A three-day training on strengthening community journalism and human rights advocacy has commenced in Plateau State.






By Abubakar Ibrahim


 The program, known as the Strengthening Community Journalism and Advocacy Project SCOJA, brings together journalists and advocates from across Northern Nigeria.


Organized by the Human Angle Foundation, the training includes forty-three participants from states in the North East and North Central regions.


The opening session focused on ethical, balanced, and unbiased reporting, as well as the media’s role in promoting peace and justice.


Facilitator Abdussamad Ahmad Yusuf, Human Security and Policy Analyst with the organization, led participants through conflict mapping simulation exercises to help them identify, analyze, and report on conflicts and the actors involved.


Hauwa Shafi’i, Managing Editor of the Human Angle Foundation, spoke on conflict analysis and sensitive reporting in communities affected by insecurity, while investigative journalist Ibrahim Adeyemi emphasized accountability journalism as a tool to expose corruption and strengthen transparency.


The SCOJA training is part of a six-month fellowship program running from November 2025 to April 2026.

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