• Home
  • Anti-Corruption
  • Fact-Check
  • Economy
  • National
    • Government
  • Security
  • Features
  • State
  • Event
    • PR Nigeria Award
  • E-Paper
Search
  • Home
  • About
  • Adverts
  • Contact
Sign in
Welcome! Log into your account
Forgot your password? Get help
Password recovery
Recover your password
A password will be e-mailed to you.
PRNIGERIA PRNigeria News
PRNIGERIA PRNIGERIA
  • Home
  • Anti-Corruption
    • Mohammed Idris Malagi, Honorable Minister of Information and National Orientation

      FG Reaffirms Non-Interference in ICPC, EFCC Operations

      ICPC Secures Conviction of Rector for Running Unaccredited Degree Programmes

      Engr Abba Babagana Dalori

      Engr Dalori Forfeits Galaxy Hospital, Petrol Station, Properties & Cash

      Chinese nationals jailed in Lagos

      Court Jails Nine Chinese Nationals for Cybercrime in Lagos

      ASUU

      Tackle Corruption, Institutional Decay – ASUU Charges FG

  • Fact-Check
  • Economy
    • Customs Begins Live Operations of Automated Excise Register System

      Still on the “National Single Window” Project By Abdulsalam Mahmud

      Minister of Finance Wale Edun and the Comptroller General of Customs Bashir Adeniyi decorating OP Olaniyan

      Customs Generates N3.7trn in H1 2025 as FG Targets Enhanced Private…

      Customs Gets 4 New Deputy Comptrollers-General, 12 ACGs, Promotes 3,312 Officers

      DG NITDA Inuwa Kashifu at the GITEX Nigeria

      Sanwo-Olu, Tijani, Kashifu Urge Digital Innovation as GITEX Nigeria Opens

  • National
    • Eid El-Maulid: Kwara Gov Urges Muslims To Embrace Unity, Shun Partisanship

      Military Troops during operations

      Troops Recover Weapons in Kwara Operation, Donate Fertiliser to Farmers in…

      BUKAA Announces 2025 AGM at BUK New Campus: Join In-Person or…

      Officers of NSCDC Mining Marshals

      Nigeria’s War on Illegal Mining Needs the Media on the Frontlines…

      Building Resilience: Crisis Communication in Modern Organizations By Princewell N. Achor

    • Government
      • Ganduje: A Lifetime of Service Beyond Politics By Garba Yusuf Abubakar

        Eid El-Maulid: Kwara Gov Urges Muslims To Embrace Unity, Shun Partisanship

        Officers of NSCDC Mining Marshals

        Nigeria’s War on Illegal Mining Needs the Media on the Frontlines…

        FG, Experts Urge Information Commissioners to Partner with ICPC on Grassroots…

        ASUU-STRIKE

        Strikes in Nigeria and the Collapse of Public Service By Tahir…

  • Security
    • NSCDC, Army Foil Bandit Attack on Plateau Farmers

      Troops Eliminate Bandits, Rescue Abductee, Recover Motorcycles in Katsina

      Military Troops in Action

      Military Foil Terrorists Attack, Recover Dozens of Rustled Livestock in Sokoto,…

      Military Troops during operations

      Troops Recover Weapons in Kwara Operation, Donate Fertiliser to Farmers in…

      Military Troops in Action

      Troops Ambush Militia Plotting Attack on Plateau Villagers

  • Features
    • Ganduje: A Lifetime of Service Beyond Politics By Garba Yusuf Abubakar

      ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi

      DCP Olumuyiwa Adejobi: The Spokesperson Who Redefined Police Communication

      (L-R) Yahaya Bello and Usman Ododo of APC Kogi

      RECOMMENDED: Godfatherism the Ododo-Bello Way!! By Nafisat Bello

      Officers of NSCDC Mining Marshals

      Nigeria’s War on Illegal Mining Needs the Media on the Frontlines…

      Building Resilience: Crisis Communication in Modern Organizations By Princewell N. Achor

  • State
    • Ganduje: A Lifetime of Service Beyond Politics By Garba Yusuf Abubakar

