Bimpe Abodunde

[Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development @CJIDAfrica]

Press Statement 📢

The CJID condemns the reported breach of personal voter data allegedly obtained from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The right to privacy is guaranteed under Section 37 of the Nigerian Constitution, while the Nigerian Data Protection Act (NDPA) 2023 requires institutions to protect personal information from unauthorised access and disclosure.

INEC must strengthen safeguards for the personal information of voters and take decisive steps to prevent future breaches.

🔗Full press statement: https://t.co/GiwDRaQuHk

#DataProtection #PrivacyRights #INEC

[DUBAWA FR @DubawaFR]

#Guinée
Les Guinéens sont appelés aux urnes ce 31 mai 2026 pour élire leurs députés et leurs conseillers communaux.

Quels sont les principaux enjeux de ce scrutin ? Pourquoi est-il déterminant pour l'avenir démocratique du pays ?

Dans cette courte vidéo, le CJID vous propose un décryptage des enjeux liés à ces élections.

Restez connectés aux plateformes du CJID pour suivre l'actualité électorale en Guinée et accéder à des informations vérifiées tout au long du processus.

#Guinée #Elections2026 #désinformation #factchecking #CJID #Dubawa
@wanepguinee
@WANEP_Regional
@UEenguinee
@CJIDAfrica

[Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development @CJIDAfrica]

Nigeria’s walk toward reducing methane emissions continues to dominate conversations on tackling climate change, especially as methane has been found, over 20 years, to be more potent at trapping heat than carbon dioxide.

Today, CJID holds an in-person capacity building session on “Strengthening and Sustaining Corporate Compliance and Public Accountability of Methane Emissions Reduction Targets,” in partnership with the Natural Resources Governance Institute (@NRGInstitute).

Building on previous sessions, the workshop brings together journalists, civil society organisations (CSOs), and other stakeholders for hands-on, technical sessions on data storytelling for methane accountability and the impact of coordinated methane advocacy.

More to come today as the workshop progresses.

#MethaneEmissions #CapacityBuilding

[Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development @CJIDAfrica]

Call for Registration📢

The Centre for Journalism, Innovation and Development (CJID) is inviting young people to participate in a citizen-led dialogue to engage on governance priorities, electoral participation, accountability, and the role of youth in shaping democratic outcomes ahead of the 2026 Ekiti governorship election and the 2027 general elections.

This initiative is supported by the Women and Youth in Democratic Engagement (WYDE), a programme of the European Union.

🔗Register today: https://t.co/8pjVHkFq8K
📅Deadline: 27 May 2026

@DemocracyR #YouthParticipation #EkitiDecides #NigeriaDecides

[Dubawa @DubawaFacts]

Goodbye #PCOS, hello #PMOS.

Why the change? Doctors are shifting away from focusing strictly on the ovaries to address the broader metabolic risks involved. like insulin resistance, high cholesterol, and long-term cardiovascular health. The condition hasn't changed, but how the medical world treats it will.

Wondering how this affects your current treatment or diagnosis?

[Akíntúndé Babátúndé @olorunwababs]

A very meaningful week for us at @CJIDAfrica in Sokoto 🇳🇬 .

We launched an @EUinNigeria-supported initiative focused on media and information literacy, countering disinformation, and strengthening democracy across the region.

Beyond the launch, we:
• trained teachers and lecturers using CJID’s customised MIL curriculum,
• engaged Mass Communication students and campus journalists at UDUS via @CampReporterAFR,
• held a responsible digital behaviour town hall with student leaders led by SU President Tasiu Aminu
• and had important conversations around journalism, misinformation, digital responsibility, and community resilience.

As someone who was deeply involved in student leadership during university, the experience felt personal and nostalgic. Many of the relationships and opportunities that shaped my CJID journey began during those years.

Many thanks to the European Union for supporting this important intervention.

More updates soon.
#CJID #DUBAWA #MediaLiteracy #NorthwestNigeria

[Udeme.africa @UDEMEAfrica]

Nigeria has passed its largest budget in history📌

The 2026 budget stands at N68.3 trillion and carries a N31.45 trillion deficit against projected revenues of N36.87 trillion. Key priority areas include defence and security, infrastructure, education, and health.

Read the analysis for the full breakdown: https://t.co/PrhT4aIq3j

#NigeriaBudget2026 #UDEME

[Akíntúndé Babátúndé @olorunwababs]

On Wednesday, I was in Baltimore for the AI × Journalism Summit hosted by Hacks/Hackers.

It was one of the most exciting journalism events I have attended recently. I left thinking less about AI itself and more about the people trying to make sense of what journalism is becoming because there is something powerful about putting journalists, technologists, researchers, product people, and newsroom leaders in the same room at this moment.

Beneath the talk about tools and automation are deeper questions on survival, trust, creativity, sustainability, public knowledge, and whether journalism can still hold its democratic role in an information environment increasingly shaped by algorithms.

[Dubawa @DubawaFacts]

Understanding #Hantavirus and the right preventive measures can help you make informed decisions and stay safe.

Keep your surroundings clean, maintain good hygiene practices, and rely on trusted information sources.

Learn more below.

[Dubawa @DubawaFacts]

We are thrilled to announce the 13 exceptional journalists selected for the 2026 Kwame Karikari Fact-Checking and OSINT Fellowship! 🎊

Chosen for their exceptional writing, investigative grit, and commitment to truth, this year’s cohort is ready to tackle misinformation across the sub-region.

