Nigeria and the oil fortune, or perhaps, misfortune, is the focus for discussion at the Seventh Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series which holds on Monday 13 July, 2015 by 1pm at the Ladi Kwali Hall of the Sheraton Hotel, Abuja. Malam Nasir El Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State, former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and […]
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A total of two hundred and three reporters were trained during the pilot edition of the Pro-Engage: House-to-House project conceived by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism and executed through funding partnership with the British High Commission. The initiative, which held from Monday 19 to Friday 30 January 2015, took advocacy for investigative reporting
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‘Report Women: Make It Happen’ was the theme of a share-fair amongst journalists held on Friday 13 March 2015 to commemorate the ‘International Women’s Day’. The event was organised by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism and its partner the Netherlands Embassy to contribute to improving the quality, quantum and perhaps impact of reportage
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In a bid to contribute to addressing the dearth of the culture of investigative reporting in Nigeria and globally, the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism has initiated the House-to-House project under its Pro-Engage Series programme. House-to-House, done in partnership with the British High Commission, is conceived as an investigative reporting desk advocacy programme. It
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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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The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) will tomorrow honour the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), headed by Mr Tokunbo Mumuni and Mr Ademola Osinubi, Managing Director of The Punch Newspapers with its honorary Anti-corruption defender award and lifetime award for journalistic excellence respectively. These as well as merit awards will be presented
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The ninth edition of the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting opens for submission of entries on Saturday October 4, 2014. This is happening as the 2013 winners return from a one-week study tour to the United Kingdom which spanned from Monday 29 September to Friday 3 October, 2014. The international exposure included classes at
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Leaders of civil society organisations and media editors were united on the need to increase and improve the reportage of girls and women rights as human rights in Nigeria as they gathered on Thursday 7 August, 2014 in Lagos for the Report Women! stakeholders’ inception meeting organised by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism
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In view of the need to increase and improve the reportage of girls and women in the Nigerian media, the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism has launched the “Report Women!” project. Report Women! is a collaborative effort between the Royal Netherlands Embassy and the Centre planned to focus on major issues of access and
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In commemoration of Wole Soyinka’s 80th birthday, Abiola Irele, renowned doyen…
Investigative journalism took a leap as the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative…
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The 5th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series held on Saturday 13 July, 2013…
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Continuing its tradition of honouring works that reflect best standards in investigative…
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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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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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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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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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Media Intervention and Electoral Reform: Acts, Practice and Praxis: A comparative reflection was the theme of the maiden edition of the Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture series which was conceived and held first in 2008 as a platform for discourse on current issues particular to the Nigerian media and the role the media could play
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