Dan Shayi is a community in Rimin Gado Local Government Area of Kano State, some 40 kilometers away from the state capital. From the bad access roads to a lone health facility built some two years ago with only one…
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the education sector has been one of the worst hits with 1.9 billion children globally unable to attend school. Amidst the pandemics, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, shut universities in the…
There is increased concern over the abuse of social media in Nigeria with various stakeholders saying it is partly responsible for recurrent civil disobedience occasioned by fake news. Experts on Wednesday said that through their handheld phones, millions of citizens…
A total 181 out of 441 students and staff members of an undisclosed private boarding school located in a suburb of Lekki have tested positive for COVID-19.
The Thomson Reuters Foundation in partnership with the African Centre for Media Excellence is looking for journalists based anywhere in Africa who are motivated to understand how their country could be losing money via illicit means. Wealth of Nations is…
As some states recalled students of primary and secondary schools back to classes, the federal government on Monday called for more vigilance to avert a possible resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The online learning system introduced in parts of the country following the shutdown of schools in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic is widening the gulf in education between children of the ‘haves’ and the ‘have not’, Daily Trust on Sunday investigation…
Anyone can register for this free course. The University of Pennsylvania offers the Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) “English for Journalism,” starting Aug. 24 through Coursera. The five-unit course is designed by the U.S. State Department for non-native English speakers who are interested in…
With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic across the globe and no vaccine yet to subdue it, many are adapting to new norms. The new pandemic no doubt affected all spheres of life and as a result, alternative ways are being adopted…
The African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC2020) is offering grants to enable investigative journalism in Africa. We are offering three categories of grants: 1. For the investigation of health/science issues 2. For the exposé of pandemic-related scams, corruption and wrongdoing. 3.…
