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The suffering etched on the face of Mrs Lahila makes it difficult to decipher her age. She and her husband fled Gombe State in the North East after she got information that he would be killed for marrying her, a mere Christian. She narrated: “I’ve been in Lagos State for nine years. My husband and I ran away from Gombe State after he married me. My husband is a Muslim, but after he married me, he became a Christian. They planned to kill him so we ran away. We ran to Lagos and we’ve been here for nine years now.…
Reporters at a one-day forum organised by Journalists for Christ International Outreach have mapped out strategies that can put a lasting solution to the challenges of internally displaced persons in Nigeria. The forum which held on December 21, 2021, at Ogba. Lagos, was part of the project, Advancing the Rights and Welfare of IDPs through the Media. The project is being sponsored by the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) and Brot fur die Welt. It is expected to run from September 1, 2021, to August 31, 2022. At the Ogba, Lagos forum, a number of journalists and stakeholders on…
Journalists For Christ (JFC) International Outreach has concluded a two days training for media monitors recently engaged ahead of its media monitoring activity in October. The training which was held at the Media Career Development Network centre, Lagos provided an opportunity for four media monitors who were trained to monitor six national newspapers and three online medium under a project titled, ‘Advancing the rights and welfare of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) through media monitoring, investigative journalism and media-driven advocacy.’ The project, supported by the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC), Canada and the Bread for the World (German Protestant Agency…
A stakeholders’ parley between the media and social workers working with the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) has been held by the Journalists for Christ International Outreach with participants highlighting necessary steps to advance the rights and welfare of the affected persons. The event held in Lagos 21st December 2021 was sponsored by the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC), Canada and Bread for the World (German Protestant Agency for Diaconia Development),. It is part of activities for a year-long project titled: ‘Advancing the Rights and welfare of Internally Displaced Persons through media monitoring, investigative journalism and media-driven advocacy.’ Welcoming participants…