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- No Ink at Polling Unit And Other Election Day Stories in Nigeria
February 25th was Election Day in Nigeria and the experiences of voters ranged from good to bad to just downright bizarre. In this episode of The Backstory, the humans of Triple-E share their stories and and ask some really critical questions about the voting process.
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This episode was produced by Rahmat Muhammad, John Iwodi, Anthonieta Kalunta, Uche Mbah, Dominic Tabakaji, and Sam Tabakaji.
Executive producer Rahmat Muhammad.
Copyright (c) 2023 Triple-E Media Productions. All rights reserved.
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The Backstory is a Triple-E Media Production. Production Copyright 2023 Triple-E Media Production. All rights reserved.
If you would like to license or sponsor this program, reach out via WhatsApp +234 80 911 44 211 or e-mail [email protected]
---Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebackstoryng/support16 min - Obasanjo's letter to young Nigerians (an audio rendition)On January 1, 2023, former President Olusegun Obasanjo release a letter titled "My Appeal to All Nigerians Particularly Young Nigerians". This is an audio rendition of the full letter as published by PremiumTimes.———————————————This episode was produced by Rahmat Muhammad, John Iwodi, Dominic Tabakaji, and Sam Tabakaji.Executive producer Rahmat Muhammad.Copyright (c) 2023 Triple-E Media Productions. All rights reserved.———————————————▶︎Follow us @234.audio on Instagram, @234audio on Facebook, and @234audio on Twitter▶︎Subscribe to our 234Audio YouTube channel———————————————If you are interested in sponsoring or licensing this program, reach out to us via WhatsApp at +234 818 230 1234 or send us e-mail at [email protected]---Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebackstoryng/support21 min
- The US embassy issues an alert
On October 23rd, 2022 something weird happened. The United States Embassy in Abuja issued a security alert to its citizens.
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This episode was produced by Anthonieta Kalunta, Dominic Tabakaji, and Sam Tabakaji.
Executive producer Rahmat Muhammad.
Copyright (c) 2022 Triple-E Media Productions. All rights reserved.
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If you are interested in sponsoring or licensing this program, reach out to us via WhatsApp at +234 818 230 1234 or send us e-mail at [email protected]
---Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebackstoryng/support14 min - He was obsessed. And Ummita paid the ultimate price.
On Friday, 16th September 2022, the Kano state Police Command arrested a Chinese National, Geng Quarong, for allegedly stabbing Ummukulsum Sani Buhari to death in her family home for refusing to marry him. In this episode, we review the phases of obsessive love and how it can turn into violence. Oftentimes, there are red flags which we tend to ignore.
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This episode was produced by Rahmat Muhammad, Anthonieta Kalunta, Mariam Mohammed, Uche Mbah, Dominic Tabakaji, and Sam Tabakaji.
Special thanks to Rabia Hadejia.
Executive producer Rahmat Muhammad.
Copyright (c) 2022 Triple-E Media Productions. All rights reserved.
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If you are interested in sponsoring or licensing this program, reach out to us via WhatsApp at +234 818 230 1234 or send us e-mail at [email protected]
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We used several sources for this episode including:
▶︎Mary Jo Rapini https://www.youtube.com/c/MaryJoRapini
---Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebackstoryng/support22 min - INEC delists over 1.1 million new voter registrations but it’s not a conspiracy
Two weeks ago, INEC tweeted that 45% of voter registrations, that’s over 1.1 million, which happened within a 6 month period were invalid and would not be included in the voter register for the upcoming general election. Twitter went crazy, everyone’s conspiracy theory antennae went up, and INEC has been on the defensive ever since.
In this episode, we will try to break down for you how it’s possible to have invalid registrations and why the 45% number is actually consistent with what INEC has reported in the past.
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This episode was produced by Rahmat Muhammad, Mariam Mohammed, Lucky Usmah, Dominic Tabakaji, and Sam Tabakaji.
Executive producer Rahmat Muhammad.
Copyright (c) 2022 Triple-E Media Productions. All rights reserved.
