Oladotun

Journalist. Peace Scholar. ED@Mihub Hostess@Midasmentoringclub

[Bayo Onanuga, OON, CON @aonanuga1956]

One of the rescued teachers in Oyo sends a thank you message to President Tinubu and the security agencies.

[Oladotun @dotunreel]

Obanikoro Calls For Peaceful Conduct Ahead of Kwara Guber Primary https://t.co/rpBEgk0Xqf

[OLADEPO Caleb Olugbenga @YhungProf0]

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[Oladotun @dotunreel]

@Yorubaness @opegoogle Well-done. Keep making us proud.

[Media Foundation for West Africa @TheMFWA]

Call for Consultants: Development and Production of Project Documentary

The Media Foundation for Africa (MFWA), in partnership with Reporters sans frontières / Reporters Without Borders / RSF @RSF_en and Fondation Hirondelle @FondHirondelle, invites experienced consultants to develop and produce a compelling and high-quality documentary under our European Union-funded project: “Promote and Protect Democracy by Safeguarding Freedom of Opinion and Expression and Combating Mis/Disinformation in Guinea-Bissau.”

For more details: https://t.co/n5YW2B6yFT

[Oladotun @dotunreel]

Submissions for the
@Population Matters Media Awards Closes Tomorrow!
Have you applied yet?
Well, lucky you. You still have until tomorrow to do so.
Remember, you can submit multiple entries for each category.
Check the link below for more details.
https://t.co/3iw6GBUwqd

#PPMA

[feyisayo 💸 @feyiszn]

Stop telling kids their parent who abandoned them ‘loves them’. You aren’t helping. It’s confusing. Love is a behavior, not just feelings. Telling a child abandonment can exist in love is cruel and sets them up for a lifetime of bad relationship choices.

[Oladotun @dotunreel]

18 Days to Go!
Population Matters is receiving nominations for its Media Awards.

Submissions close 31 March, 2026. Work must be in English, published between 1 Feb 2025 and 31 Mar 2026.

Check the link below for more details and nomination form.

https://t.co/3iw6GBUwqd

#PPMA

[Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development @CJIDAfrica]

Join Our Team! 📢

The CJID is seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Campus Reporter Editor to provide editorial leadership for student journalists participating in its Next Gen Campus Reporter Project.

This full-time role involves providing editorial support and mentorship to emerging campus journalists across Africa.

📅Deadline: 8 March 2026
🔗Apply here: https://t.co/uimxWc5Mzm

[Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development @CJIDAfrica]

Exciting opportunity. 🚨📌

CJID, through its Natural Resource and Extractive Programme (NAREP), invites Nigerian journalists to submit story pitches for the Methane Emissions Reduction Reporting Initiative.

Journalists with experience in investigative and accountability reporting, especially in environmental, extractive, and climate change investigations, are encouraged to apply.

Female journalists are strongly encouraged to submit their pitches.

Scan the QR code to download the Story Pitch template and apply before or by 9th March 2026. 📌📌

#InvestigativeJournalism #ClimateReporting #EnvironmentalJournalism #MethaneEmissions #Nigeria

[Dataphyte @Dataphyte]

According to the 2024 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey, most survivors of physical or sexual violence in Nigeria have never sought help or confided in anyone.

This trend extends to survivors of technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) as well. A variety of factors contribute to this persistent silence, including fear of stigma, lack of awareness about available support services, and concerns about further victimisation.

Reporting isn't always easy, but it's a powerful step toward change. Speak up, your voice matters.

#digitalright #TFGBV #SBGV @HerStoryOSNG @TechHerNG #EndGBV #OnlineGBV #EndOnlineAbuse #WomenSafety

[Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development @CJIDAfrica]

Open Call🚨🚨

The Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID), is inviting journalists and researchers in Zamfara, Sokoto, Kebbi, Katsina and Niger States to apply for the OSINT and Conflict Research Fellowship aimed at countering violent narratives in Northern Nigeria.

Both affiliated and independent Media professionals especially female journalists covering conflict, security, disinformation, governance and human rights, as well as those interested in fact checking are welcome to apply.