      NSCDC, Army Foil Bandit Attack on Plateau Farmers

      Troops Eliminate Bandits, Rescue Abductee, Recover Motorcycles in Katsina

      Military Troops in Action

      Military Foil Terrorists Attack, Recover Dozens of Rustled Livestock in Sokoto,…

      Military Troops during operations

      Troops Recover Weapons in Kwara Operation, Donate Fertiliser to Farmers in…

  • Event
    • BUKAA Announces 2025 AGM at BUK New Campus: Join In-Person or…

      Vice President Kashim Shettima and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu

      Shettima at 59: Tinubu Hails VP’s Loyalty, Commitment to Service

      Erasmus Ikhide damaged Vehicle and Dangote Cement Truck

      Erasmus Ikhide Narrowly Escapes Death in Collision with Dangote Truck

      Supporters of Senator Shehu Buba

      PHOTOS: Bauchi Constituents Rally APC to Draft Senator Buba for 2027…

      The authors and their books

      PHOTOS: NIPR Hails Latest PRNigeria Books at Economic Confidential Lecture

    • PR Nigeria Award
  • E-Paper
Home Event PRNigeria Reporter Selected for Kwame Karikari Fact Checking Fellowship as Induction Commences
  • Event
  • Fact-Check

PRNigeria Reporter Selected for Kwame Karikari Fact Checking Fellowship as Induction Commences

By
Prnigeria
-
May 19, 2021

PRNigeria Reporter Selected for Kwame Karikari Fact Checking Fellowship as Induction Commences

A reporter with PRNigeria, Mohammad Dahiru Lawal has been selected for the Kwame Karikari Fact-Checking and Research Fellowship as part of the 2021 cohort of fact-checkers to combat misinformation in the Wes-African sub-region.

Dahiru emerged out of the top 26 successful applicants drawn from over 200 applications in The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.

The Programme by renowned Fact-Checking and verification platform, Dubawa, under the aegis of the Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ) is aimed at tackling misinformation and holding political elites accountable for their words and actions while expanding the reach of verified information to grassroots communities.

In her opening remarks during the induction and training excersise of the selected fellows which commenced Tuesday, the Executive Director, Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), Aisha Osori, noted that the Programme is fundamental owing to the fact that the world is changing and people have to change with it especially in an era of “misinformation” and “mal-information.”

“We are in a post-truth era, nothing is as it seems and truth has lost its power therefore smashing lies and disinformation with facts are the best defense,” she stated.

Also speaking, Mr. Dapo Olorunyomi, Executive Director for the PTCIJ, said that the Programme will equip Journalists with all the empowerment mechanisms they need to combat misinformation, disinformation and fake news in the digital era.

Read Also:

  • Ganduje: A Lifetime of Service Beyond Politics By Garba Yusuf Abubakar
  • DCP Olumuyiwa Adejobi: The Spokesperson Who Redefined Police Communication
  • NSCDC, Army Foil Bandit Attack on Plateau Farmers

Earlier in a statement, Dubawa programme manager, Adedeji Adekunle, said in the training faculty for the programme are drawn from a pool of the leading global experts in the field of fact-checking who come with individual and organizational talents which includes Peter Cunliffe-Jones, founder of Africa Check, and current course co-director/researcher at the University of Westminster in the United Kingdom; Youri van der Weide, researcher and trainer at the global investigative organisation, Bellingcat; and Craig Silverman, author, trainer, and the digital editor, at BuzzFeed.

Others are Prof. Kwame Karikari, former professor, School of Communications, University of Ghana, Legon and Chairman of the Board of the Daily Graphic newspaper in Accra; Dr Chido Onumah, coordinator of the African Centre for Information and Media Literacy, AFRICMIL; Kemi Busari, Editor of DUBAWA; Deji Adekunle, DUBAWA Programme Manager; Caroline Anipah, Ghana Programme Lead for DUBAWA; and Dapo Olorunyomi, Executive Director for the PTCIJ.

Dahiru who is also a reporting Fellow with the International Centre for Investigative Reporting, Open Contract Reporting Project (OCRP) is a final year student of the Department of Information and Media Studies, Bayero University Kano (BUK). He is also Managing Editor of Arewa Agenda, a platform of young Northern writers advocating national unity and development.

In December 2020, he emerged overall Campus Journalist of the Year during the annual Campus Journalism and Dialogue Award Organized by Youths Digest. Dahiru also clinched the best features writer of the year (print category) at the same ceremony.

Previously, he had led the PRNigeria team that bursted 101 fake news that were propagated during the EndSARS protest in October last year.

