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NEWS BRIEF: Stakeholders uphold media independence as Bonuola, Falana, others, receive Wole Soyinka Award
Journalists, media proprietors and other stakeholders at the fifteenth Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting presentation ceremony, held on Wednesday,
WSCIJ commences Free to Share initiative as part of COVID-19 Response in Africa
The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) in partnership with Free Press Unlimited (FPU) has commenced a pilot project
PRESS RELEASE: Eight journalists, Bonuola and Falana for 15th Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting
Eight journalists, Lade Bonuola, founding member and pioneer Associate Editor of The Guardian newspaper, and Femi Falana, human rights lawyer,
PRESS RELEASE: Wole Soyinka Centre marks 15th award edition with conference on media repression
‘Masked, not silenced’ is the theme as the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism, WSCIJ marks the 15th anniversary of
Ten more reporters commissioned for COVID-19 reporting
The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has on Wednesday, 12 November 2020 commissioned ten additional journalists under its
African media urged to collaborate for impact
Media organisations on the African continent have been urged to collaborate for more impact. The charge came at a session
WSCIJ trains 13 journalists on gender and COVID-19 reporting
Thirteen journalists have been trained to report the connection between gender and COVID-19 under the COVID-19 Reality Check project implemented
WSCIJ’s director, three others proffer solutions to the challenges of investigative journalism in Africa
The Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative, Motunrayo Alaka, and three other speakers at the
PRESS RELEASE: Journalists to submit entries online as Wole Soyinka Award focuses on SDGs and Covid-19
The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) will accept all entries for its annual award for investigative reporting online
Experts raise concern over access to information in Africa during COVID-19
Ahead of the International Day for Universal Access to Information on Monday, speakers at a webinar organised by the Free Press Unlimited have
Identity data critical for national planning, resource allocation – Onigbinde
Oluseun Onigbinde, Co-Founder and Director of BudgIT Foundation, has championed the need for data on the identity of citizens in
Dan-Ali condemns public relations in media reportage, calls for storytelling with data
A former Editor-in-Chief of Daily Trust Newspaper, Mannir Dan-Ali, has condemned what he described as the ‘capture of the Nigerian
Kale calls for improvement in the Nigeria’s data landscape
In assessing the status of the current data landscape in Nigeria, Yemi Kale, Statistician General of the Federation and Chief
Coordinated national statistical system key to production of reliable, quality data — Alaba
The need to coordinate the national statistical system, especially for the production of reliable and high quality data, was stressed
Shettima calls attention to media sustainability, proposes data dashboard for development planning
Kole Shettima, Director of the Africa Office for the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, has urged the media
