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Stallion Times trains journalists on multimedia skills in Kogi

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A total of 40 Journalists in Kogi State have participated in multimedia newsroom training.  The one-day training workshop on Thursday was organized by Stallion Times Media Service LTD., the publisher of Stallion Times newspaper. Stallion Times Media Services Ltd. is implementing a 3-year Participatory Governance and Media Literacy project tagged “Get Involved, Dialogue and Improve […]

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NCPWD threatens to seal off facilities for violating accessibility laws

Impact, Reports /

Following National Record’s investigative report on the non-implementation of the provisions of the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act,  the executive Secretary of the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD), James Lalu, has threatened to seal off facilities that do not comply with the Act’s accessibility clauses. National Record on September 20, 2023

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Investigation: In South-East, security forces rip commuters across multiple checkpoints

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In this report, Arinze Chijioke travelled to Imo State from Enugu and back, to investigate how security operatives extort money from commercial drivers across multiple checkpoints and delay travel time for road users Travelling from Garki, one of the major markets in Enugu State where several motor parks are located to Owerri, the Imo State capital, is a 138km

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INVESTIGATION: How Government, MDAs went to sleep after passage of Disability Act

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It was a struggle that took a coalition of organisations of people with disabilities and civil society allies almost two decades before realisation with the National Assembly’s passage in 2018. But the expectation that the signing into law in 2019 of the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act by then President Muhammadu Buhari was

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Leaves and Worms: Capacity Training on Investigative Journalism EP 2

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Abuja based AD4 TVRadio recently organised a capacity training for journalists in Abuja on Capacity on Investigative Journalism. This is part of its activities under the Collaborative Media Engagement for Development, Inclusivity and Accountability (CMEDIA) Project of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism with funding support from MacArthur Foundation.

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Leaves and Worms: Capacity training on Investigative Journalism EP 1

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Abuja based AD4 TVRadio recently organised a capacity training for journalists in Abuja on Capacity on Investigative Journalism. This is part of its activities under the Collaborative Media Engagement for Development, Inclusivity and Accountability (CMEDIA) Project of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism with funding support from MacArthur Foundation.

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Students loan : Lecturers, students speak out on Tinubu’s initiative

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Academics and Students have described the stringent conditions attached to the Students loan act as barriers towards benefiting from the educational initiative by the federal government. According to them, if not relaxed, the government efforts to make higher education more accessible to the citizens will remain nothing but a mirage or a mere illusion. In

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After Stallion Times report, Governor Yusuf launches Keep Kano Clean Initiative

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Kano State Governor, Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf on Saturday flagged off the Keep Kano Clean initiative tagged “Operation Nazafah” at Kofar Kwaru, Emir’s Palace, Kano. This is coming 10 days after a Stallion Times report “Residents in Kano Task Government on Timely Evacuation of Refuse.” In the report, residents and business owners in Kano tasked

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Staff suffer as Kano Electric fails to settle years of benefits

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Thirty-five-year-old Usman Sani was an employee of the Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO), until he succumbed to the cold hands of death, on December 24, 2020, after he was electrocuted while on duty. A Senior Assistant linesman with KEDCO in Katsina State, Sani left behind two wives and six children who are now bearing the

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Three free expression organisations calls on government to facilitate internet access for all citizens

Press release, News /

Three freedom of expression and media development organisations today issued a joint call on Federal and State Governments to take urgent measures to facilitate access to the Internet for all Nigerians in accordance with the government’s international obligations. They stressed that access to the internet is no longer a matter of mere convenience but a

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Wole Soyinka Centre/ Albarka FM holds one-day media enlightenment on story fact-checking and effectiveness of local government structure in promoting accountability.

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The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism in collaboration with Albarka 89.9 FM, Ganmo, Kwara State on Wednesday organised a one-day media round-table programme on ‘story fact-checking and effectiveness of local government structure in promoting accountability’ with participants drawn from media practitioners from various organizations across the state. The round-table programme funded by the MacArthur

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Highway to destitution and grave: The tragic story of Benue pensioners

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Public service retirees in Benue state are not only owed several years of their pension benefits, their gratuities also remain unpaid years into retirement. Scores of pensioners have died, and more are still dying, due to the non-payment of pension and gratuity. While there seems to be a sliver of hope with the inauguration of

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100 Days: Mambayya House townhall meeting xrays achievements, challenges of Kano Governor

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The Vice-Chancellor Bayero University Kano, BUK, in collaboration with its partners, Stallion Times and Non-Governmental Organisations on Wednesday organised a townhall meeting tagged ‘The first 100 Days of Kano State Government in Office: Achievements and Challenges’ of the administration of Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf. Other partners are CITAD, PERL, ARTV, NUJ, Kano Focus,

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Stallion Times trains 40 journalists on data journalism, media standards

Press release, News /

No fewer than 40 Kano journalists were trained in data journalism and media standards to improve their investigative reports. The training which took place on Thursday was organised by Stallion Times through its project “Get Involved, Dialogue and Improve (G-DRIP)” with the support of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) and the MacArthur

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You are losing your values, ex-Information Commissioners tell journalists

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Former Commissioners for Information in Ebonyi State, Chief Abia Onyeike and Dr Chike Emmanuel Onwe have called on journalists in the state to imbibe investigative journalism in their practices if they must survive the present citizen’s journalism era. They said journalism as a profession has been charlatanism with everybody in the society now a journalist

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How residents in Kano communities suffer tragedies over non-completion of 5km roads

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Rural communities in Bunkure, Dawakin Tofa, Kibiya, Rano, and Riming Gado Local Government Areas, access to good roads is a decade-long dream that never come to fruition. In this investigation, Rabiu Musa revealed how residents suffer loss of lives and properties, post-harvest losses, and an increase in transportation cost on 5-kilometer (km) roads that connect

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Stallion Times trains journalists on data journalism, media standards in Kogi

News, Press release /

Stallion Times with the support of the Wole Soyinka Center for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) and the MacArthur Foundation has trained no fewer than 40 journalists from the blogosphere, print and broadcast stations in Kogi State on Data Journalism and Media Standards. The training programme which took place on Saturday, is a part of Stallion Times

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Schools or Slave Camps?

Reports, News /

In Qur’anic schools across Bauchi, Almajiri children suffer abuse and exploitation at the hands of their teachers, yet the government fails to provide any protection despite the existence of state laws, WikkiTimes’ investigation reveals. SEPARATED by a distance of approximately 110 kilometers, three individuals—Musa Abdullahi (16), Usman Musa (15), and Abubakar Garin-Dawa (17)—find themselves bound

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