Mohammed Taoheed

3 weeks ago | premiumtimesng.com | Mohammed Oluwatimileyin Taoheed |Mohammed Taoheed

Gender advocates and rights activists have called for urgent reforms to protect women and girls in the country amid growing concerns over workplace sexual harassment. The roundtable event was organised by Baobab for Women’s Human Rights, a nonprofit organisation advocating for gender inclusion, in Abuja on 27 March. The event, themed, “Creating Safe and Supportive Workplace Environments for Women and Girls,” brought together Nigerian legislators, civil society groups, journalists among others.

1 month ago | dubawa.org | Sunday Awosoro |Mohammed Taoheed

The ongoing political tension in Rivers State began barely a year after Siminalayi Fubara was sworn in as Rivers State governor. This tension deepened in December 2023 when the Rivers State legislative complex was demolished, further crippling legislative functions. By Dec. 11, 2023, 27 lawmakers loyal to the former governor, Nyesom Wike, defected from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressive Congress (APC). Only an Appeal Court order on Jul.

2 months ago | dubawa.org | Sunday Awosoro |Mohammed Taoheed

Claim: A Facebook video shows Trump promising to free the people of Biafra from the Nigerian government. Verdict: False! DUBAWA’s findings show that the video was manipulated to drive a false narrative. We discovered that the original version was released in Jan. 2021, during the election period that led to Joe Biden’s victory as the 46th president of the United States. The video has nothing to do with Nigeria.

2 months ago | english.elpais.com | Mohammed Taoheed |Miguel Ángel Criado |Esther Sánchez

During the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, Ivy was carted away into a rural bushmeat market in Ogun State, southwestern Nigeria, and was ready for sale by her poachers when she was saved by the Pangolin Conservation Working Group of Nigeria (PCWGN), an NGO at the forefront of efforts to save scaly pangolins in the wild across the nation. Since its creation in February 2016, PCWGN has rescued around 100 pangolins like Ivy that were set to be trafficked illegally in Nigeria.

Jan 15, 2025 | gijn.org | Mohammed Taoheed

Conflict journalism in Nigeria has become extremely difficult in the last decade thanks to the increased frequency and escalation of terrorist attacks and insurgencies, and the violence and risks to which journalists are exposed. Difficulty accessing hard-to-reach areas; direct threats; post-reporting trauma; censorship; and lack of financial resources — the obstacles for journalists can seem endless.