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Field Note: How Rural Farmers in Abuja Are Adapting to Climate Change

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In my study, “Analysis of Indigenous Communication Approaches for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation among Rural Farmers in FCT-Abuja, Nigeria,” published in the Lokoja Journal of Information Science Research, I examined six rural communities in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory. At the rural farming community in Kawu, located in the Bwari Area Council of the FCT, […]

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Field Note: How Participatory Communication Resolved a Longstanding Communal Conflict in Benue State

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In my recent study, published in the National Open University of Nigeria International Journal of Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution, I examined how participatory communication played a pivotal role in resolving the protracted farmers–herders conflict in Buruku, a rural community in Benue State, North Central Nigeria. Using Focused Group Discussions (FGDs) and Key Informant Interviews

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Field Note: How I Applied EMW3 Approach to Resolve Participants Dispute in Kawu Community

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When I facilitated a fieldwork exercise in Kawu Community of Bwari Area Council, Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, a conflict emerged over the selection of participants for a scheduled Focus Group Discussion (FGD). The FGD was intended to gather community insights on indigenous communication approaches for climate change mitigation and adaptation among rural farmers, with particular

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Field Note: Climate Action Is Failing Because It Ignores Indigenous Knowledge

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In the last six years I have effectively engaged rural communities in Nigeria. My interactions with them revealed that climate change is a lived reality — not a technical issue. Changes in rainfall patterns, floods, heatwaves, and altered planting seasons are everyday disruptions the locals face and experience. Yet, the dominant climate response models ignore

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Field Note: Strengthening Cultural and Religious Pluralism in North-Central Nigeria through Participatory Communication Approaches: Evidence from Bokkos and Apa

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My baseline research explored how cultural and religious pluralism in North-Central Nigeria can be strengthened through participatory communication approaches. Field evidence from Benue and Plateau States demonstrates that when communities actively participate in dialogue and decision-making on issues affecting them, peaceful coexistence is more achievable—despite differences in cultural identities, belief systems, and religious practices. In

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Rural awareness key to addressing climate change

Rural awareness key to addressing climate change

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Rural awareness and capacity building of the local inhabitants is key to addressing climate change. The United Nations and other development partners working to address climate change impacts, must identify and work with local partners within the media and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to undertake rural awareness and capacity building on climate change. And, in

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We can’t address climate change without community awareness

We can’t address climate change without community awareness

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One of the greatest challenges facing climate change understanding that will encourage mitigation and adaptation is a huge lack of awareness among rural communities’ inhabitants and urban dwellers. If we must address climate change and encourage citizens to take mitigation actions, investments in public awareness are fundamental and must be done. Climate Change appears to

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Despicable Niger state community hospital leading to death

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Residents of Maje in Suleja Local Government Area of Niger state are dying over deplorable nature of hospital in the community. This is even as an estimated 2000 population depend on the community hospital for their healthcare delivery. Tracka, a public accountability organization that first exposed the deplorable nature of the hospital says it has

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Abuja estate developers don’t care about biodiversity loss

Abuja estate developers don’t care about biodiversity loss

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Environmental scientists say Abuja estate developers are only interested in making money and do not care about biodiversity loss. They pointed out that their clearing of forests and vegetation for housing estates could lead to wildlife loss forever. Environmentalists who spoke to MAWA Foundation say the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) and its Development Control,

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Climate change reduces Banana production, affects child education in FCT community

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Small-scale farmers at the Bmuko Community in Bwari Area Council of Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have continued to lament how climate change is affecting Banana production and impacting their children’s education. Mr. Liberty Oseni, the Coordinator of MAWA Foundation, under the organization’s “Community Voice Project” led a team of journalists and researchers to the

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