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Winners of Ajegunle Legacy Project Awards and Scholarships Announced by Paradigm Initiative

Four exceptional students have been awarded scholarships through Paradigm Initiative’s (PIN’s) Ajegunle Legacy Project, propelling their futures to brighter heights. After a meticulous four-month screening process conducted by the organization, the winners were officially revealed and celebrated at an event held at Paradigm Initiative’s headquarters in Lagos. Loved ones, the selection team, and PIN Board…

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COVID-19: It is dangerous to block citizens’ access to communication, PIN tells Ghana and Nigerian governments

Paradigm Initiative has urged the government of Ghana and Nigeria not to block the telephone lines or access of citizens to emergency services in this critical time. A statement released by Ghana’s Ministry of Communications alleged that over 99% of calls made to the emergency line provided for COVID-19 response were prank calls and that…

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Paradigm Initiative sends FoI Request to the NCC on Nigeria’s Surveillance Regime

Paradigm Initiative has asked the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to provide it with information on the Nigerian surveillance and interception regime. Relying on the Freedom of Information Act 2011, the pan-African Digital Rights and Digital Inclusion organization is requesting information on the role the regulatory agency plays in enabling law enforcement in Nigeria to carry…

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Paradigm Initiative condemns NBC’s violation of Press Freedom on AIT, RayPower

Paradigm Initiative has in strong term condemned the action of the National Broadcasting Commission in stifling free expression and the freedom of the press by revoking the license of broadcasting channel, AIT/RayPower for clearly undemocratic reasons. In a statement issued on Friday, Paradigm Initiative said: “the NBC claims that its monitoring reports reveal that the…

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Paradigm Initiative lauds Media for Improved Digital Rights Coverage

Media coverage of issues confronting digital rights and online freedom has significantly improved over the last year as more media platform and practitioners dedicate more attention to developments in the digital space. This is according to Paradigm Initiative, the pan-African digital rights and inclusion social enterprise. Paradigm Initiative made this known in a press statement…

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Paradigm Initiative Trains Digital Rights’ advocates in Kano

As parts of its capacity building project, the pan-African digital rights group, Paradigm Initiative held a digital rights workshop for rights advocates in Kano, Nigeria. The workshop, which held on March 19 and 20, 2019 with support from Macarthur Foundation and Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), under its social and accountability project in…

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