Go to www://forms.gle/e6oALhFZgNz9GpNY7 to get started.📌

This fellowship is supported by the European Union (@EUinNigeria).

[INEC Nigeria @inecnigeria]

INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION

PRESS STATEMENT
FCT POLLING UNITS WERE SPLIT IN FEBRUARY 2022

Further to its statement issued on Sunday, 22nd February 2026, on the conduct of the February 21 Area Council election in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the Commission provides the following additional clarification regarding the issue of split polling units.

While the election was conducted successfully, the Commission observed that some voters experienced difficulties locating their designated polling units on Election Day. However, contrary to claims in some quarters that voters were migrated to new or different polling units shortly before the election, the Commission states categorically that no voter was migrated in 2026.

Under its Expansion of Voters’ Access to Polling Units initiative, the Commission in 2022 created over 56,000 additional polling units nationwide, increasing the total number of polling units from 119,972 to over 176,000. In order to populate the newly created polling units, many of which had zero registered voters at the time, 6.7 million voters were migrated from about 12,000 congested polling units to approximately 17,000 less congested polling units across the country. In the FCT specifically, 411 polling units were decongested, with about 580,000 voters redistributed to 1,156 polling units.

The Commission notes that no new voter migration was carried out in 2026. The split polling units referenced in recent discussions were created in February 2022 and not in 2026.

For clarity, split polling units are additional voting points and BVAS devices deployed to ease voter accreditation and fast-track voting in large polling units with more than 1,250 registered voters. The objective is to enhance orderliness, reduce overcrowding and improve the overall voting experience. These split units are located only a few metres away from the original polling units and remain within the same premises.

To further assist voters, the Commission provides an online Polling Unit Locator available at https://t.co/c0LlOfDL6J. The Polling Unit Locator enables voters to confirm their polling unit by selecting their State, Local Government Area, Registration Area (Ward) and Polling Unit.

INEC further clarifies that the splitting of polling units did not alter voters’ registration status, but merely redistributed voters within the same location for administrative efficiency.

However, the Commission observed during the mock election in the FCT that many voters who were migrated in 2022 were still experiencing difficulties locating their polling units, necessitating targeted intervention. Accordingly, text messages and emails were sent to affected voters on Wednesday 18th, Thursday 19th, Friday 20th and Saturday 21st February 2026, indicating the locations of their polling units. These notifications were intended solely as reminders to assist voters in identifying their designated voting points.

The Commission encourages voters to verify their polling details ahead of elections and, where possible, physically visit their polling locations prior to Election Day.

INEC reiterates its commitment to continuous improvement in electoral service delivery and urges voters to take advantage of all verification platforms provided in order to avoid unnecessary inconvenience.

E-Signed: Adedayo Oketola
CPS/Media Adviser to INEC Chairman
24th February, 2026

[Oladotun @dotunreel]

@BCPotus Glory be to God! Glad to hear you.

[GIJN Africa @gijnAfrica]

📢 @LHR_SA, in partnership with @SAEditorsForum and @AmnestySAfrica, seeks an experienced service provider to design and deliver practical cybersecurity workshops for journalists under the CREATE project.

Apply by March 9. https://t.co/JMD2DZxp1Z

[Covering Climate Now 🦋 @coveringclimate.org @CoveringClimate]

* VIRTUAL PRESS BRIEFING *

Is insurance the next big climate story?

Wednesday, January 22 at 9am PT

https://t.co/uaeLJzZUaZ

[Lady B - IYALODE OF X @mobola_ade]

My name is Zainab. I’m 27 years old. An SS.

That is, I live with sickle cell disease.
My parents are both AS.

Oh, they They knew.
They were told.
They still married.

They said God approved it. They said love would be enough. They said faith would cover the consequences.

I am the consequence.

I was diagnosed before I was two. My childhood memories are not playgrounds or cartoons,they are; hospitals, needles, and adults whispering when they thought I couldn’t hear.

In primary school, I missed classes so often that teachers stopped asking why. Some classmates thought I was pretending. Some thought I was cursed. I learned early how to smile while feeling different.

By secondary school, the pain episodes became more frequent. I would wake up excited for school and end the day on a hospital bed. I watched my mates grow normally while my life moved in pauses, school, hospital, recovery, repeat.