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If you are interested in sponsoring or licensing this program, reach out to us via WhatsApp at +234 818 230 1234 or send us e-mail at [email protected]
---Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebackstoryng/support16 min - INEC wants an Electoral Offences Commission but there are issues with the proposed bill
It’s no secret that in Nigeria, electoral offences happen. There’s vote buying, ballot box snatching, bribing of INEC officials, disorderly behavior at a political meeting, illegal voting, threatening a person with violence…these and so much more have been defined as election offenses in our laws and they come with penalties.
Last month, as part of a public hearing on the Bill for an Act to Establish the Electoral Offences Commission 2022 and other related matters, INEC made their case for why we need a separate commission to investigate, arrest, and prosecute election offenders.
We analyze the bill and identify significant gaps that may make the bill ineffective at best, or at worst, a political tool.
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This episode was produced by Rahmat Muhammad, Mariam Mohammed, Uche Mbah, Dominic Tabakaji, and Sam Tabakaji.
Special thanks to Lucky Usamah.
Executive producer Rahmat Muhammad.
Copyright (c) 2022 Triple-E Media Productions. All rights reserved.
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▶︎Follow us @234.audio on Instagram, @234audio on Facebook, and @234audio on Twitter
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If you are interested in sponsoring or licensing this program, reach out to us via WhatsApp at +234 818 230 1234 or send us e-mail at [email protected]
---Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebackstoryng/support20 min - How three candidates plan to handle insecurityCampaigns for Nigeria’s general election will commence later this month and we want to help you keep track of what three presidential candidates are saying about how they will handle certain issues.For this episode, we’ve compiled clips and social media posts of what three candidates have said or posted since January 2022 about how they will tackle insecurity in our country. We focused on the three mainstream presidential candidates - the APC candidate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, PDP’s candidate Atiku Abubakar and LP’s candidate Peter Obi.———————————————This episode was produced by Rahmat Muhammad, Lucky Usamah, Uche Mbah, and Dominic Tabakaji.Special thanks to Mariam Mohammed.Executive producer Rahmat Muhammad.Copyright (c) 2022 Triple-E Media Productions. All rights reserved.———————————————▶︎Follow us @234.audio on Instagram, @234audio on Facebook, and @234audio on Twitter▶︎Subscribe to our 234Audio YouTube channel———————————————If you are interested in sponsoring or licensing this program, reach out to us via WhatsApp at +234 818 230 1234 or send us e-mail at [email protected]———————————————We used several sources for this episode including:▶︎Tinubuhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr06cSDTRKIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb9LQsukicw▶︎Atikuhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITsv3vtrfh8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DouiuWG9tkhttps://twitter.com/atiku/status/1533755988733476867?s=20&t=XY_kYANWTiXHge-AVqQrqw▶︎Obihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWwViBQFJTMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGkFppeT8bQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdv1tunLj-c&t=2839shttps://twitter.com/PeterObi/status/1566549081220063234?s=20&t=XY_kYANWTiXHge-AVqQrqw---Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebackstoryng/support20 min
- Ochanya Told Her Story (but it wasn’t enough for a conviction on rape)In August 2018, 13-year-old Ochanya was interviewed on camera by journalists and she alleged that she was repeatedly raped by her uncle, Andrew Ogbuja, and his son, Victor Ogbuja.Ochanya was diagnosed with Vesico-Vaginal Fistula (VVF) and on Wednesday, the 17th of October 2018, she died. Before she died, Ochanya was leaking urine and feces as a result of damage she suffered to her vagina and rectum allegedly at the hands of her cousin Victor Ogbuja and his father, Andrew Ogbuja.Fast forward to April, 2022 and Ochanya’s uncle, Andrew Ogbuja, was acquitted by the State High Court in Makurdi. The court ruled that there was no sufficient corroborating evidence to convict him and that Ochanya was not present to tell her story.Why didn’t Ochanya’s videotaped interview with the journalists count? What kind of corroborating evidence does the court need for a rape allegation? Does the accused person have to be caught in the act? Do they have to be subjected to a medical examination? What if they confess - does that count as corroborating evidence?In this episode, we try to find out.Special thank you to John Ameh Ogbanje and Barrister Amina Umar Hussain who took time to speak to us.———————————————This episode was produced by Anthonieta Kalunta, Uche Mbah, Dominic Tabakaji and Sam Tabakaji.Special thanks to Mariam Mohammed.Executive producer Rahmat Muhammad.Copyright (c) 2022 Triple-E Media Productions. All rights reserved.———————————————▶︎Follow us @234.audio on Instagram, @234audio on Facebook, and @234audio on Twitter———————————————If you are interested in sponsoring or licensing this program, reach out to us via WhatsApp at +234 818 230 1234 or send us e-mail at [email protected]---Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebackstoryng/support30 min
- Breaking the cycle of abuse starts with how we discipline children
It’s okay to discipline children but maybe it’s time to rethink how we do it in Nigeria and across Africa. In this episode we talk about how our tolerance for domestic abuse later as adults can actually be set by how we are disciplined in our childhood.
