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International Women’s Day 2025: A call for gender-inclusive newsrooms to strengthen accountability journalism
As the world marks International Women’s Day 2025 on March 8, with the theme “For ALL Women and Girls: Rights.

PRESS RELEASE: WSCIJ starts new decade of Report Women! initiative, shortlists 12 reporters for sixth fellowship
Building on the successes of Report Women! Initiative in the last 10 years, the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism

2025 Report Women! Female Reporters Leadership Programme (FRLP) Fellowship application opens
The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) invites applications from female journalists in Nigeria for the 2025 Report Women!

15 journalists from 11 news media organisations, make shortlist for Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting as Stella Din Jacob chairs 2024 judges’ board
Out of a total of the 219 entries received, 15 journalists have emerged as finalists for the 19th Wole Soyinka

Press Release: Tolu Ogunlesi to keynote 2024 AIM Conference and Awards on media credibility, investigative reporting and artificial intelligence
Tolu Ogunlesi, Managing Partner at WoweMedia and former Special Assistant to Nigeria’s former president, Muhammadu Buhari, on Digital/New Media, will

PRESS RELEASE: Nuhu Ribadu, National Security Adviser, to keynote WSCIJ’s high-level meeting on journalists’ safety
Nuhu Ribadu, National Security Adviser (NSA) to the president will lead a high-level meeting with leaders of the security sector

WSCIJ’s AIM Conference and Wole Soyinka Award to address impact of emerging technologies on Nigerian journalism
The 4th Amplify In-depth Media Conference (AIM Conference) and 19th Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting of the Wole Soyinka Centre

PRESS RELEASE: WSCIJ to host conference on AI, investigative journalism, set to launch 2023 civic space report
The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) will host a conference on Wednesday, October 30, 2024, titled ‘AI, free

Jeyifo to deliver keynote at 16th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture to mark Soyinka’s 90th birthday
Biodun Jeyifo, Professor Emeritus of English, Cornell University, and of Comparative Literature and African and African American Studies, Harvard University,

WSCIJ mourns renowned journalist and women’s rights advocate, Rotimi Sankore
The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) is saddened by the passing of Rotimi Sankore on Friday, 12 April

Making annual international days celebration count, International Women’s Day (IWD) and other updates
World Days abound for many good courses. The 2024 World Zero Discrimination Day commemorated recently on the right of every

PRESS RELEASE: 11 finalists emerge for 2023 WSAIR as over 40 speakers are confirmed for the AIM Conference
The board of judges for the 2023 Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting (WSAIR) has selected 11 finalists for the

PRESS RELEASE: 16-day of Activism: WSCIJ, WODEF host daily virtual media conversations to combat SGBV
As part of efforts to engage stakeholders on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Nigeria, the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism

Dapo Olorunyomi, veteran investigative journalist, and serial founder, to headline the 2023 Amplify In-depth Media (AIM) Conference & Awards
Dapo Olorunyomi, veteran investigative journalist, and serial journalism founder will headline and give the keynote address at the 2023 edition

Investigative Media Conference and Awards hold in Abuja in December
The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) with seventeen other media partners is set to host the 2023 edition