CITAD Media Workshop: Hate Speech And Fake News Has Cause More Damage Than Good In Our Society
Text of the Communiqu issued at the end of two-day Stakeholders Workshop on Hate Speech and Media in Nigeria held at Grand Pela Hotel and Suites, Abuja, July 10-11, 2018. Preamble For two days, academics, journalists, broadcasters and civil society activists with diverse backgrounds met to discuss issues relating to hate speech and assorted media […]
CITAD Laments North East’s Low Adult Literacy Rate
By Balarabe Alkassim, Bauchi. The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has lamented the low adult literacy rate in the north east region. CITAD North East Social Accountability in Education Cluster team made the disclosure ‎when it paid an advocacy visit to Bauchi State House of Assembly committee on Education. The project anchored by […]
Fake News Fuels Killings in Nigeria
By Richard P. Ngbokai. The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has expressed concern over the proliferation of fake news platforms on the internet, saying that the information purveyed on such platforms are fueling killings across the country. Addressing a press conference in Kano, the centre’s Project Coordinator on hate speech, Malam Hamza Ibrahim […]
Kungiyar CITAD Ta Ce Jita-jita Na Rura Wutar Fitina A Najeriya
By Salihu Garba, Nasiru Adamu El-Hikaya. Wata kungiyar bada shawara akan yada sahihan labaru, mai suna Community Information Technology and Development a turance ta ce jita jita ce makamashin rura fitina a tsakanin al’ummar Nigeria WASHINGTON DC –Wata kungiyar dake bada shawara akan yada sahihan labaru a cikin jama’a ta ce jita jita ce makamashin […]
An Hori Yan Jarida Kan Rahotonnin Da Zasu iya Haifar DaTashin Hankali
Cibiyar Fasahar Sadarwa Da Ci Gaban Jama’a wato Centre For Information Technology and Debelopment (CITAD) ta jinjina wa hukumar gudanarwa na kafar sadarwar Premium Times a bisa daukan matakin gaggawa kan dan rahotoninsu da ya wallafa labarin karya marar tushe a jihar Filato. Jami’in CITAD a jihar Bauchi Mohammed Chiroma Hassan shine ya bayya hakan […]
Killings: CITAD Decries Use of Social Media To Fuel Ethnic-Religious Crisis
A non-governmental organization, Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), has cautioned against fueling ethnic-religious conflict and killings through the use of social media. Addressing a press conference at NUJ Secretariat in Bauchi on Tuesday, Mohammed Chiroma Hassan, the programme officer of CITAD, lamented that the circulation of fake news has been behind series of […]
FUNAM is Non-Existence Body-CITAD Declares
By Ishola Michael- Bauchi. FULANI National Movement (FUNAM), purported to be a Fulani interest movement has been described as a non-existence body which was just created by someone with an interest in stocking the fire of violence in the country. This declaration was made by the Programmes Officer of Center for Information Technology and Development […]
CITAD Flays Use Of Social Media To Fuel Ethnic/Religious Crisis
By Patience Ogbodo Iwuagwu. A non-governmental organisation, Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), has cautioned against fuelling ethnic religious conflict and killings through the use of social media. Addressing a press conference at NUJ Secretariat in Bauchi, Mohammed Chiroma Hassan, Programme Officer of CITAD, lamented that the circulation of fake news was behind the […]
NGO Advises Online Media to Move Against Hate Speeches
By News Agency of Nigeria. A Kano based Non Governmental Organisation, Centre for Information Technology and Development, has advised Online Newspapers to regulate their sites against hate speeches. Malam Hamza Ibrahim, the spokesperson of CITAD gave the advice on Wednesday at a media briefing organised by the association in Kano. According to Ibrahim, the organisation […]
Fake News on Social Media Caused Ethno-Religious War
By Bashir Muhammad, Kano. Project Coordinator, Hate Speech, Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), Malam Hamza Ibrahim, has declared that the proliferation of fake news on Social Media Platform was responsible for the ethno-religious conflicts rocking the country. Speaking in Kano yesterday, Ibrahim said “sentiments and selfish agenda have given people the momentum to […]