Imagine this.
Your child does something wrong. So you beat her because you’ve decided this is the only way she will learn. Then after all the tears are shed, you tell her that you did it because you love her. And maybe you even feel a little bad about the beating and you’re extra nice to her afterwards and she’s extra obedient afterwards.
Fastfoward to your child as an adult. She’s in a relationship and one day the man gets angry and beats her. Then after all the tears are shed, he tells her that he did it because she did something wrong but that he loves her and he’s sorry. Then he’s extra nice to her afterwards and she loves him even more. And she stays. Until one day she has had enough and she leaves or he kills her.
Special thank you to Dr. Seun Ogunla, Dr. Jackie Ikeotuonye, Mr. Olatosimi Kolawole, Madam Edoamaowo Udeme and all the domestic violence survivors who took the time to speak with us. If you or someone you love is in a domestic violence situation, there is help out there.
Reach out to any of the organizations below and they will help point you in the right direction.
Child and Youth Protection Foundation:
https://www.facebook.com/kolawole.cypf
Network Against Domestic Violence Foundation:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/490233354995454
Primly Services Nigeria
https://www.facebook.com/primlyservice/
Assurgent Repose Consulting
https://www.therapyroute.com/therapist/assurgent-repose-consulting-lagos-ng
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This episode was produced by Rahmat Muhammad, Mariam Mohammed, Uche Mbah, Dominic Tabakaji and Sam Tabakaji.
Special thanks to Alexandra Gekpe and Anthonieta Kalunta.
Executive producer Rahmat Muhammad.
Copyright (c) 2022 Triple-E Media Productions. All rights reserved.
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▶︎Follow us @234.audio on Instagram, @234audio on Facebook, and @234audio on Twitter
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If you are interested in sponsoring or licensing this program, reach out to us via WhatsApp at +234 818 230 1234 or send us e-mail at [email protected]
---Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebackstoryng/support35 min - Our campaign financing laws have been watered down - here’s how
Politicians and political parties need money to fund campaigns. Regulating how politicians and political parties raise funds and how they spend those funds is important because If you leave it up to the politician and political parties, anything goes. In this episode, we take a closer look at our Electoral Act and we noticed that it has been diluted, watered down over the years. Our legislators appear to be introducing more grey areas into every new version of the act and these grey areas seem to help cover up information about source of funds, recipients of funds, amounts contributed, frequency of contributions and requirements to disclose information.
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This episode was produced by Rahmat Muhammad, Mariam Mohammed, Uche Mbah, Dominic Tabakaji and Sam Tabakaji.
Special thanks to Kolawole Oluwadare of SERAP, John Iwodi and Lucky Usamah.
Executive producer Rahmat Muhammad.
Copyright (c) 2022 Triple-E Media Productions. All rights reserved.
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▶︎Follow us @234.audio on Instagram, @234audio on Facebook, and @234audio on Twitter
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If you are interested in sponsoring or licensing this program, reach out to us via WhatsApp at +234 818 230 1234 or send us e-mail at [email protected]
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We used several sources for this episode including:
▶︎2022 Electoral Act
https://placng.org/i/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Electoral-Act-2022.pdf
▶︎2002 Electoral Act
https://www.ceja.ch/images/CEJA/DOCS/Bib/Pays/Nigeria_S2/M6.pdf
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The Backstory is Nigeria’s news in context. We examine Nigeria’s headlines and connect the dots to help you see the bigger picture.
The Backstory is produced by Triple-E Media. Other Triple-E Media productions can be found at 234audio.com.
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