Simbiat Bakare takes the runner-up spot in the Professional Fact-Checker Category at the African Fact-Checking Awards on October 10, 2024, in Accra, Ghana. The honour reflects Simbiat’s dedicated fact-checking and investigative efforts on her story, “INVESTIGATION: Odalo, Nigeria’s Twitter Swindler…
On Tuesday, October 8, 2024, the United Nations marked International Lesbian Day with a social media post to celebrate the diversity within the lesbian community. However, the message has drawn significant criticism from LGB+ advocates and members of the lesbian…
In Nigeria's largest city, Ibadan, lives a 13-year-old girl. Her name is Adebisi. At 13, Adebisi, who is supposed to be in junior secondary school preparing for her junior certification exams, wakes up at 5 a.m. daily to hawk food…
Today, October 11th 2024, we celebrate the annual International Day of the Girl Child, a significant day to highlight the potential and aspirations of girls across the globe. This year’s theme, "Girls' Vision for the Future," is especially relevant for…