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  1. Media at scale during a pandemic – COVID-19 in Nigeria

    Kaleem Khan

    Country Director. Nigeria

    Almost one year on since the first confirmed COVID-19 case in Nigeria, our country director reflects on the impact of ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Media Action Nigeria’s mass media programming and the work still to come on tackling vaccine hesitancy and a worrying 'second wave'.

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  2. Police reform: how media is addressing security reform in Nigeria

    Damian Ihekoronye

    Project Manager, ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Media Acton Nigeria

    Amid the End SARS protests and political unrest sweeping many states in Nigeria, Project Manager Damian Ihekoronye describes how ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Media Action Nigeria’s creative team are working to facilitate dialogue and accountability between Nigerians and their police force.

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  3. Live drama tackles community attitudes to polio vaccination in Nigeria

    Nasiru Mu’azu Isa

    Producer, ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Media Action Nigeria

    Live drama tackles community attitudes to polio vaccination in Nigeria

    On World Polio Day, Nasiru Mu’azu Isa talks about Madubi Live, our radio drama that visits communities to record live in front of an audience and encourage discussions about child immunisation, especially the polio vaccination.

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  4. To the polls: Radio changes the story for people with disabilities in Nigeria

    Michael Ashofor

    Producer, ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Media Action Nigeria

    To the polls: Radio changes the story for people with disabilities in Nigeria

    On World Radio Day, discover how we’re using radio in Nigeria to help people with disabilities get their voices heard in the country’s general elections.

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  5. A novel approach to maternal health in Nigeria

    Akile Gojo

    Producer Trainer for ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Media Action in Nigeria

    In states across northeast Nigeria, audiences are switching on their radios, turning up the volume, and learning about improving mother and child health by listening to… a novel.

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  6. The story of Story Story: 13 years of drama making a difference in Nigeria

    Deji Arosho

    Head of Production and Training, ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Media Action Nigeria

    The story of Story Story: 13 years of drama making a difference in Nigeria

    After more than 13 years, over 500 episodes and even a visit from The Queen Story Story: Voices from the Market is taking a break. As the last episode was broadcast on Sunday Deji Arosho looks back at the history of the popular radio drama and its impact on listeners.

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  7. Bold female voices: broadcasting under the shadow of Boko Haram

    Rachael Borlase

    Head of Country Programmes, Nigeria

    Bold female voices: broadcasting under the shadow of Boko Haram

    At the height of the Boko Haram insurgency local radio stations stayed on air. Three years on from the Chibok schoolgirls’ kidnapping, Rachael Borlase profiles the female broadcasters in Northern Nigeria proudly telling their own stories.

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  8. Kakalliya: The rapping granny

    Chibuike Utaka

    Head of Factual, ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Media Action Nigeria

    Kakalliya: The rapping granny

    Granny-power hits the airwaves to help improve the health of mothers and babies in northern Nigeria.

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  9. I have 140 friends, and I speak to them nearly every day

    Caroline Chukwura

    Media Resource Officer, ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Media Action, Nigeria.

    A group of 140 volunteers provide valuable feedback about our radio programmes in Nigeria. Caroline Chukwura, who talks to them by text, phone and email, shares some of their stories.

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  10. Helping communities to make Naija better

    Uche Joy Nnogo

    Talk Your Own Producer

    Helping communities to make Naija better

    A small community in Nigeria is demanding better services to protect their children from diarrhoea. Joy Nnogo, of radio show Talk Your Own – Make Naija Better, shares their story.

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