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Dotun Olawoye

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As seen in: Sahara Reporters
Covers:  Politics, social justice, education, environment (climate change), societal issues.
director @orangetopdigit / multimedia journalist / fellow @risj_oxford / producer: #mySARSstory / bylines: @saharareporters, @tigereyefound, @radionow953fm etc.

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Dotun Olawoye’s Biography

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In 2015, I got my first experience as an intern with Sahara Reporters immediately after my secondary school. Here, my thoughts and worldview were shaped, I found answers to the questions I have always asked while growing up and since then, I have not looked back.

I realized that government inefficiency has inhibited development in my country and I made the firm decision to become an astute journalist, capable of doing reports that will hold government and public officials accountable to the peo…

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DOCUMENTARY: Why Children Will Not Stop Playing Sports Betting In Nigeria

DOCUMENTARY: Why Children Will Not Stop Playing Sports Betting In Nigeria

SaharaTV's short documentary on the new fad among teenagers in Nigeria; sports betting and why the act would …

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Pupils In School Attended By Ondo Deputy Governor Sit On Bare Floor, Learn In Classrooms With Lea...

Pupils In School Attended By Ondo Deputy Governor Sit On Bare Floor, Learn In Classrooms With Lea...

Despite producing dozens of prominent citizens over the years and serving as only means of education for a gr…

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Multimedia Journalist and Editor, #MySARSStory (Gig for Tiger Eye Foundation)

Multimedia Journalist and Editor, #MySARSStory (Gig for Tiger Eye Foundation)

The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a unit of the Nigerian Police has a long record of human rights abuses…

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#MySARSStory: Out of Nowhere. -- A policeman, for no reason, opened fire on Godwin´s innocent family

#MySARSStory: Out of Nowhere. -- A policeman, for no reason, opened fire on Godwin´s innocent family

My family and I were returning home from church, when we encountered some policemen. It was nighttime, and th…

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Lagos Police Gives Child To Unknown Woman, Demands N200,000 From Child's Mother To Recover Child

Lagos Police Gives Child To Unknown Woman, Demands N200,000 From Child's Mother To Recover Child

WATCH: Lagos @PoliceNG Gives Child To Unknown Woman, Demands N200,000 From Child's Mother To Trace, Recover C…

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Link to more of my previous works

Link to more of my previous works

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Pupils In School Attended By Ondo Deputy Governor Sit On Bare Floor, Learn In Classrooms With Leaky Roof Despite N13bn Education Expenditure

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By Remi Oyeyemi, Dotun Olawoye Verified
| Sahara Reporters Verified
As the population of out-of-school children continues to soar above 13 million in Nigeria and the country comfortably sit atop that infamous list in the world, there is no sign of things changing for the better in the near future especially with government’s uninspiring attitude towards improving the quality of education in the country.
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Ayodeji Megbope To Lead Speakers In Total Woman Conference 2018

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By Dotun Olawoye Verified
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Ayodeji Megbope founder of ‘No Left-Overs’ will be leading the line-up of speakers who would be speaking at the 2018 edition of the Total Woman Conference coming up in November 2018. The program, themed ‘Are You MAD?’ was put together by JOINValue Initiative and is designed to motivate and challenge women to be a change agent in their society and in the country as a whole.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

To cover a press conference

Have you ever used a typewriter?

No

How is social media changing news?

For the better