Smuggling – a flourishing business at the border The border is particularly notorious for rice smuggling as there are several smuggling rings operating in the area. I disguise as a trader from Nigeria looking to buy rice, which would be smuggled to Nigeria via Seme border. I arrive at the popular Krake market, a... Read More

February 21, 2018

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Bribery, extortion, smuggling at Nigeria-Benin Republic border (Part 1)

For six days in January 2018, Gbenga Odunsi, an investigative journalist went undercover– first as a traveller; later as a trader; and finally as a resident – to document the illegal activities of the security team posted at the Nigeria-Benin Republic border. He witnessed a rare display of corruption by Nigerian Customs and Immigration officials,... Read More

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Gbenga Odunsi, investigative journalism

May 31, 2017

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The Media Blog: The MacArthur foundation handed over $5m to Premium Times, The Cable and Sahara Reporters – and it warms our hearts

The fund is essentially for investigative journalism and building the capacity for media platforms to hold governments accountable across board. So the MarArthur Foundation has generously shared three-year grants to Nigeria’s three leading investigative journalism platforms. The good news is that they are all online platforms – The Cable, Premium Times and of course Sahara... Read More

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cable, investigative journalism, MacArthur Foundation, nigeria, Premium Times, The Media Blog

January 25, 2017

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Pius Adesanmi: Can Nigeria overcome corruption? Will Nigeria survive corruption?

By Pius Adesanmi The optimistic, overconfident Nigerian who offered me a “no shaking yes” to both questions was only able to do so because he successfully outed me as I tried to remain incognito and maintain a low profile at the hotel pool in Lagos. Retreating incognito to a hotel in Lagos to assess our... Read More

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Buhari, corruption, investigative journalism, Pius Adesanmi, Sahara Reporters, tolu ogunlesi, Uniformed men

December 5, 2016

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Reading material: What you should be reading if you work in media content (10)

A tweeting President-Elect: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/12/resisting-trumps-tweets/509222/ Revisiting an ode to investigative journalism that has become more relevant than ever: http://www.vox.com/culture/2016/12/3/13772892/spotlight-movie-of-week-investigative-journalism StarTimes is doing a lot in Tanzania: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-12/04/c_135878520.htm CNN, video, millennials: https://www.thestreet.com/story/13907984/1/cnn-acquires-video-sharing-app-beme-plans-new-venture-to-court-millennials.html On Trevor Noah and Tomi Lahren: http://www.vox.com/culture/2016/12/4/13807584/daily-show-tomi-lahren-interview

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The Media Blog: The MacArthur foundation handed over $5m to Premium Times, The Cable and Sahara Reporters – and it warms our hearts

Pius Adesanmi: Can Nigeria overcome corruption? Will Nigeria survive corruption?

Reading material: What you should be reading if you work in media content (10)

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