Spanish Group, Fact Check Nigeria Train Journalists in Local Languages

What changed

A Spanish group and Fact Check Nigeria held a workshop to train Nigerian journalists in indigenous-language reporting under an EU-supported ECOWAS peace, security and governance project. Journalists from media platforms in Lagos, Enugu, Edo and Oyo took part.

Why it matters

The workshop treats language as part of reporting infrastructure, not just presentation. Training journalists across several Nigerian states could help more coverage reach people in the languages they use every day, while giving local media a shared focus on fact-checking and public information.

The initiative is also notable for its cross-border structure: a Spanish organisation, a Nigerian fact-checking group and an EU-backed ECOWAS project working around one practical newsroom skill. What follows will depend on whether the training leads to sustained indigenous-language reporting rather than remaining a one-off workshop.