I am a digital freelance journalist in Abuja, Nigeria, I started my career at a state local radio and television station. 

However, I swiftly progressed to working with various national and international media outlets, collaborating with esteemed veteran journalists both in Nigeria and abroad. Read moreTheir expertise has shaped my working modus operandi, especially in digital journalism, adapting to emerging technologies and platforms to reach a global audience. 

My area of specialization is digital Journalism, with the ability to use current and emerging new technologies to report news and stories.

I am Rukaiya Basha, an internationally trained professional Journalist based in Abuja the federal capital territory of Nigeria. 
I worked with many local, national and international media organizations with mentorship from diverse internationally recognized journalists in Nigeria and abroad.

Afolabi Sotunde is a journalist based in Abuja (F.c.t.), Nigeria.
“While covering the 2011 presidential election, I saw smoke from burning fossil fuel. I asked the driver to turn the car around to investigate. The smoke was decreasing and crude floated on water. The images I took fell flat. Then Read moreout of nowhere an object fell into the water with a splash, giving me a shot of oil separating from water in mid-air. Pure serendipity.”
PROFILE
My earliest memory of photography is when I took pictures at a friend’s wedding in 1992.

I am self-taught as a photographer, learning by trial and error.

My first assignment was actually as a wedding photographer in the 1990s. Using my Pentax ME Super and Unomat flash, the wedding pictures came out well and the clients were very pleased. That encouraged me to persevere with photography.

The assignment that left the biggest mark on me was the burial in 2007 of Nigerian peacekeepers killed in Sudan brought back to the military cemetery in Abuja.

Among the people buried that day was a Nigerian officer called Danjuma Madaki. He had a 6-year-old daughter who came with the mother for the burial. Sitting on her mother’s lap in the front row of seats at the burial ground, Madaki’s daughter picked up a handkerchief to wipe the teardrops from her mother’s face while she was also crying.

I found this child’s care for her mother amid her own grief so touching that I wasn’t able to continue shooting. I had to remove myself from the scene for a while to get myself together before returning to finish the day’s assignment. The image was among the photos of the day around the world in The New York Times.

The future for photojournalism is to use creative, multimedia reporting and find other ways of engaging people.

Paul Ejime is a Global Affairs Analyst. A widely traveled journalist, former War Correspondent and author, he is an independent Consultant on Communications and Media development and Governance Issues, such as peace and security and elections.

Abubakar Umar is a journalist based in Abuja (F.c.t.), Nigeria.
With a vers experience on Radio programs mainly in Fulfulde speaking language.
With the experience of writing and editing News, compiling a report and program anchoring.
Translating articles to Fulfulde language and voicing over.

Chukwudi Okolie-Ugbaja is a journalist based in Abuja (F.c.t.), Nigeria.
He is an all-rounder in terms of digital content production with news and documentaries as his forte.
He has just anchored a coaching programme on behalf of United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM - owners of VOA) at Read moreChannels Academy for 21 reporters from across Nigeria on preparations for election coverage. He brings out the mojo in the broadcast journalist in addition to equipping them with English that gets to the maximum number of eardrums.
Chukwudi is an avid storyteller with a nose for news.

Welcome to my paydesk profile I am an experienced journalist based in (F.c.t.), Nigeria, feel free to contact me for any media work, report, research etc on various aspects of the media. Connect with me on paydesk as well as twitter. ✍️

Igboeli Arinze is an accomplished public affairs analyst and newspaper columnist  with over a thousand articles to his credit. He is presently the Managing Editor of Hawkeye Communications, publishers of realpoliticsnigeria.ng, nzogbunzogbu.ng, TTP.ng,.Anambratimes.com and Busybody. He also writes Read morea column, 'Imprimatur' with the Nation Newspapers. He is a history buff with vast knowledge on Nigeria, Africa and Europe. He also has a podcast Political Nigeria, where he discusses political happenings and issues in Nigeria.

Reuben Okala is a journalist based in Abuja (F.c.t.), Nigeria.
Saint Reuben OKALA (M.Sc, MPA, RPA)  Reuben  Okala  is  an  award  winning  journalist,  broadcaster  and musician.He holds  Honorary Doctorate  Degree from  Freedom  University  and Theological  Seminary,  Pottstown  USA,  a  master’s Read more degree  in  Public Administration  from  University  of  Calabar  and  M.Sc.  in  Mass Communication from National Open University of Nigeria, Post  Graduate  Diploma  and  HND  in  Journalism  from  the International  Institute  of  Journalism,  and  a  Diploma  in  Mass Communication from the University of Jos. Reuben has attended many international courses and workshops on news  reporting,  sports  coverage,  location  reporting,  and  ICT  in Nigeria and abroad.He is a member of the Nigerian Union of Journalists NUJ, associate member  of  the Advertising  Practitioners  Council  of  Nigeria APCON, member  of  Microfinance  Management  Institute  of  Nigeria,  and member  of  Performing  Musicians  Association  of  Nigerian  and Fellowship of Gospel Music Ministers of Nigeria FOGMMON.
Reuben is presently the Abuja Chairman of the Fellowship of Gospel Music ministers of Nigeria FOGMMON.

Adeyemi Adekunle is a journalist based in Abuja (F.c.t.), Nigeria.