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Fatimah Idera

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Fatimah Idera’s Biography

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Fatimah Idera is a serial volunteer, writer and passionate journalist with reports bordering on fact-checks, feature stories and news reporting. She currently investigates public project procurement as an accountability reporter under UDEME. she is also a freelance journalist who is open to work. Fatimah is a front-end web developer who is a passionate techie and programmer.

Fatimah Idera’s Journalist Portfolio

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Ondo road turns haven of kidnappers areas for kidnappers

Ondo road turns haven of kidnappers areas for kidnappers

An investigation that explains how a rural area suffer from kidnappers due to bad roads a project was availab…

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Traders Lament As Refuse Takes Over Akungba Market Square

Traders Lament As Refuse Takes Over Akungba Market Square

This reporter visited Akungba Akoko, which is the host community of Adekunle Ajasin University, Ondo State to…

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Student journalist have taken to solution journalism here is why

Student journalist have taken to solution journalism here is why

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Student lament fare fuel hike

Student lament fare fuel hike

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Fuel price hike and its effect on Nigerian student tertiary institutions

Fuel price hike and its effect on Nigerian student tertiary institutions

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A Tale of Neglect: The Laboratory that Never Was

A Tale of Neglect: The Laboratory that Never Was

At this point, one should never be surprised at the level of corruption impacting the everyday lives of Niger…

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‘My trust for ChatGPT is total’; ‘It’s 50-50’: Nigerian youths turn to AI therapy for emotional support

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By Bankole Taiwo James Verified, Fatimah Idera Verified
| Solutions Projects
By Bankole Taiwo James & Fatimah Idera The time is about 2 p.m. in the afternoon after a shallow rain-fall, Akubuobi Ruth Ginika is seated on a chair close to her window while she lowered her head. She is not speaking to a therapist, a pastor, a friend or her relatives. She is staring into the pale glow of her Samsung Galaxy A1 android phone in Ijebu-Ode, typing the words she has never said aloud to another human being.
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INVESTIGATION: Ogun Communities Still Rely on 8-Bed PHC After Presidency’s SDG ₦44m Payment for 20-Bed Facility

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By Fatimah Idera Verified
| PIJAlance Magazine Verified
On market days, Balogun Simbiat leaves Ilese for nearby Ijebu-Ode, where she sells foodstuffs to support her family. It is not the journey to the market that worries her most. It is the journey back to the community health centre whenever she falls ill. Having lived in Ilese since 2005, Simbiat has relied on the facility several times, including occasions when she was admitted for treatment.
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Investigative Report

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By Fatimah Idera Verified, Caleb Ijioma Verified, Enoch Oyedibu Verified
| PIJAlance Magazine Verified
“In the past, we did enjoy the toilets but then we were made to pay a sum of N650, every term, for the purchase of diesel to pump water. When our parents complained about this payment, the school authority decided to lock the toilets…
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Writing news stories for media platforms

Have you ever used a typewriter?

No

How is social media changing news?

Amazingly

Awards

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Investigative Reporters and Editors Award

2023 - Investigative and accountability journalism

UDEME 2023 Accountability journalism certificate shows the contribution of a U-Monitor for the accountability reporting project of a 9months program.

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Factchecking certificate

2022 - Factchecking

The certificate signify the contribution and quest to combat misinformation in Africa. The strive to factcheck claims

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Sport journalism

2023 - Sport journalist

This certificate signify the participation in covering reports bothering on sports journalism

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Climate journalism

2023 - Climate reporting

It signify the participation of been a climate ambassador

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