REPORT OF A WEBINAR ON RISING DIGITAL RIGHTS ABUSES IN NIGERIA ORGANIZED BY THE CENTRE FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT (CITAD)
Date: 6th November, 2025 Venue: Online As Nigeria’s digital ecosystem expands, concerns about violations of digital rights, particularly freedom of expression and online civic participation continue to intensify. In response to the rising cases of harassment, intimidation, censorship, and arrests targeting online activists and journalists, the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) hosted a […]
REPORT OF A TWO-DAY TRAINING FOR JOURNALISTS WITH DISABILITIES
REPORT OF A TWO-DAY TRAINING FOR JOURNALISTS WITH DISABILITIES ORGANIZED BY THE CENTRE FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT (CITAD) Date: 14th & 15th November, 2025 Venue: PWD Digital Hub, CITAD In its efforts to build the capacity of persons with the disabilities, the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) conducted a two-day capacity-building training […]
REPORT OF A TWO-DAY TRAINING ON DIGITAL RIGHTS FOR MAGISTRATE JUDGES AND LAWYERS ORGANIZED BY THE CENTRE FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT (CITAD)
Date: 7 th and 8 th August, 2025 Venue: R&K Palace Hotel, Zaria, Kaduna State In its efforts to promote and enhance the legal processes in the area of digital rights in Nigeria, the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), with the support of the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), organized a two-day training […]
CITAD Holds Interactive Session With Female Journalists To Commemorates Int’l Girl Child Day
A non-governmental organization, Centre for Information Technology and Development CITAD with support from Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is organizing an interactive session with female journalists of eight (8) northern states to commemorate the International Day of the Girl Child. During the session which took place at Sands and Duns Hotel Damaturu, Yobe state, CITAD […]
NGO trains journalists on anti-corruption reporting
By POLYCARP AUTA Bauchi- An NGO, Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has begun a two-day training for 20 journalists on anti-corruption reporting in Nigeria. Speaking at the event on Monday in Bauchi, the Executive Director of CITAD, Zakari Ya’u, said that the training supported by the MacArthur Foundation, drew participants from the 19 […]
Fighting Corruption: CITAD Trains Scores of Journalists in Bauchi
Center for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has organized a two day workshop to some journalists that work in different media outlets on compiling reports on corrupt practices, investigative report and other multimedia skills. The two-day workshop held on Monday 23 – Tuesday 24 of May, 2022 at Pali Suit in Bauchi state, was orchestrated […]
REPORT OF A TWO DAY WORKSHOP ON #KEEPOURFEMALEJOURNALISTSSAFEONLINE ORGANIZED BY THE CENTRE FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT ON THE 14 TH AND 15 TH OCTOBER, 2021 AT FLOURISH HOTEL, GOMBE
Looking at how female journalists are everyday facing serious challenge, from cyberbullying and blackmail in order to silence their voice as journalists, coupled with the increasing use of online tools as important instruments for the practice of journalism, this has increased female journalists online vulnerability. A number of female journalists have become subject to privacy […]
KeepOurFemaleJournalistsSafeOnline
#KeepOurFemaleJournalistsSafeOnline #KeepOurFemaleJournalistsSafeOnline is a campaign to raise awareness about privacy online and campaign for user-controlled encryption for users to be able to know that their communication is secure as well as against backdoor insertion. The Objectives The objectives of the initiatives are: 1- Build the capacity of targeted women journalists to safely use the internet […]
CITAD Presents Books On Hate Speech, Corruption To Journalists
Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has presented hate speech books to journalists in Adamawa State to raise awareness on hate speech and corruption. CITAD senior programme officer, Isa Garba, said the best way to tackle hate speech and corruption is for the society not to support the perpetrators. The presentation of the two […]
One Day Workshop for Online Journalists on Writing for Accountability and Anti-Corruption Issues Organized by CITAD with Support of MacArthur Foundation
Held on the 28th of November, 2020 Virtually The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) with support of MacArthur Foundation had on the 28th of November, 2020 as part of its Anti-Corruption and Accountability Project in Nigeria organized a one day virtual workshop to online Journalists on Writing for Accountability and Anti-Corruption Issues in […]