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Okunna, Ransome-Kuti, WSCIJ Board, 15 journalists honoured as stakeholders recommend improved quality of investigative reports as antidote for falling media credibility

Okunna, Ransome-Kuti, WSCIJ Board, 15 journalists honoured as stakeholders recommend improved quality of investigative reports as antidote for falling media credibility

At the 19th Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting, held on 9 December 2024, in Lagos, journalists, media proprietors, and stakeholders stressed the urgent need to improve the quality of investigative reports to combat threats to media credibility. The event, hosted by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ), celebrated the outstanding work of […]

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Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, 2018 WSCIJ-Nigerian Investigative Journalists of the Year (left) receiving his award from Femi Falana, human rights lawyer during the 13th Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting at NECA House, Alausa in Lagos.

Momoh, Adio, 12 journalists honoured as stakeholders emphasise threats to journalism

At the Wole Soyinka Awards for Investigative Reporting on Sunday, December 9, 2018, emphasis was placed on the dangers journalists are exposed to while discharging their functions, just as John Momoh, the Chairman of Channels Media Group, owners of Channels Television; Waziri Adio, the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI); and

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Adekunle Yusuf receiving is award from Prof Wole Soyinka

Yusuf emerges 2017 WSCIJ-Nigerian Investigative Journalist as Ezekwesili, Ojo, others receive honours

Adekunle Yusuf of The Nation Newspaper has emerged the Investigative Journalist of the year at the 12th edition of the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting just as Obiageli Ezekwesili, a former Minister of Education, Edetaen Ojo, the Executive Director, Media Rights Agenda,as well as nine other outstanding journalists were honoured. The event which was

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Online news platforms shine the beacon at the wole soyinka awards

Online news platforms shine the beacon at the Wole Soyinka awards

The 11th Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting, presentation ceremony, held on world anti-corruption day, Friday 9 December, was unsurprisingly dominated by the online news platforms. This point was highlighted by the Chair of the Judges’ Board, Lai Oso, Professor of Mass Communications, at the Lagos State University School of Communications during the event. According

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11th Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting

Kabiru Yusuf, PPDC and others to receive Wole Soyinka Award

Kabiru Abdullahi Yusuf, the Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of Trust Media Limited and the Public and Private Development Centre, PPDC, a non-governmental organisation, will be honored with the Lifetime Award for Journalistic Excellence and Anti-corruption Defender Award respectively at the Eleventh Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting presentation ceremony, scheduled for Friday

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Soyinka decries arbitrary use of terror by security forces as centre turns ten

Wole Soyinka, Nobel Laureate and human rights activist, has called on the Muhammadu Buhari led government to move swiftly to end the recurrence of arbitrary use of force on civilians by security forces, especially representatives of the Nigerian Army. The call was one of the major highlights of the keynote remark made by Soyinka at

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Twelve finalists emerge as Wole Soyinka Centre marks tenth award anniversary

Twelve journalists have emerged as finalists for the 2015 edition and tenth anniversary of the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting. The shortlist includes Fisayo Soyombo of The Cable, Adekunle Yusuf of The Nation, Chukwuemeka Emenike of The New Telegraph, Sumner Sambo of Television Continental, Motunrayo Joel and Adedayo Odusanya of The Punch, Ikechukwu Ibe

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Wole Soyinka Centre honours Journalists, others on World Anti-Corruption Day

Fifteen journalists joined the list of finalists for the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting at the award presentation ceremony on Tuesday 9 December 2014 in Lagos. Of the fifteen, eight have earned themselves the honour of being called Soyinka Laureates, four made the runners-up list and three were commended for their efforts. The winners

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Wole Soyinka Centre honours seven outstanding journalists

The award presentation ceremony of the Sixth Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting which held on Friday 9 December 2011 at the NECA Hall Lagos saw the honouring of seven journalists for the merits awards and two individuals for the honorary awards. In the photo category, Adeparusi Oluyinka of National Mirror Newspaper took the lead

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