How it works
One account, one wallet, one reputation — six ways to earn.
NewsTrade merges NewsTrade and TradexMarket into a single platform where every action in one hub creates paid work in another.
- STEP 1Join and verify once
Sign up free with an email or phone code. Verify your BVN or NIN and bank account (KYC T1) to start earning everywhere.
- STEP 2Pick your streams
Report stories, verify claims, take tasks, join a squad, sell in Deals, answer paid polls, or learn a skill that unlocks better work.
- STEP 3Money moves through escrow
Clients and buyers pay first via Flutterwave. Funds sit in escrow on a double-entry ledger until work is approved.
- STEP 4Splits settle instantly
On approval, one balanced ledger entry pays you, your squad, the lead and the platform — by published rules.
- STEP 5Withdraw to your bank
Payouts run twice a day via Flutterwave Transfers; instant payouts available. Every naira is reconciled nightly.
A worked example: one story, five paydays
intel
Ada reports rice prices at Mile 12
₦4,000 story fee + stake back
intel
Tunde & Zainab verify three claims
₦1,400–₦2,400 each
forecast
Kola Foods sponsors a poll on it
₦225 to each verified respondent
forecast
A market opens with a named source
Ada earns 5% of its fees for 90 days
squads
Data Divas win a ₦500k audit
Paid by signed split on release
The six hubs
Intel
Verified local news, briefs and data — reported by the community, checked by people and AI.
Work
Escrow-protected tasks and gigs for research, data, design, content and field work.
Squads
Form a team, bid on bigger contracts and split pay automatically by an agreed share.
Deals
A marketplace for goods, service packages and digital products, every order in escrow.
Forecast
Paid opinion polls everywhere; event markets only in licensed states, under the Fair Markets Charter.
Academy
Short, practical tracks that end in certificates and unlock better-paid work.