Nigeria, Dec. 15 -- Social media has become the loudest public square in Nigeria. From dawn till midnight, Nigerians argue, mobilize, expose, entertain, trade, insult, educate, and sometimes destroy one another on platforms like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and WhatsApp. It is everywhere. It is unavoidable. And it is reshaping our society faster than our institutions can adapt.

So the real question is not whether Nigerians use social media, we clearly do, but whether Nigeria truly understands what social media is doing to us.

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