Obiageli Ezekwesili, Senior Economic Advisor, Africa Economic Development Policy Initiative (AEDPI) and keynote speaker at the 11th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series, held on Saturday, 13 July 2019 at MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos, have faulted Nigeria’s democracy and called for rethink of it. Speaking at the lecture held in commemoration of the 85th birthday […]
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The need to include more women in governance in Nigeria, was raised by Amina Salihu, Senior Programme Officer, MacArthur Foundation, at the 11th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series, held on Saturday, 13 July 2019 at MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos. Salihu, who was a panellist at the lecture lamented the non-inclusive state of political system
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Contrary to sentiments that expensive and sophisticated technology is required for elections, Gbenga Sesan, Executive Director, Paradigm Initiative, has argued that there are affordable and very effective alternatives that can be deployed for elections in the country. He made this counter claim at the 11th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series, held on Saturday, 13
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The African Women in Media (AWiM) Conference & Festival 2019 held 25-27 July 2019 at the University of Nairobi, Towers Kenya. Climaxing the 3 days conference was the award ceremony held on 27th July at Hilton Hotel, Nairobi in recognition of outstanding female journalists. The late Hodan Nalayeh, founder of Cultural Integration Agency in Somalia
Changing the Narrative Award introduced at AWiM 2019 Read More »
(A training for journalists on migration risks/migrant smuggling in West Africa and to Europe) Application deadline: 18th August 2019 The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) invites Nigerian professional investigative reporters (full-time or freelance) from the print, online and broadcast specialties to apply for a two-day masterclass on migration reporting in line with the
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No fewer than fifteen journalists took part in an investigative story pitch meeting held by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) on Thursday, 20th June 2019, at Amber Residence, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos. The meeting was organised for journalists whose investigative story pitches to the Regulators Monitoring Programme (REMOP) of the WSCIJ were successful.
No fewer than fifteen journalists took part in an investigative story pitch meeting held by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) on Thursday, 20th June 2019, at Amber Residence, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos. The meeting was organised for journalists whose investigative story pitches to the Regulators Monitoring Programme (REMOP) of the WSCIJ were successful.
Obiageli Ezekwesili, Senior Economic Advisor, Africa Economic Development Policy Initiative (AEDPI) along with other speakers at the 11th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series, held on Saturday, 13 July 2019 at MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos, have called on Nigerians to insist on values in determining those who become their leaders and how the polity is
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Obiageli Ezekwesili, the Senior Economic Advisor, Africa Economic Development Policy Initiative (AEDPI) and Co-Founder of #BringBackOurGirls Movement, will give the keynote address on the theme, ‘Rethinking credible elections, accountable democracy and good governance in Nigeria’, at the 11th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series scheduled to hold on Saturday, 13 July 2019, by 10am, at
Ezekwesili to lead conversations on good governance in Nigeria as Soyinka turns 85 Read More »
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has been associated with the heightened incidence of fake and sensational news, which in turn has increased the spate of conflict in our country. This probably, is because the advances in ICT have made everyone a publisher. People now take to their social media and blogs and push out all
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Chapter 2 Section 22 of the Nigerian Constitution 1999 gives the media the role of holding the government accountable. It states: The press, radio, television and other agencies of the mass media shall at all times be free to uphold the fundamental objectives contained in this Chapter and uphold the responsibility and accountability of the
The media in Nigeria: Watchdog or Lapdog? (1) Read More »
The media and its handlers, they say, stimulate actions from government and the masses for common good. This is apart from the general functions of the media to inform, educate and entertain. How well has the Nigerian press been allowed to operate seemlessly without been stifled by legal or power play? Each year the World
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As we mark the 2019 World Press Freedom Day under the theme “Media for Democracy: Journalism and Elections in Times of Disinformation”, it is important that we consider how well the media in Nigeria measure up to the standard of informing the public. To this end, we are repurposing some key lessons from the tenth
Disinformation: Salvaging press freedom through investigative journalism Read More »
The Coordinator, Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ), Motunrayo Alaka alongside other media experts have called on journalists and other actors in the media industry to uphold the ethics of the journalism profession. They made the call at an event held on Friday, 3 May 2019, by Civic Media Lab in conjunction with the
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There has been incessant outcry by Nigerians against brutality from men of the security forces. A few of those cases, which must be interrogated if the nation must move forward, are presented below. Death in NSCDC custody: Human Rights Lawyer, Ogele drags NSCDC to court Human rights lawyer, Morakinyo Ogele, has dragged Nigeria Security and
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The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) says it has arrested “three notorious persons” involved in the kidnap of Friday Okeregbe, the Channels Television reporter, who covers the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. Okeregbe was kidnapped on March 22 along Games Village in Abuja while on his way from his mechanic’s workshop.
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Experts have urged media managers to create an enabling environment for women in the newsroom. The call was made at the last leg of the house-to-house visit by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) to select media houses in Lagos. The visit which took place as a chat on gender policy and practices
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The Coordinator of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ), Motunrayo Alaka, has been selected for the prestigious John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford University in California, United States. Mrs Alaka is one of seven fellows from Africa, Europe and South America selected into the 2019- 2020 class of the programme, starting September
WSCIJ Coordinator selected for top American fellowship Read More »
With nearly half of the world’s population, women and girls are daily faced with a myriad of issues that hampers advancement and development of several nations especially in Africa. Figures from the human development index provides insights that countries that pay attention to issues affecting the female gender are ranked at the top and vice
The plight of girls and women in Nigeria and Africa at large Read More »
On the night of April 14, 2014, two hundred and seventy-six (276) female students were kidnapped from the Government Secondary School in the town of Chibok in Borno State, Nigeria. Responsibility for the kidnappings was claimed by Boko Haram, an extremist terrorist organisation based in north-eastern Nigeria. Sunday, April 14th 2019 marks 5 years since
#BRINGBACKOURGIRLS: Five years too long for Chibok girls return and others in captivity Read More »
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