The findings showed that:
I. A great number of students in the University of Abuja are aware of the social media and had access to various social networking sites.
II. The students of University of Abuja are often online in various social networking activities.
III. A great amount of time is spent on social networking sites than in academic activities by the students of University of Abuja.
IV. Due to a great number of times spent on social networking activities, the academic performance of students suffer setbacks which could lead to a poor performance in the student’s academics and therefore, fail to create a balance between the social media and academic activities.