Day: 17 June 2019

Group to train Nigerian Journalists in Applied Data Journalism

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Journalists in Nigeria are set to receive intensive training on data journalism from one of Nigeria’s foremost civil society organisations, Ripples Centre for Data and Investigative Journalism (RCDIJ), in conjunction with some international and Nigerian resource partners, namely, Code for Africa,  BudgIT, and the International Press Centre (IPC). The training will also feature CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Award winner, Arukaino Umukoro.The training, tagged, ‘RCDIJ Data Journalism Masterclass 2019’ is slated for Thursday, June 20, from 8am to 5pm, at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos. In a statement released by RCDIJ Monday and signed by its…

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No court can stop Emir Sanusi’s investigation -Kano Anti Graft Agency

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Kano state Complaints and Anti- Corruption Commission has said there is no court order stopping it from investigating alleged mismanaging of Kano Emirate Fund. The Commission said although there is a court order issued restraining it from executing a warrant of arrest on three Emirate Council staff and it is obeying by maintaining status quo. This was contained in a statement issued by the Commission Chairman, Muhuyi Magaji Rimi gado on Monday. The statement said the Commission as a law abiding organization will always operate within the ambit of law…

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Tribunal dismisses petition challenging Sanwo-Olu’s victory

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An Ikeja Election Petitions Tribunal on Monday dismissed a petition filed by the Alliance for Democracy (AD) and the Labour Party (LP), challenging the victory of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The Chairman of the tribunal, Justice T. T. Asua, in a ruling, dismissed the petitions, due to the inability of the petitioners to file applications for pre-hearing conference after the close of pleadings within seven days as prescribed by law. The three-man panel noted that timely application for pre-hearing conference was a condition for the hearing of the petitions and that…

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Supreme Court fix July 7 for judgement on Osun governorship

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The Supreme Court on Monday fixed July 5 to deliver its judgment on the dispute arising from the September 2018 governorship election in Osun State. The Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate in the said election, Ademola Adeleke, had filed four separate appeals before the apex court to challenge the Abuja Division Court of Appeal’s decision affirming the All Progressives Congress and its Governor Adegboyega Oyetola as the winner of the poll. A seven-man panel of the apex court led by the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad,…

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