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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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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Media and Civil liberties when the clouds of fear gather

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Concerned Nigerians from various walks of life were present at the fourth Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series held at the NECA Hall, Lagos to listen to the lecture and discuss the theme – ‘Media and civil liberties when the clouds of fear gather’ on Friday 13 July, 2012 towards contributing to the resolution of

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Wole Soyinka Centre honours seven outstanding journalists

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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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Re-evaluating Local Governance in Nigeria: What responsibilities for the media

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The third outing of the lecture programme was a continuation of honouring the contributions of Prof. Wole Soyinka to humanity with the media lecture series holding on July 13. The theme of the lecture, Re-evaluating Local Governance in Nigeria: What responsibilities for the media, was even more critical at the moment as it came at

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Narrating the Nigerian story: the challenges for the media

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In 2009, the WSCIJ commemorated the 75th anniversary of Professor Wole Soyinka with the media lecture series by starting a tradition of holding the lecture event on July 13, his birthday. Dr. Olatunji Dare, an Associate Professor of Journalism at Bradley University, Peoria Illinois USA and a former editorial page editor of The Guardian Newspaper

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