BusinessDay’s Isaac Anyaogu is among 20 journalists selected for the International Center for Investigative Reporting ICIR, investigative reporting capacity building project for Nigerian journalists, initiated by the ICIR and supported by the Ford Foundation aimed at bringing the media and civil society together to work on social accountability, equality and governance issues.
The successful qualified journalists are drawn from the online, print and electronic (Television & Radio) media across the country.
The training programme is part of a project initiated by the ICIR and supported by the Ford Foundation aimed at bringing the media and civil society together to work on social accountability, equality and governance issues. The two-year project will see both journalists and civil society organisations collaborating and complementing each other’s work in promoting good governance.
The qualified journalists will participate in two intensive training programmes over a two-year period that will be delivered by professionals from within and outside the shores of Nigeria.
In addition, the successful candidates will partake in a mentoring program and will receive financial support to work with civil society organisations to undertake incisive reporting and investigations in critical sectors of the economy.
In the statement signed by Tajudeen Suleiman, the project is aimed at building the capacity of journalists in investigative reporting and data journalism and also develop their skills in reporting issues like illicit international financial flows and tax matters to promote transparency, accountability and good governance in Nigeria.
Other successive journalists indicated below:
| S/NO | NAME | ORGANISATION | GENDER | STATE |
| 1 | Ada Igboanugo | TheCable Newspapers | F | Imo |
| 2 | Adedayo Adejobi | ThisDay Newspapers | M | Osun |
| 3 | Aderemi Alex Ojekunle | Nigerian Bulletin | M | Oyo |
| 4 | Adetola Bademosi | Nigerian Tribune | F | Ondo |
| 5 | Bayo Akinloye | The Punch | M | Oyo |
| 6 | Daniel Adugbo | Daily Trust Newspaper | M | Imo |
| 7 | Etebong Akpan | Pioneer Newspaper | M | Akwa Ibom |
| 8 | Shamsiyya Haruna | Freedom Radio | F | Jigawa |
| 9 | Isaac Anyaogu | BusinessDay Media Ltd | M | Abia |
| 10 | Lulu Bankong | Independent Television | F | Cross River |
| 11 | Joseph Olaoluwa | The Nation Newspaper | M | Ondo |
| 12 | Kelechukwu Iruoma | Vanguard Newspapers | M | Imo |
| 13 | Mustapha Musa Kaita | Liberty Television and Radio Kaduna | M | Katsina |
| 14 | Olu Philips | Channels TV | M | Imo |
| 15 | Oluwadare Taiwo | The Sun newspaper | M | Osun |
| 16 | OpeOluwani Akintayo | SweetcrudeReports | F | Oyo |
| 17 | Ruth Olurounbi | Nigerian Tribune Newspaper | F | Oyo |
| 18 | Ukamaka Owoh | Nigerian Television Authority NTA | F | Enugu |
| 19 | Wilfred Okiche | YNaija | M | Anambra |
| 20 | Yekeen Akinwale | ICIR | M | Oyo |
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