In the light of mounting security challenges, poverty, lack of accountability by government, secession threats, poor economic indices and shrinking civic space in Nigeria, the 2021 Wole Soyinka Media Lecture Series scheduled for Tuesday, 13th July 2021 at NECA Hall, Agidingbi, Ikeja Lagos, by 1.00pm (WAT) will focus on the theme – Remaking Nigeria: Towards […]
The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has hosted a two-day training, on Wednesday 3rd and Thursday 4th March, to help reporters better investigate critical issues around COVID-19. This came as part of the centre’s response to adequately report the coronavirus pandemic and it’s effect under its Free to share initiative. The training came
The coronavirus, no doubt has left a devastating impact on our lives affecting every facet of our livelihood, with some counting their losses and some their gains. As the year 2021 gathers momentum, we reflect on the gains of five alumnae members of our ReportWomen! Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship Programme (FRLP) who thrived amidst the
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Journalists, media proprietors and other stakeholders at the fifteenth Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting presentation ceremony, held on Wednesday, 9 December 2020, in Lagos, asserted that the Nigerian media cannot be silenced, nor its independence diminished by oppression from government, economic challenges or other trials. This was the recurring theme at the event as
The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) in partnership with Free Press Unlimited (FPU) has commenced a pilot project under its Free to Share initiative, in Nigeria. The project was launched virtually on Friday, 4 December 2020, with the commissioning of reporters who will execute stories under a mentor-mentee arrangement. The ‘Free to share’
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Eight journalists, Lade Bonuola, founding member and pioneer Associate Editor of The Guardian newspaper, and Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, will be honoured at the award presentation event of the 15th Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting holding, on Wednesday, 9 December 2020, at NECA House, Lagos, from 4pm to 6pm. Abigail Ndisika-Ogwezzy, chairperson of
‘Masked, not silenced’ is the theme as the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism, WSCIJ marks the 15th anniversary of its award programme with a conference and public presentation of prizes. The conference will hold on Monday and Tuesday as webinars on Zoom from 1 pm to 2:30 pm, while the 2020 public award presentation
The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has on Wednesday, 12 November 2020 commissioned ten additional journalists under its COVID-19 Reality Check project to do in-depth and investigative stories on COVID-19. This brings the number of reporters commissioned under the project to fifty. The COVID-19 Reality Check project which seeks to examine government interventions
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Media organisations on the African continent have been urged to collaborate for more impact. The charge came at a session on ‘Collaborative Journalism’ held Friday, 23 October 2020 at the ongoing African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC). Motunrayo Alaka, Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) was joined
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Thirteen journalists have been trained to report the connection between gender and COVID-19 under the COVID-19 Reality Check project implemented by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ). The two-day virtual training held Tuesday 6 & Wednesday 7 October 2020. WSCIJ Executive Director/CEO, Motunrayo Alaka, said the training is the first under the COVID-19
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The Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative, Motunrayo Alaka, and three other speakers at the ongoing African Investigative Journalism Conference have proffered solutions to the challenges of investigative journalism on the African continent. The speakers made the call on Thursday 10 October 2020 during a session titled “Persevering under tough
The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) will accept all entries for its annual award for investigative reporting online for the first time. The 2020 award will reward works that explore the intersection between Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Covid19. The choice of focus area for the 15th edition of the award programme is
Ahead of the International Day for Universal Access to Information on Monday, speakers at a webinar organised by the Free Press Unlimited have raised concern about access to information in Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic. The speakers – Motunrayo Alaka, Executive Director/CEO, Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ); Pansy Tlakula, Chairperson, Information Regulator, South Africa; and Abel
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Oluseun Onigbinde, Co-Founder and Director of BudgIT Foundation, has championed the need for data on the identity of citizens in order to plan and allocate national resources well. The civic technology expert stated this on Monday, 13 July 2020 at the 12th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series organised by the Wole Soyinka Centre Investigative
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A former Editor-in-Chief of Daily Trust Newspaper, Mannir Dan-Ali, has condemned what he described as the ‘capture of the Nigerian media by public relations machineries’ of both the government and the big companies. He therefore called on the media to do more stories with available data. Dan-Ali, who currently serves on the board of the
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In assessing the status of the current data landscape in Nigeria, Yemi Kale, Statistician General of the Federation and Chief Executive Officer, National Bureau of Statistics, has stated there is room for improvement. He made this call during a panel discussion at the 12th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series held virtually on Monday, 13
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The need to coordinate the national statistical system, especially for the production of reliable and high quality data, was stressed by Oluwayemisi Alaba, Senior Lecturer, Statistics Department, University of Ibadan during the 12th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series held July 13, 2020. During her presentation on the ‘Theories and Realities that Support Credible and
Kole Shettima, Director of the Africa Office for the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, has urged the media in Nigeria to think of itself as reliable sources of data that is consciously and professionally collected as a revenue channel to aid sustainability. He made this call on Monday July 13, 2020 at the
Eighteen more reporters have been commissioned under the COVID-19 Reality Check Project designed and implemented by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) to expand efforts in ensuring that the COVID-19 pandemic gets more reported by the media in Nigeria. This brings the number of reporters engaged on the project across media platforms to
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The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has released two photo books on the challenges with basic education and electricity in Nigeria. The photo books titled, State of Schools and Living in Darkness, are part of WSCIJ’s Regulatory Monitoring Programme (REMOP). The books have some of the most compelling pictures from reports published under
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