
BOMB BLAST! US visa, Kashim Shettima and other stories
BOMB BLAST! US visa, Kashim Shettima and other stories By Simon Kolawole Some months ago, I called Mr Kolapo Olapoju, editor of TheCable — the online newspaper I founded 11 years ago — and alerted him to the dangers ahead. I told him the next presidential election will be the dirtiest in our history. I advised him to hold regular seminars with his team so as to prepare them to study emerging trends in the misinformation and disinformation arm of the media, particularly WhatsApp, X and Facebook, and be prepared to work overtime to tackle the menace. I half-joked that…