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Chiedo Nwankwor, Vice Dean for Education and Academic Affairs, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), have described the media as the lifeblood of viable democracy and accelerated development at the state and local government levels, and a tool to hold public office holders accountable. Nwankwor stated this at the 14th Wole Soyinka Centre […]

Farooq Kperogi, media scholar and newspaper columnist and Umaru Pate, Professor of media history, among other resource persons led training sessions on journalism practice and journalists’ safety at the WikkiTimes’ capacity building for 30 North East journalists held recently with the aim to sanitise the country’s political landscape. During his session, Kperogi harped on how journalists

Journalists have been charged to tackle environmental degradation and the abandonment of host communities, by exposing the bad practices of mining companies through investigative reports at a three-day capacity building workshop for journalists tagged ‘Government accountability reporting’ held 19-21 May in Abuja by Clearview Television in collaboration with the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism

Kole Shettima, Director, MacArthur Foundation, Africa Office in Nigeria, has warned media proprietors and managers of the dangers inherent in over-dependence on a single source of income, especially from the government. He stated this while addressing heads of 26 media organisations across Nigeria, during an onboarding meeting of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism

21 female reporters across media organisations in Nigeria were inducted as fellows of the Report Women! Female Reporters Leadership Programme (FRLP) fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) on Thursday 9 June 2022 in Lagos. The 21 reporters were inducted after they participated in months of rigorous training and mentorship, and implemented story

Victoria Ibezim-Ohaeri, Founder and Director of Research and Policy at Spaces for Change (S4C), has blamed the ugly global trend of shrinking civic space to governments’ thirst for power. According to her, the ceaseless attacks on the media by the ruling class were attempts to silence dissenting views and consolidate their hold on power. She

Inibehe Effiong, Principal Counsel at Inibehe Effiong Chambers, has advised Nigerians to challenge the government in courts of competent jurisdiction whenever their rights are violated. The public interest and human rights lawyer said government at various levels institute frivolous charges under the guise of national security and intelligence to suppress the fundamental rights of Nigerians

Benjamin Hundeyin, Public Relations Officer of the Lagos State Police Command, has called on Nigerians to operate within the ambit of public decency and respect for the rights of others as they demand a more open civic space. Hundeyin argued that the civic space in Nigeria has improved immensely amid calls for protection of fundamental

The journey of Lami Sadiq, Bureau Chief of Daily Trust Newspaper, Kaduna State, to leadership position was not an easy one. She started as a fresh graduate of Mass Communications from the University of Jos. Being a woman and a Muslim from the conservative Northern part of Nigeria meant she had to work extra hard

Image Merchants Promotions Limited (IMPR), the publishers of PRNigeria, commenced training of journalists covering security and the economy based in Abuja, as part of the Collaborative Media Engagement for Development, Inclusion and Accountability project powered by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ). IMPR is one of the 26 media organisations under the collaborative

The Collaborative Media Engagement for Development, Inclusion, and Accountability project (C-Media or The Collaborative Media Project), a three-year programme supported by the MacArthur Foundation works with 26 select organisations to execute investigative stories at the grassroots level, unmask institutional and regulatory failures at the sub-national levels in Nigeria and the private sectors, and pay attention

The saying, the reward for good work is more work, resonates with us at the WSCIJ. Towards the end of a busy 2021, we added three new projects to our portfolio—The Collaborative Media Engagement for Development Inclusion and Accountability (The Collaborative Media project), Report Women! News and Newsroom Engagement and the Civic Space Guard project.