Lami Sadiq

Kaduna State, Nigeria

Kaduna Bureau Chief at Daily Trust

Investigation editor @daily_trust // Beloved daughter, superb wife, great aunt and everything spice...

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THEME: ACCELERATE ACTION

1 month ago | dailytrust.com | Lami Sadiq

Imagine a world where systemic barriers and biases against women are dismantled, paving the way for every woman to thrive both personally and professionally. That vision is possible if we work together. The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day; #AccelerateAction, is a powerful call for swift and decisive steps toward gender equality. It calls for urgency in eliminating systemic barriers and biases against women in all aspects of life.
Nigeria, 5 African countries launch £3.5m centre to drive renewable energy

2 months ago | dailytrust.com | Lami Sadiq

Nigeria and five other African countries, including South Africa, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Namibia, and Rwanda, yesterday launched the Circular Economy Powered Renewable Energy Centre (CEPREC) as part of steps towards addressing Africa’s energy and e-waste challenges. Daily Trust reports that CEPREC operates as a Pan-African, multisectoral, and interdisciplinary research centre that brings together government, academia and industry to drive collaborative research, innovation, and capacity building.
Nigeria: Alliance Hospital Sues Media Trust Over Kidney Harvest Story

Feb 13, 2024 | allafrica.com | Lami Sadiq

The Management of Alliance Hospital and Services Limited has sued Media Trust Ltd, the publishers of Daily Trust newspaper and owners of Trust TV, over its investigative report which exposed a black-market trade in kidney around the Federal Capital Territory.
CBN investigator’s past stalks Tinubu’s assignment

Feb 4, 2024 | dailytrust.com | Lami Sadiq

Several previous actions and decisions of Mr. Jim Obazee, the Special Investigator appointed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to probe activities of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) under Mr. Godwin Emefiele, are threatening the credibility of the outcome of the assignment. Obazee, a former executive secretary of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRC), was in July 2023 appointed by President Tinubu to probe the apex bank.
Trust TV wins Nigeria Media Merit Award

Dec 18, 2023 | dailytrust.com | Lami Sadiq

Trust TV’s Gaza Yakubu has emerged the overall winner of the television production category of the 2023 Nigeria Media Merit Award. Trust Television is owned by Media Trust Group, a multi-media company that also owns Trust Radio and publishes Daily Trust titles and Aminiya. The event took place last night at the Musan Centre in Lagos.
After Daily Trust’s report, FG goes after kidney traders

Dec 11, 2023 | dailytrust.com | Lami Sadiq

The Federal Government has expressed concern over the activities of kidney traders around the Federal Capital Territory which a three-month investigation by Daily Trust revealed. The investigation headlined “Inside Abuja’s kidney ‘market’ where the rich prey on the poor” had exposed a shadow economy of illegal kidney trade in which kidney brokers work with local agents to target and lure young men from low economic backgrounds to sell their kidneys.
Nigeria: Investigation - Inside Abuja's Kidney 'Market' Where the Rich Prey On the Poor

Dec 10, 2023 | allafrica.com | Lami Sadiq

Abuja Hospital Accused Of Harvesting Kidneys Of 3 Minors How Kidney Brokers, Agents Operate Freely In Abuja In this three-month long investigation, Daily Trust on Sunday went undercover to expose a shadow economy of illegal kidney trade in Nigeria's Federal Capital Territory. One million naira is the 'official' price for a kidney in the black-market.
Press freedom, AI, sustainability dominate conversations at GIJC 2023

Sep 30, 2023 | dailytrust.com | Lami Sadiq

“You cannot put this genie back in the bottle,” was the firm message, David Koplan, whose tenure just ended as the Executive Director of the Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN), sent to world autocrats and enemies of press freedom all over the world. “We are not going anywhere, we are growing, we are getting bigger not smaller,” Koplan said, referring to the critical role that investigative journalists play all over the world.
Nigeria: All Eyes On Tinubu's 'Lean' Unga Delegation

Sep 16, 2023 | allafrica.com | Lami Sadiq

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is expected to address world leaders at the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meeting on Monday. The annual high-level general debate of the UNGA is slated to commence on September 18, 2023. Some of the issues on the front burner include climate change, poverty and food insecurity, wars and humanitarian needs, as well as deepening inequality.
Deceased organ donations will solve problems of kidney sourcing – TAN President - Daily Trust

Aug 26, 2023 | dailytrust.com | Lami Sadiq

The national president of the Transplant Association of Nigeria (TAN), Fatiu Arogundade, is a professor of Medicine and consultant nephrologist. In this interview on the sideline of the fifth biennial conference of transplantation in Nigeria, he speaks on the need to encourage deceased organ donations and says any unethical conduct in kidney harvest among members should not go unpunished. What was the key takeaway from this year’s conference on how to advance organ transplantation in Nigeria?