This Is What Online Safety Looks Like

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By Atinuke Adeosun

Ever heard the saying “evil evolves”? It is painfully true. No matter how far humanity travels, no matter how many breakthroughs we celebrate or hard-won agreements we reach, those determined to harm always find new terrain. The internet and the smartphone — two of the most transformative inventions of our age — should have been pure gifts, widening opportunity, shrinking distance, expanding possibility. Yet in the hands of the worst among us, they have become megaphones for the kind of venom that used to hide in locker rooms, dim parlors, and back-alley whispers.

Media As A Tool For Ending Violence Against Women And Girls

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By Yecenu Sasetu

Vee was only 24 when she walked into a radio station, asking for help; all she needed was for someone to listen to her. She met someone on a social media platform. He was nice, handsome, and romantic, so she thought she had met the man of her dreams. He wasn’t rich, but he was comfortable and had great ideas for the future, and their conversations were focused on career and growth. Indeed, she had met her soulmate, or so she thought. 

UNiTE to End Digital Violence Against All Women and Girls

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Why This Fight Matters Now More Than Ever

By Ramatu Ada Ochekliye

Every year, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women forces us to pause and take stock of how far we have come and how much work still lies ahead. This year’s theme, “UNiTE to End Digital Violence Against All Women and Girls,” feels especially urgent. The online world has become an extension of our lives, and with all its promise has come new kinds of harm. For many women and girls in Nigeria, that harm is constant, unrelenting, and deeply personal.

The Evidence for Solutions Journalism

Key Learning and Insights at the Solutions Journalism Africa Summit in Abuja

By Ramatu Ada Ochekliye

At the Solutions Journalism Africa Summit in Abuja, I sat with a familiar mix of curiosity and anticipation. More than ever, it felt clear to me that the future of storytelling depends on how deliberately we engage with data, knowledge, and the insights we can glean from there. Without data to ground our assumptions, without research to guide our methods, and without insights to shape our decisions, even the most passionate storytelling risks speaking into a void.

Finding Solutions Stories in Times of Conflict and Crisis

“Complicating the Narrative: Finding Solutions Stories in Times of Conflict and Crisis” at the 2025 SoJo Africa Summit in Abuja

By Yecenu Sasetu

The panel on “Complicating the Narrative: Finding Solutions Stories in Times of Conflict and Crisis” at the Solutions Journalism Africa Summit in Abuja reminded me why this work matters. In moments when communities face violence, displacement, trauma, and uncertainty, it is easy for journalism to focus only on the suffering. But this panel made it clear that even in chaos, people still try to solve problems, protect one another, and rebuild what conflict has taken. The conversation challenged us to look again, look deeper, and report with the intention of restoring humanity to the people whose stories we tell.

Two Sides of the Lens: Insights from the SoJo Labs

SoJo Labs at the 2025 Solutions Journalism Africa Summit in Abuja

By Yecenu Sasetu

Journalism constantly demands a choice: to stop at the problem or to look deeper for what is working. Every day, reporters meet communities that survive against the odds; people who organise themselves after disasters, innovators who solve local problems with limited resources, and institutions that quietly shift outcomes. These stories matter. They tell the fuller truth of our society.

Chude Jideonwo’s Shares Storytelling Insights at the SoJo Africa Summit

By Cynthia Umeh

There are moments when you hear something that hits differently, something that stays with you long after the conversation ends. That moment for me came at the Solutions Journalism Africa Summit, which happened in Abuja on November 14 and 15, 2025.