At 15, I lost my younger brother to sickle cell.
We were both SS.

That day changed me forever.

My parents broke down in front of me — crying, apologizing, saying “We followed faith. We didn’t think…”
But the damage had already been done.

Sometimes I forgive them.
Sometimes I resent them deeply.
Both feelings live in me.

In university, I tried to be normal. I joined sickle cell advocacy groups, volunteered with awareness organizations, spoke at events, encouraged parents to test their genotype. People call me strong. They call me a warrior.

What they don’t see is me crying alone at night after another silent pain episode.
They don’t see the fear that comes with planning a future in a body that doesn’t always cooperate.

And Relationships?
That’s another wound.

I’ve been loved… briefly.
The moment conversations turn serious about marriage, children, commitment….they leave. Some are honest. Some ghost me. Some promise forever and disappear quietly.

One man once said he would do anything for me. He talked about taking me abroad, better care, a life without fear. I believed him. For the first time, my heart rested.

Then one day, he stopped calling.

That heartbreak triggered one of the worst crises I’ve had as an adult. Not because of physical stress but because hope collapsed.

Now I’m older. The pain episodes come differently. Less dramatic, but more exhausting. My body recovers slower. My fears are heavier. I ask myself questions my parents never asked each other.

I am strong, yes.
But I am tired.

If you are AS and the person you love is AS, please love your unborn children enough to stop and think. Faith is not a license to ignore knowledge. I am a proof to that

I didn’t ask to be a lesson.
But if my life can prevent another child from being born into avoidable pain, then my voice matters.

That’s why I’m writing this to you. Because people listens to you and this story needs to be heard. I hope that your audience share this till it reaches those who are about to walk by faith and not by sight, Sickle Cell is real!.

Adeyinka, keep rescuing lives, I love how you raise awareness and say the truth unapologetically, those who do not like you are probably those who wish they could be you. Have you met you?. Oh,I see you Queen Ade💪🏻

[Dammy Esquire., @Dammi_Esq]

Before you screenshot that WhatsApp chat, read this carefully.

This small mistake has destr0yed many strong court cases.

If a WhatsApp chat shows a saved contact name instead of the phone number, that screenshot can be challenged in court. Names like “My Love”, “Boss” or “Chairman” mean nothing legally.

In court, the other party can simply say:
That name is not mine.
That number is not my phone.

Once doubt enters, your evidence becomes weak.

What to do before screenshotting 👇
1.Unsaved the contact
2.Reopen the WhatsApp chat
3.Ensure the full phone number is visible
4.Then take your screenshots

Courts rely on clear identification, not assumptions or explanations like “I know it’s him.”

One wrong screenshot can cost you everything.

[Dataphyte @Dataphyte]

Since the Cybercrime Act of 2015 was passed into law, several media reports have revealed how state actors have exploited its provisions to silence civic actors and journalists who seek to hold government accountable or comment on social issues.

In this report, Dataphyte tells the story of Binniyat, a Kaduna-based journalist, and how he was punished for publishing a report on a case involving the state government.

Binniyat was arrested and detained for 288 days simply for being a journalist. He described this incident as the worst experience of his journalism career.

Read more here: https://t.co/dEVfbmob1U

#PressFreedom #DigitalRights #MediaFreedom #DigitalHarassment #Cyberstalking

[Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, CGoF @ChidiOdinkalu]

Dear @Dataphyte,

Thx lots for ur piece on #BreakingBarriers in @NigBarAssoc. Cld u please check below again? There was no female justice of @SupremeCourtNg in 1985.

The 1st female JSC was Aloma Mukhtar. She was elevated in 2005 & became CJN in 2012, I believe. She was also the 1st female Justice of the Court of Appeal; & the 1st female judge of the High Court of Kano State.

The 1st woman to become a judge in #Nigeria, by the way, was Modupe Omo-Eboh, appointed on Nov. 10 1969.

Victoria Uzoamaka Onejeme was the first woman to be State Attorney-General in #Nigeria - she was appointed as Attorney-General & Commissioner for Justice in Anambra State in 1976.