NewswireNGR
{{short description|Nigeria online news agency}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = NewswireNGR
| image = NewsWireNGR New Logo - PNG.png
| caption =
| motto = Telling Under-Reported Stories.
| type = News agency
| format = Online
| foundation = 2013
| language = English
| headquarters = Lagos, Nigeria
| website = {{URL|https://newswirengr.com}}
}}
NewsWireNGR is an independent newsroom that reports underreported or mostly ignored stories by mainstream media organisations in Nigeria and Africa. The all women led newsroom was founded in 2013, the remote team, drives conversational journalism that leads to and not limited to high level policy actions by government but influences change and drives social movements in the country.
Audience reach and impact
NewsWireNGR journalism has prompted investigations into misconduct at the Abuja Environmental and Protection Board,{{Cite web |last=Hundeyin |first=David |date=2019-10-31 |title=The Untold Story of the AEPB, Abuja’s Uniformed Female Harassment Unit |url=https://newswirengr.com/2019/10/31/the-untold-story-of-the-aepb-abujas-uniformed-rape-syndicate/ |access-date=2025-05-24 |website=NewsWireNGR |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Report says raid of Nite Clubs in Abuja was authorized by a government official {{!}} Pulse Nigeria |url=https://www.pulse.ng/articles/news/local/abuja-raid-victims-narrate-rape-harassment-ordeal-in-police-custody-2024081417030922419 |access-date=2025-05-24 |website=www.pulse.ng |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=enkay |date=2019-11-02 |title=FG set to investigate harassment of women by Hajia Safiya Umar in Abuja |url=https://www.ivory-ng.com/fg-set-to-investigate-harassment-of-women-by-hajia-safiya-umar-in-abuja/ |access-date=2025-05-24 |website=Ivory NG |language=en-US}} shrinking civic and media spaces in Nigeria,{{Cite web |last=Yusuf |first=Ridwan |date=2021-03-25 |title=INVESTIGATION: Disturbing Tales of How Nigerian Authorities Are Shrinking Civic and Media Space |url=https://newswirengr.com/2021/03/25/investigation-disturbing-tales-of-how-nigerian-authorities-are-shrinking-civic-and-media-space/ |access-date=2025-05-24 |website=NewsWireNGR |language=en-US}} the Nigerian Railway Corporation,{{Cite web |last=Soyombo |first='Fisayo |date=2020-09-25 |title=INVESTIGATION: Ticketing Corruption by Railway Staff, Soldiers, Policemen Derailing Abuja-Kaduna Rail Project #TheTrainHasDerailed |url=https://newswirengr.com/2020/09/25/investigation-ticketing-corruption-by-railway-staff-soldiers-policemen-derailing-abuja-kaduna-rail-project-thetrainhasderailed/ |access-date=2025-05-24 |website=NewsWireNGR |language=en-US}} the Nigerian Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and its disbursements of COVID-19 intervention funds to mention a few, leading to changes in government policies across the country.
Funding
The platform has previously been supported by the Google News Initiative and the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA).{{Cite web |last=Nigeria |first=Guardian |date=2020-07-24 |title=Premium Times, Punch, others get Google funding |url=https://guardian.ng/news/premium-times-punch-others-get-google-funding/ |access-date=2025-05-24 |website=The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Open Society in Africa |url=https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/what-we-do/regions/africa/ |access-date=2025-05-24 |website=www.opensocietyfoundations.org |language=en}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{official website|newswirengr.com}}