📢🚨Exciting News💥

A while back we told you about the launch of the fact-check club in Federal University of Lokoja.

Here is an exciting update.

Usmanu Danfodio University Sokoto (Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto. ) has joined the list of schools with a fact-checking club.

The launch of the club was…

Exciting update!

SPARK radio show will be live today in Ibadan at 5:30 pm on Splash 105.5 FM.

#SPARKIbadan is the fifth in the series of #TheICIR SPARK radio shows which seek to spotlight issues facing maternal healthcare and women in agriculture and profer solutions.…

#SPARKinMinna

Tune in to SPARK Radio show starting Today and Every Thursday at 5:30pm on Prestige917fm Minna, SPARK is a radio talk show dedicated to discussing the critical issues affecting maternal healthcare and agriculture in Nigeria.

Join Muya Hannah Pho and Adamu Garba…

'One of the fundamental anchors of democracy is #FreePress , we hope the force will adopt the human rights approach to engaging journalists. The right thing to do is to take journalists to court and not to abduct them for days.'
#FreeDanielOjukwu
#JournalismisNOTaCrime

Today is the ninth day Daniel Ojukwu was detained without being charged by the court of law.

'The freedom of every Nigerian is enshrined in the constitution'

#FreeDanielOjukwu
#JournalismisNOTaCrime

RELEASE DANIEL NOW!

#FreeDanielOjukwu
#FreeDanielOjukwu
#FreeDanielOjukwu Now

Join us!

Tomorrow, May 9, we will peacefully march to the Force Headquarters in Abuja to demand Daniel Ojukwu's release.

Threat to one is threat to all!
Injury to one is injury to all!

Journalism is not cybercrime, and our civic space must be protected.

#FreeDanielOjukwu

Delighted to have facilitated a training session on the topic “The Arts of Fact-checking Using Digital Tools' at a day in-person workshop organized by the UDUS Fact-check Club sponsored by The ICIR and funded by the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Abuja.

As Bola Ahmed Tinubu is set to clock one year in office, one of the major turn-offs of his administration is the repeated spread of misinformation by his media team led by Ajuri Ngelale. For FactCheckHub, I looked at some of the false information shared by the media team.

Tinubu’s one year: A look at misinformation spread by his media team
factcheckhub.com/tinubus-one-ye…

Tinubu’s One year: Misinformation Spread by his Media Team
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Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu [Bola Ahmed Tinubu] is celebrating one year in office. One of the major turn-offs of his administration is the repeated spread of misinformation by his media team, led by Ajuri Ngelale…

It is disgraceful that the Force PRO has been alluding to a law that no longer exist in Nigeria.

The provisions of the infamous Section 24 of the Cybercrimes (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2015 that the police has been using to harass Nigerians has been repealed by the…

Now NSA Nuhu Ribadu has ordered full implementation of the #CyberCrimeAct to aid the fight against #Terrorism , I hope Nigeria Police Force Department of State Services (DSS) and other security agencies won't use it to hound #Journalists for #Terrorism .
#JournalismIsNotACrime
#FreeDanielOjukwu
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THE former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC Nigeria), Chidi Odinkalu, CGoF, a professor, has raised questions about the violation of the agreement regarding the appointment of new Appeal Court judges. icirnigeria.org/chidi-odinkalu…

WHILE many Nigerian journalists joined the rest of the world in advocating #pressfreedom on #WorldPressFreedomDay2024 , commemorated on Friday, May 3, Daniel Ojukwu, a journalist with the (Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ)), languished in police detention over allegations of cybercrime.…

Arbitrary arrest and detention of journalists remain unacceptable as it negates the basic principles of democracy. 

The Nigeria Police [Nigeria Police Force] should uphold citizens' rights and the constitution, rather than silencing journalists who expose the truth and demand…

7 yrs of the #OCRP [open contract reporting project].

7 yrs of The ICIR leading & commissioning investigations on the procurement process with support from MacArthur Foundation.

Promoting good governance & entrenching democratic values by reporting, exposing, and combating corruption.

Our Speakers have all confirmed. The stage is now set for a very robust conversation. Join us as we commemorate the World Press Freedom Day 2024.

Click on the link to register.
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#WorldPressFreedomDay #PressFreedom   #ProtectCivicSpace #pressfreedomday …

Happy World Press Freedom Day!

By fostering a free and independent press, we ensure that our societies remain informed, engaged, and accountable to the people they serve.

#WorldPressFreedomDay #PressFreedom

Mr DAYO AIYETAN speaking on the state of #pressfreedom in Nigeria at an event organised by the Norwegian Embassy in collaboration with the Embassy of Sweden, Internews and Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development.