A one-day conference that is specifically designed for journalists with the aim to examine and discuss various aspects of 'Fake News'.
Five notable journalists and fact-checkers will lead highly interactive panel sessions that focus on a wide spectrum of topics, ranging from more theoretical sessions in which the characteristics and effects of Fake News in Nigeria will be identified and debated to more practical session that provide tools in order to spot and combat the spread of disinformation in the newsroom and beyond.
The Conveners:
© Lolade Nwanze
Lolade Nwanze is a trained journalist, speaker and editor, with thirteen years of experience across print, TV and digital media. She began her career as a crime reporter for a local newspaper and has since grown into management roles. Currently, she heads operations and is editorial manager for the digital department of The Guardian Nigeria (www.guardiannigeria.ng). As the only female heading a newsroom in Nigeria, Lolade is passionate about news well told and has been interviewed by CNN and Deutsche Welle. She can always be found at the intersection of media, tech, and development.
© Victor Mathias
Victor Mathias is a Channels Television presenter and producer with local, national and international experience. He is a graduate of Political Science of the University of Maiduguri.
Victor joined Channels Television as a Youth Corp member in 2011 and was posted to the Web Department as a Web Content Producer, however, broadcasting, reporting, presenting and producing duties were quickly added to his primary assignment.
Victor has covered stories in Nigeria and abroad, ranging from the Boko Haram insurgency, health, social issues, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
He is a news anchor and the pioneer presenter and producer of Channels Television’s flagship social media powered programme, Channels Beam.
© David Ajikobi
David Ajikobi (@Pantaphobious) is the Nigeria editor of Africa Check. He has more than a decade of experience across different media platforms and was one of the pioneer News Editors/Producers at 99.3 Nigeria Info, 96.9 Cool FM and 95.1 Wazobia FM in Lagos. Earlier in his career, he was Metro Editor at NEXT Newspaper (234next.com) published by African-born Pulitzer Prize winner, Dele Olojede. David has a Masters Degree in media and communications from the Pan Atlantic University, Lagos.
© Mayowa Tijani
Mayowa Tijani is a development journalist. He is a graduate of the University of Ibadan and just concluded his master’s degree in Media Practice for Development and Social Change at the University of Sussex, UK, via the Chevening Scholarship.
'Mayowa has worked with the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ). In 2015, he was one of the few journalists from across Africa, trained by the United Nations Millennium Campaign as media ambassadors for the Sustainable Development Goals.
In 2017, he won the best team award at the Bloomberg Media Initiative Africa (BMIA) cohort three, was finalist for The Future Awards Africa prize for excellence in journalism and the Thomson Foundation Young Journalist of the year. In December 2018, Mayowa ran the first ever live fact check of any electoral debate in Nigeria’s 58-year history.
Currently, he is business and development Editor at TheCable and leads Agence France-Presse (AFP)-Facebook fact checking drive in Nigeria.
© 'Fisayo Soyombo
Investigative journalist
‘Fisayo Soyombo was pioneer Editor of TheCable. He is also a former Editor of the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR), and the immediate past Managing Editor of Sahara Reporters.
Soyombo’s brand of investigative reporting has won him multiple awards. In 2016 alone, he was finalist, Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism; winner, Maritime Economy category, African Media Initiative awards; winner, overall prize, Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting; winner, Hans Verploeg Newcomer of the Year category, Free Press Awards, Netherlands; and winner, Journalist of the Year (Business and Economy Reporting), PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Journalism Excellence Awards.
He is a 2013 winner of the Deutsche Welle/Orange Magazine Reporting Fellowship, a 2014 finalist for the Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism, and a 2017 winner of the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting (Online category).
An op-ed contributor to Al Jazeera, Soyombo has also written for TAZ, Journal Du Dimanche, the Daily Mail UK and Africa In Fact.
The event is by invitation-only. To attend please
RSVP to
LAG-Praktikant2@goethe.de no later than
October 11, 2019. Thereafter, you will receive a confirmation email regarding your attendance.
The conference is the first in a series of events - orhanized by the Goethe-Institut and its partners - designed to lend a critical voice and a Nigerian perspective to the global campaign against the alarming increase of fake news worldwide.
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