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July 19, 2019 In Media Advocacy, Uncategorized By seun

As We Watch The Shiites Get More Vicious…

Yet again, Nigeria has experienced another violent protest from the now notorious Shiite group in Abuja. These protests have become a mainstay, especially in the nations’ capital ever since Mohammed El –Zakzaky, the Kaduna based leader of the Shiite movement in Nigeria was arrested in...

June 6, 2019 In Civic Tech, Media Advocacy By seun

Reporting The North East

Many years ago, as far back as 1391, there was a riot against a Jewish settlement in Spain. Sentiments were always negative towards the Jews because they were said to be shrewd dealers- that is the context historians gave us. After this riot, the Jewish...

May 28, 2019 In Civic Tech, Media Advocacy By seun

The North Is The Problem of Nigeria – Tope Kolade Fasua

On the latest episode of Election Debrief, we had Presidential candidate of Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party, Tope Kolade Fasua, sharing his experience on the 2019 Elections. He queried the election results from the north among other things. Watch the full video here...

May 23, 2019 In Civic Tech, Media Advocacy By seun

The Fate Of Smaller Parties During The 2019 Elections – Elections Debrief Episode III

The Civic Media Lab Elections Debrief continues this week with Joshua Adeoye of the African Action Congress (AAC), Hassan Soweto of the Socialist Party of Nigeria and Sanmi Falobi of the International Press Centre. They discussed the fate of smaller parties at the 2019 General Elections, among...

May 16, 2019 In Civic Tech, Media Advocacy By seun

Civic Media Lab Launches Portal For Senators’ Pay

Frontline Media design and Innovation center, Civic Media Lab has launched a portal to help Nigerians put a context to the exorbitant salaries Nigerian senators pay themselves. Despite the fact that 87 million Nigerians live in extreme poverty and unemployment is at record levels, the Nigeria public officials...

May 13, 2019 In Media Advocacy, Training By seun

How News Is Lost

Kelechukwu Ogu and Habib Oladapo IN 2017, British writer, Howard Jacobson, sat down with BBC Hard Talk presenter- Stephen Saca. As the discussion got heated, he flew into a rant, ‘They’re not reading, they can’t concentrate, they don’t know the nature of the discourse that they...

May 4, 2019 In Media Advocacy, Training, Uncategorized By seun

Participants Call For Improved Press Freedom At Civic Media Lab World Press Freedom Day Event

In commemorating this year’s World Press Freedom Day; the Civic Media Lab in partnership with RoLAC, an initiative of the European Union, implemented by the British Council organised a dialogue session for members of the press in Nigeria The event held at the Civic Media Lab...

April 30, 2019 In Media Advocacy By seun

The 2019 Election Was A Downgrade From the Success of 2015 – ADC Candidate

House of Representative Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) for Kosofe Federal Constituency, Olayiwola Abisoye has scored INEC low in the conduct of the 2019 General Elections. He stated this during the second episode of the Civic Media Lab Election Debrief. He further decried the...

April 17, 2019 In Media Advocacy By seun

Experience and Lessons From The 2019 Elections – Election Debrief Episode 1

As the dust raised by the 2019 Election settles, Civic Media Lab hosts election debrief programme. The first episode had Gbadebo Rhodes Vivour, the PDP Senatorial Candidate for Lagos West, Abiodun Thorpe, Director, Data Analytics and Election Monitoring for the African Action Congress and Femi Owolabi,...

April 9, 2019 In Civic Tech, Media Advocacy By seun

Civic Media Lab Wins Mo Ibrahim Foundation Editors’ Lab Hackathon

Sahara Reporters Media Foundation’s Civic Media Lab displaced other newsrooms from around Africa to win the Global Editors’ Network Editors Lab Hackathon organized by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation at the recently held event in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The team led by Oluwaseun Akinfolarin developed a prototype...