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VON, FRCN charged to ensure gender balance in the newsroom

Journalists and media managers at Voice of Nigeria (VON) and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), Lagos Operations, have been charged to ensure gender balance in their newsrooms. The charge was made at the house-to-house visit made by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) to the media houses on Thursday, 4 April 2019.

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#Journalism101: Roles and impact of an independent press

A free press contributes to the right of freedom of expression, thought and conscience, strengthens the responsiveness and accountability of governments to all citizens, and provides a platform and channel of political expression for a multiplicity of groups and interests. So, what are the crucial roles akin to an independent press and its impact? The

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Time-out with Journalists

Ethics takes centre stage at maiden ‘Time-out with Journalists’

It was an evening of fun at the maiden ‘Time-out with Journalists’ held on Thursday, 28th March 2019 at the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) office in Ikeja, Lagos, as journalists across media platforms cast spotlight on the ethics of the journalism profession. Adeolu Adekola, WSCIJ Senior Programme Officer, explained that the event

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Friends and Associates memoralise Professor Pius Adesanmi

Friends and associates of the late Professor Pius Adesanmi organised a candlelight event at the Gani Fawehinmi Park, Ojota in Lagos, on Saturday, 17 March 2019 to memorialise and celebrate his life and ideals. The late Professor Pius Adesanmi was among the 157 passengers and crew members aboard the Ethiopian aircraft flight ET302/10 (Addis Abba

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THROWBACK: Nigerian journalists who lost their lives seeking the truth

Nigeria is one of the countries where murderers of journalists get away without the authorities ever bringing them to justice. Nigeria was ranked 13 out of 14 countries in the 2018 Global Impunity Index released by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), making it the sixth time that Nigeria is featured on the index since

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Threats to the life and family of investigative journalist

MrJa’farJa’far, an investigative journalist and a publisher of Daily Nigeria published a video clips last year which allegedly showed Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State receiving bribes. The video clipssparked outcry by members of the public in Nigeria and citizens took to social media to call on the appropriate agencies in investigating the allegations. Ja’far

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Freedom and Safety of Journalists during the 2019 Elections

The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism commends journalists and media houses that providedmedia coverage of the Presidential and National Assembly elections in Nigeria which held on February 23, 2019. The media no doubt played a crucial role inexposing some salient challenges in the electoral processthereby fostering democratic norms in the society. Cases of electoral

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Curtains drawn on the 2018 Female Reporters Leadership Programme

Nineteen female journalists were, on Tuesday, 5 February 2019, confirmed as fellows at the 2018 edition of the Report Women! Female Reporters Leadership Programme (FRLP) awards ceremony organised by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism at L’eola Hotel, Maryland, Lagos. The fellows, who were selected from 199 applications received from nine countries of the

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COMING UP: 2018 Report Women! Female Reporters’ Leadership Programme (FRLP) Award Event holds 5 February

The Report Women! Female Reporters’ Leadership Programme (FRLP) award event, the closing ceremony for the 2018 fellowship is scheduled for Tuesday, 5 February 2019. At the event, certificates would be given to the fellows and prizes will also be given to the best three fellows of the Female Reporters’ Leadership Programme. Commencing in June 2017,

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Soyinka, reading a poem in honour of Khashoggi. Photos: Ayodele Efunla

2018 Human Rights Day: Professor Wole Soyinka, WSCIJ, Others Participate in Worldwide Reading for Freedom of the Press and in Memory of Jamal Khashoggi on the 70th Anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights

On December 10, 1948, 70 years ago, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was announced by the United Nations General Assembly at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris. On this anniversary, the international literature festival berlin (ilb) called upon individuals, institutions, universities, schools, and media who value freedom of the press and human rights to

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Soyinka, addressing the audience at the event. Photo: Ayodele Efunla

2018 Human Rights Day: Professor Wole Soyinka decries rising cases of stolen identities

Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka on Monday in Lagos decried the rising cases of stolen human identities, highlighting the allegation of President Muhammadu Buhari being cloned and various Facebook impersonations including himself. He was speaking at the Lagos event was the Worldwide reading for Freedom of the Press and in Memory of Jamal Khashoggi in

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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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WSCIJ welcomes eight student interns

The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) on Wednesday, 17 October 2018 welcomed eight undergraduates from three Nigerian universities for a two-month internship programme. The interns include Elizabeth Lawal from Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria; Usman Bello Balarabe, Kabiru Ado and Hafsat Bello Muhammad from Bayero University Kano (BUK); Solomon Oladipupo, Adeboye Munirat, Ajagunna

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