Congratulations to our new fellows!

🇳🇬 🇬🇭 🇸🇱 🇬🇲 🇱🇷

[Press Attack Tracker Africa @PressAttackAfr]

PAT Expansion📢

Since 2017, CJID #PressAttackTracker (PAT) has documented attacks against journalists in Nigeria, with records dating back to 1986. It now includes data on attacks against journalists in additional West African countries.

Access it here: https://t.co/0WOmOUPcSi

[Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development @CJIDAfrica]

Next on the agenda was the official launch of the expanded CJID Press Attack Tracker (PAT) @PressAttackAfr, led by Akintunde Babatunde (@olorunwababs), Executive Director of the CJID.

Founded in 2017 as a civic technology and data driven tool, PAT was designed to monitor, track and document attacks against journalists and independent media. Since its inception, the tracker has monitored, tracked, and documented 1,326 press freedom violations in Nigeria alone, including 28 deaths.

The platform has now been expanded to capture and track incidents across the region, responding to growing concerns around media repression and the need for stronger cross-border evidence to support accountability.

Access the Press Attack Tracker here: https://t.co/wRefeAsUBa

#WorldPressFreedomDay #PressFreedom #PressAttackTracker

[Akíntúndé Babátúndé @olorunwababs]

Since 1986, there have been at least 1,877 attacks against journalists in Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone and The Gambia. This is not a random number I am guessing — this is from years of collating documented attacks against journalists who have chosen a profession that is constitutionally empowered to hold power to account. Of those attacks, at least 59 have resulted in death.
Daily, citizens across Africa continue to call for good governance and hope that the media will expose wrongdoing. But as journalists choose this path, bad actors continue to mercilessly deploy the power of the state to shrink the environment that makes press freedom possible.

In 2017, @CJIDAfrica launched the Press Attack Tracker (@PressAttackAfr) in Nigeria to document these attacks in an online repository — a reference point for advocacy and accountability. Eight years later, in commemoration of World Press Freedom Day, we are launching an expansion of that repository to Anglophone West Africa, to reflect the pattern of attacks across the sub-region.
We are proud of this tool and also deeply saddened that many of these attacks have gone largely without justice for the thousands of journalists who have been victims.

This is a call to all lovers and advocates of press freedom globally — pay attention to the increasingly difficult environment for press freedom in West Africa.

Head to https://t.co/x3LDjA0wQy to explore the platform. You can also report attacks directly.

[Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development @CJIDAfrica]

Press freedom is not just a democratic principle; it is a non-negotiable requirement for sustainable development.

However, across Africa, journalists are increasingly operating under pressure from shrinking civic space, restrictive laws, and growing safety risks, at a time when journalism, technology, civic space, and human rights are becoming more deeply interconnected.

To mark #WorldPressFreedomDay 2026, themed "Shaping a Future at Peace: Promoting Press Freedom for Human Rights, Development, and Security," the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID), in partnership with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (@KASonline) and the National Human Rights Commission (@NhrcNigeria), is hosting a national dialogue today. The dialogue will reflect on the role of the press and advance practical, multi-stakeholder approaches to strengthening press freedom, protecting journalists, and exploring its links to peace, human rights, and democratic development.

Stay tuned for updates📌

#PressFreedom

[DUBAWA FR @DubawaFR]

Dans cette séquence, découvrez les techniques utilisées pour vérifier l’authenticité d’une vidéo et éviter les pièges de la désinformation.

Découvrez les bons réflexes dans cette vidéo.

#dubawa #chronique #podcastafrique #factchecking #informationfiable #media #afrique #désinformation

[Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development @CJIDAfrica]

Across West Africa, journalists are navigating an increasingly difficult media landscape shaped by rising disinformation, shrinking resources, and growing pressure on independent media, especially in oppressive environments.

This week, the CJID, in partnership with Free Press Unlimited, convenes journalists from Nigeria, Ghana, The Gambia, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Senegal, and Côte d'Ivoire for a three-day workshop marking the start of a six-month fellowship focused on fact-checking, investigative and solutions journalism.

The goal is to support journalists to develop storytelling approaches that respond to the realities of today's information ecosystem, as the real work lies in how information is handled, verified, and presented.

Day 1 of 3. Watch this space for more!

Supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands (@DutchMFA).

[DUBAWA FR @DubawaFR]

Assetou Diarra Diallo, journaliste malienne, revient sur les moments forts et les enseignements tirés de cette formation.

Son témoignage en vidéo
#Sailplus #journalisme #factchecking #afrique #médias

[Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development @CJIDAfrica]

Today, we celebrate the strength, resilience, and dedication of workers across every sector whose efforts continue to shape more informed, equitable, and thriving societies.

At the CJID, we recognise and appreciate the individuals whose work continues to advance accountability, innovation, and sustainable development across Africa and beyond.

Happy Workers' Day to everyone whose commitment, skill, and service continue to make a meaningful difference in our communities.

#WorkersDay

[DUBAWA FR @DubawaFR]

Entre apprentissage et échanges, Amadou Ba, journaliste sénégalais revient sur son expérience au programme SAIL+.

À découvrir dans cette vidéo

#sailplus #journalisme #afrique #factchecking #afrique #médias

[DUBAWA FR @DubawaFR]

Amadou Garé donne son ressenti sur la formation SAIL+
À lire dans cette vidéo
#Sailplus #journalisme #factchecking #afrique #médias