarmed protesters by the military on October 20, 2020. The report titled “#PortraitsOfBlood”, aimed at uncovering alleged post-#EndSARS cover-ups by the Nigerian military and the Lagos state government as to the killing of innocent protesters, agitated most Nigerians with its heartbreaking details. The report bore shocking revelatio...

The following trends garnered massive engagements across social platforms: Jega Nigerians have greeted with mixed reactions, former INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega’s verdict on the President Muhammadu Buhari administration as he described it as “very disappointing.” The ex-INEC chair, whose tenure ushered in Buhari as president in 2015, made the statement during an interview with newsmen on Sunday. “Unfortunately, he has disappointed so many people. He still has time to correct things if he has the capacity to do that. But frankly, his government has been very disappointing. Many p...

Nigeria’s social media space on Wednesday captured conversations and issues that made the news both locally and internationally. America’s #InaugurationDay and related phrases like “White House” and “Donald Trump” received minimal engagements from Twitter Nigeria but made it to the top of the trends table globally as the president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden, officially took over from Trump. The following topics were the most discussed in Nigeria: #LekkiMassacre, #EndSARS It has been exactly three months since the the killing of #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki toll gat...

Nigeria’s social media space on Wednesday joined the rest of Africa in engaging discussions around Uganda’s forthcoming presidential election. The election is set to be between 38-year-old Popstar Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine and the long-time incumbent, Yoweri Museveni. The tension on election eve, sponsored by fresh claims of the use of military force and intimidation by the Yoweri-led government as well as the shutdown of social media in the country, has continued to weaken hopes of a free and fair election. The ‘deafening silence’ of the African Union (AU) in the fa...

Nigerian social media users on Tuesday raised some interesting conversations cum debates mostly centered on the state of the nation. Users across platforms called out a few institutions of government and individuals as well, forcing the following trends to make it to the top: EFCC Nigerians called out the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, accusing them of unprofessionalism in their fight against corruption after the anti-graft body took to social media to parade suspects accused of cybercrime. According to EFCC’s official Twitter handle, the ten suspects were appre...