Now in its third year, the 2021 fellowship is christened Kwame Karikari Fact-Checking and Research Fellowship in honour of Ghanaian Professor, Kwame Karikari.

The Kwame Karikari Fellowship is Supported by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and the 2021 cohort will run for a period of six months.

VISIT OUR OTHER WEBSITES
PRNigeria.com EconomicConfidential.com PRNigeria.com/Hausa/
EmergencyDigest.com PoliticsDigest.ng TechDigest.ng
HealthDigest.ng SpokesPersonsdigest.com TeensDigest.ng
ArewaAgenda.com Hausa.ArewaAgenda.com YAShuaib.com
  • TAGS
  • fact-checkers
  • Mohammad Dahiru Lawal
  • National Endowment for Democracy (NED)
  • Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism
  • prnigeria
Previous articleStartup Eco-system is Vital for Wealth Creation – Kashifu
Next articleArmy Chief Charges GOCs, Commanders to devise multidimensional approaches against adversaries
Prnigeria
Prnigeria
Xing

RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR

BUKAA Announces 2025 AGM at BUK New Campus: Join In-Person or Virtually

IGP Egbetokun Appoints CSP Hundeyin as New Force PRO

FG, Experts Urge Information Commissioners to Partner with ICPC on Grassroots Anti-Corruption Drive

Troops Neutralise 13 ISWAP- Boko Haram Terrorists in Failed Ambush at Kareto, Recover Arms

Nigerian Police Force

Anambra Police Foil Lynching of Murder Suspect, Launch Full Investigation

Maj-Gen. Adamu Laka. image. Google

NCTC Urges Forensic and Non-Military Strategies in Regional Fight Against Terrorism

Tinubu Orders Overhaul of Katsina Security Operation, Hints at State Police

Tinubu Reverses NTA Shake-Up, Recalls DG Salihu Dembos, Executive Director of News

Suspected logistics suppliers for Terrorists

Troops Neutralize Dozens of Terrorists, Arrest Logistics Suppliers in North-East Offensives

President Tinubu and VP Shettima

The Politics and Tinubu’s Wishes to Shettima

The rescued abducted women and children

Troops Eliminate Terrorists, Rescue 9 Abducted Women, Children in Sokoto, Zamfara

Vice President Kashim Shettima and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu

Shettima at 59: Tinubu Hails VP’s Loyalty, Commitment to Service

Recent Posts

  • Ganduje: A Lifetime of Service Beyond Politics By Garba Yusuf Abubakar
  • DCP Olumuyiwa Adejobi: The Spokesperson Who Redefined Police Communication
  • NSCDC, Army Foil Bandit Attack on Plateau Farmers
  • Eid El-Maulid: Kwara Gov Urges Muslims To Embrace Unity, Shun Partisanship
  • Troops Eliminate Bandits, Rescue Abductee, Recover Motorcycles in Katsina
  • Home
  • About
  • Adverts
  • Contact
© 2020 PRNigeria. All Rights Reserved.
Latest News
Ganduje: A Lifetime of Service Beyond Politics By Garba Yusuf AbubakarDCP Olumuyiwa Adejobi: The Spokesperson Who Redefined Police CommunicationNSCDC, Army Foil Bandit Attack on Plateau FarmersEid El-Maulid: Kwara Gov Urges Muslims To Embrace Unity, Shun PartisanshipTroops Eliminate Bandits, Rescue Abductee, Recover Motorcycles in KatsinaMilitary Foil Terrorists Attack, Recover Dozens of Rustled Livestock in Sokoto, KebbiTroops Recover Weapons in Kwara Operation, Donate Fertiliser to Farmers in ZamfaraTroops Ambush Militia Plotting Attack on Plateau VillagersRECOMMENDED: Godfatherism the Ododo-Bello Way!! By Nafisat BelloBUKAA Announces 2025 AGM at BUK New Campus: Join In-Person or VirtuallyNigeria’s War on Illegal Mining Needs the Media on the Frontlines By Zekeri Idakwo LarubaBuilding Resilience: Crisis Communication in Modern Organizations By Princewell N. AchorIGP Egbetokun Appoints CSP Hundeyin as New Force PROMilitary Explains Why Retirees Can’t Benefit from New Minimum Wage ChartCustoms Begins Live Operations of Automated Excise Register System
X whatsapp