Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has highlighted the power and efficacy of photography in telling human stories including those of political actors in the country. Professor Osinbajo who disclosed that he is “a collector of rare and interesting photographs” spoke at the public presentation of a photo book entitled “Gbajabiamila: The Long Road, in Lagos […]
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Africa Check, a not-for-profit fact-checking organisation in Africa has trained radio journalists in Kenya on Fact-Checking technics. The training conducted online by four staff of the organisation had about twenty-five participants, mostly from community radio stations. Sylvia Makinia, a researcher said the training was necessary considering the widespread of fake news in the country. “We
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One of Nigeria’s accomplished journalists, Femi Akintunde-Johnson, popularly known as FAJ, will release the digital version of his third book – Reflections – on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. The 300+-page book according to a press release by the publisher, is filled with enriched information, personal recollections, detailed fact-checking of many of the major works of
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The management of Radio Now, 95.3 FM, a private radio station in Lagos has faulted the directive of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) that all broadcast stations in the country should suspend patronage of the microblogging platform, Twitter. In a statement by its Managing Director, Kadaria Ahmed, the station noted with dismay the directive which
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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo Olu has urged the Federal Government to review its decision on the suspension of Twitter operations in the country. Speaking in Lagos on Monday, Sanwo-Olu said the issue can be handled a lot better considering the number of e-commerce firms and youths that are engaging in digital stuff. While not
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Participatory Communication for Gender Development Initiative (PAGED) has trained journalists on covid-19 response and safety as part of frontline workers. The two-day capacity building workshop was organised for journalists from Adamawa, Bauchi, Plateau, Taraba and Gombe, held in Bauchi State and was sponsored by the European Union (EU). A Media Consultant, Mr Ibrahim Iliyasu, the
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The suspension of the operations of microblogging social media platform, Twitter, by the federal government has continued to attract wide condemnation by human rights groups, various groups and individuals. On Monday, two non-governmental organizations, Media Rights Agenda (MRA) and the International Press Centre (IPC) today condemned the suspension and threatened to lodge a formal complaint
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JamblabAfrica in collaboration with Civic Tech Innovation has organized a webinar to discuss “Africa Elections, Africa Voices: Old and New Roles for Journalism and Civic Tech Community.” The webinar held on Thursday, 27th May 2021 was facilitated by four panellists: Kathy Magrobi, Founder of Quote This Woman, Ivan Louis Pinno, a co-founder of Digital Woman
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West Africa’s verification and fact-checking platform, Dubawa, has unveiled the twenty-six fellows selected for its 2021 cohort of fact-checkers to combat misinformation in the sub-region. The platform, under the auspices of the Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ), announced the commencement of the yearly fellowship in Abuja on Monday 17th May 2021. Now in
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Associate Editor of The Nation Newspaper and author Olukorede Yishau and three other Nigerian writers have been nominated by the United States Mission in Nigeria for the University of Iowa’s programme tagged ‘Telling Our Stories: Creative Writing and Healthcare’. The other Nigerians are Nigeria Prize for Literature winner Jude Idada , a poet, Ololade Ajayi,
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