One-click debt-trap
How product design fuels predatory lending in Nigerian fintech
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“Forest Is Life” — But Nigeria’s Last Rainforest Is Falling Fast
Southern Nigerian communities depend on the rainforest. So do endangered gorillas. But illegal logging, mining and disinformation leave them vulnerable.
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Trump cuts U.S. aid to Africa. Pregnant women lose needed medicines.
The United States is cutting billions in foreign aid. In Nigeria, pregnant women and others now face higher risks from HIV.
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Shot While Serving, Now Honored: Election Workers Receive Presidential Awards After CCIJ Investigation
President Bola Tinubu honored Paul Obaji and Chibuzor Oliaku — two election workers shot by the Nigerian Army during the violent 2023 presidential election — with National Youth Service Corps awards. The recognition follows a CCIJ investigation that exposed widespread election irregularities and violence.
Nigeria Considers Panel to Probe Election Violence
In the wake of more than 100 killed and many more injured in the weeks surrounding Nigeria’s 2023 presidential balloting, the nation’s legislature is moving closer to passing a bill creating an agency to investigate election-related violence.
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Broken Promises of Transparency: A Deep Dive into Nigeria’s 2023 Election Data
The 2023 Nigerian election was marred by violence and disinformation, and tarnished by polling irregularities that raised doubts about voting results in certain communities.
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Shield Your Vote
Augmented reality Game experience Shield Your Vote An AR/VR educational game designed to promote election integrity and combat misinformation. About the game Shield Your Vote is an augmented reality (AR) game experience designed and built as a companion to CCIJ’s Democracy Deferred series. The series includes investigative stories that raise pointed questions about the legitimacy
INEC’s Broken Promises: Altered voting tallies, poor electoral oversight casts doubt over Nigeria’s presidential elections
Go to series home Investigative SeriesDemocracy DeferredThe 2023 Nigerian Presidential Election INEC’s Broken Promises Altered voting tallies, poor electoral oversight casts doubt over Nigeria’s presidential elections By Haruna Mohammed Salisu, Samad Uthman, Idris Kamal, Lami Sadiq, Aminu Adamu Naganye, Usman Bello Balarabe, Arinze Chijioke, Ogechukwu Victoria Ujam, Lukman Abolade December 20, 2024 An Independent National
Faces to their Names: Nigeria’s False Information Merchants
Go to series home Investigative SeriesDemocracy DeferredThe 2023 Nigerian Presidential Election Faces to their Names: Nigeria’s False Information Merchants By Arinze Chijioke, Shehu Olayinka and Sodeeq Atanda December 3, 2024 Sharing accurate information is a critical element of successful elections and vibrant democracies around the world, but this did not happen in many instances during Nigeria’s 2023 general election.
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All Roar and No Bite: Exposing Nigeria’s Paper Tiger Election Laws
Go to series home Investigative SeriesDemocracy DeferredThe 2023 Nigerian Presidential Election All Roar and No Bite Exposing Nigeria’s Paper Tiger Election Laws By Olanrewaju Oyedeji and Gbenga Salau September 30, 2024 Nigerian men wait for results at the venue of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) collation center after elections in Kano State.Photograph by Sodiq
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Beyond the Facade: Unveiling the Violence in Nigeria’s ‘Peaceful’ Presidential Elections
Go to series home Investigative SeriesDemocracy DeferredThe 2023 Nigerian Presidential Election Beyond the Facade Unveiling the Violence in Nigeria’s ‘Peaceful’ Presidential Elections By Olajide Adelana, Kabir Yusuf, Yekeen Akinwale and Ekemini Simon August 29, 2024 Women wait in line to cast their ballots at a polling station in Kano State.Photograph by Sodiq Adelakun Before Nigeria’s
Truth under fire: The multi-front assault on facts during the 2023 Nigerian election
Go to series home Investigative SeriesDemocracy DeferredThe 2023 Nigerian Presidential Election Truth under fire The multi-front assault on facts during the 2023 Nigerian election By Arinze Chijioke, Shehu Olayinka and Sodeeq Atanda June 12, 2024 Photographs by Akintunde Akinleye Many Nigerians yearn for the opportunity to participate in a peaceful voting process, one where they
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