NewswireNGR
| Telling Under-Reported Stories. | |
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| Type | News agency |
|---|---|
| Format | Online |
| Founded | 2013 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Lagos, Nigeria |
| Website | newswirengr |
NewsWireNGR is an independent newsroom that reports underreported or mostly ignored stories by mainstream media organisations in Nigeria and Africa.[1] The all women led newsroom was founded in 2013, the remote team, drives conversational Journalism that leads to and not limited to high level policy actions by government but influences change and drives social movements in the country.[2]
Audience Reach & Impact
[edit]NewsWireNGR journalism has prompted investigations into misconduct at the Abuja Environmental and Protection Board,[1][3][2] Shrinking Civic and Media spaces in Nigeria,[4] the Nigerian Railway Cooperation,[5] the Nigerian Ministry of humanitarian affairs and its disbursements of COVID-19 intervention funds to mention a few, leading to changes in government policies across the country.[2]
Funding
[edit]The Platform has been supported by the Google News Initiative,[6] Open Society Initiative for West Africa, OSIWA in the past,[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b The Untold Story of the AEPB, Abuja’s Uniformed Female Harassment Unit. https://newswirengr.com/2019/10/31/the-untold-story-of-the-aepb-abujas-uniformed-rape-syndicate/
- ^ a b c FG set to investigate harassment of women by Hajia Safiya Umar in Abuja. http://www.ivory-ng.com/fg-set-to-investigate-harassment-of-women-by-hajia-safiya-umar-in-abuja/
- ^ Report says raid of Nite Clubs in Abuja was authorized by a government official. https://www.pulse.ng/news/local/abuja-raid-victims-narrate-rape-harassment-ordeal-in-police-custody/j34b1bx
- ^ INVESTIGATION: Disturbing Tales of How Nigerian Authorities Are Shrinking Civic and Media Space. https://newswirengr.com/2021/03/25/investigation-disturbing-tales-of-how-nigerian-authorities-are-shrinking-civic-and-media-space/
- ^ INVESTIGATION: Ticketing Corruption by Railway Staff, Soldiers, Policemen Derailing Abuja-Kaduna Rail Project.https://newswirengr.com/2020/09/25/investigation-ticketing-corruption-by-railway-staff-soldiers-policemen-derailing-abuja-kaduna-rail-project-thetrainhasderailed/
- ^ NewswireNGR, Premium Times, Punch, others get Google funding.https://guardian.ng/news/premium-times-punch-others-get-google-funding/
- ^ Osiwa Grants In Nigeria. https://www.osiwa.org/where_we_work/nigeria/