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Abbah tasks government on conflict management

At the tenth Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series held in Lagos on Friday 13 July, in commemoration of the 84th birthday of Wole Soyinka, Africa’s first Nobel Laureate in Literature, Joe Abah, Nigeria Country Director, DAI Global, has called on government to address the various conflicts in the country. Abah, who was Director-General of […]

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Good governance, common grounds critical to ‘sheathing the drawn daggers’— Gambari

Gambari charges media on investigative reporting of conflict

At the tenth Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series held in Lagos on Friday 13 July, in commemoration of the 84th birthday of Wole Soyinka, Africa’s first Nobel Laureate in Literature, Ibrahim Gambari, former Minister for External Affairs and erstwhile United Nations Under-Secretary General charged the Nigerian media to embark on ruthless investigative reporting in

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Gambari calls for an end to “the audacity of hypocrisy” of Nigerian leaders to tackle conflicts

Ibrahim Gambari, former Minister for External Affairs and erstwhile United Nations Under-Secretary General, has called for an end to what he calls, “the audacity of hypocrisy” of the Nigerian ruling class. The Nigerian scholar and diplomat, made this call at the tenth anniversary of the Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series held in Lagos on

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Oil Exploration in Nigeria: Development turned into Degradation?

Nigeria is the fifth largest producer of Crude Oil in the world but 63rd on the World Economic Forum’s Inclusive Development Index for Emerging Economies in 2018. Since Shell Darcy discovered oil in Oloibiri in 1956, the stories that stem from the oil-producing areas of Nigeria have been those of continual deprivation and degradation —

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WSCIJ, editors meet to boost reportage of oil and gas in Nigeria

The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) held an editors’ roundtable on Friday 4 May 2018 in Lagos to boost the reportage of the oil and gas sector under its Media for Oil Reform (MFOR) implemented with support from the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI). The event drew editors and publishers from 14 media

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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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“The Nigerian child is disadvantaged compared to global peers,” say Ezekwesili, Boboyi, Kallon, others

Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, Executive Secretary Universal Basic Education, Hamid Bobboyi and United Nations, Humanitarian   Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative, Edward Kallon, along with other speakers, at the 2017 Wole Soyinka Media Lecture Series and launch of the Regulators Monitoring Programme (REMOP), held in Abuja yesterday, agree that the Nigerian child is at a disadvantage,

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Stakeholders raise red flag on basic education and electricity in Nigeria

Stakeholders raise red flag on basic education and electricity in Nigeria

Ahead of the 2017 Wole Soyinka Media Lecture Series planned to examine the nexus between basic education and electricity on Thursday 13 July at the Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja, participants at a two-day stakeholders meeting held in Lagos on Wednesday 5 and Thursday 6 July, for the Regulators’ Monitoring Programme (REMOP) for basic education and

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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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Stakeholders commit to improving cartooning in Nigeria

Stakeholders commit to improving cartooning in Nigeria

Stakeholders have committed to taking up the task of creating an enabling environment for the development of cartooning in the Nigerian news media. This move occurred at the launch of the Art of the Cartoon: Imaging social realities programme, organised by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism, WSCIJ, which held on Friday 2 December,

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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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Cartooning Gets Attention As Wole Soyinka Centre Launches Art Of The Cartoon Project

Towards furthering the cause of news by multiple means, the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism in collaboration with the Wole Soyinka Foundation, is set to launch the ‘Art of the cartoon: Imaging social realities’ project, at the Lagos Business Club Ikeja, 50 Hakeem Balogun Street, Central Business District, Alausa, Ikeja (Beside NECA House, Opposite

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Gender Parity

Duke, Others Call For Action On Gender Parity As Senate Rejects Gender Parity Bill

Owanari Bobmanuel Duke, Chairman, Child Survival and Development Organisation of Nigeria has called for advocacy and action on gender parity. She made the call [on Tuesday, 15 March at a symposium hosted by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) and the Centre for Black and African Art and Culture (CBAAC) in Lagos focused

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Media managers charged to ensure gender parity in the newsroom

Media managers charged to ensure gender parity in the newsroom

To redress the imbalance in the ratio of women to men in media organisations in the country, media owners and managers have been urged to ensure gender parity in their newsrooms. The call was made on Friday during a tweet chat organised by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism to commemorate the International Women’s

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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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WSCIJ trains 20 journalists on oil and gas reporting

Twenty reporters have been trained to investigate oil sale and revenue in Nigeria at a two-day masterclass on oil and gas reporting held by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) on 4th and 5th November 2015 in Lagos under its Media for Oil Reform (MFOR) project. The duo of Musikilu Mojeed of Premium

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Speakers urge media to promote transparency, accountability in the oil and gas sector in Nigeria

Speakers at the inaugural lecture for the Media for Oil Reform Programme launched with the Seventh Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series held on Monday 13 July 2015 in Abuja have urged the media promote the culture of transparency and accountability in the oil and gas sector in Nigeria through their reports and by raising

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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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