Nigeria: CJID, EU Launch Initiative to Fight Disinformation, Strengthen Democratic Resilience in North-West Nigeria

CJID Executive Director Akintunde Babatunde said the initiative would deploy a coordinated package of interventions, combining media literacy education, journalism capacity building, open-source intelligence (OSINT), artificial intelligence-assisted verification, local-language engagement, and grassroots community mobilisation.

The European Union (EU) and the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) have launched an 18-month project to counter disinformation and strengthen…