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2018 Human Rights Day: Professor Wole Soyinka decries rising cases of stolen identities
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka on Monday in Lagos decried the rising cases of stolen human identities, highlighting the allegation

Group condemns suspects’ parade
A group of civil society organisations made up of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ), BudgIT Civic Hive

Momoh, Adio, 12 journalists honoured as stakeholders emphasise threats to journalism
At the Wole Soyinka Awards for Investigative Reporting on Sunday, December 9, 2018, emphasis was placed on the dangers journalists

Honour for John Momoh, Waziri Adio, 12 journalists at Thirteenth Wole Soyinka Award
John Momoh, the Chairman of Channels Media Group, owners of Channels Television; Waziri Adio, the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria

WSCIJ welcomes eight student interns
The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) on Wednesday, 17 October 2018 welcomed eight undergraduates from three Nigerian universities

U.S Consulate Public Affairs chief pays visit to WSCIJ
The new Public Affairs Officer at the United States Consulate General Lagos, Russell Brooks, paid a courtesy visit to the

Report Women Network inaugurated, moves to change the face of leadership in media
Report Women Network, the alumni body of the Report Women! Female Reporters’ Leadership Programme (FRLP) Fellowship programme has been inaugurated.

Media professionals engage students on investigative journalism
As part of the Pro-Engage Campus edition of the Regulators Monitoring Programme (REMOP), the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism

Female journalists set for leadership in the media
Female reporters were equipped to take leadership roles in the newsroom, at the 2018 edition of the Report Women! Female

Female journalists meet to change the gender narratives in the extractives
On Friday, 7 September 2018, female journalists with experience and interest in the Nigerian extractive sector met at Shoregate Hotel,

18 journalists trained on visual storytelling
No fewer than eighteen photojournalists were trained on the art of visual storytelling at a workshop organised by the Wole

Good governance, common grounds critical to ‘sheathing the drawn daggers’— Gambari
Speaking at the tenth Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series held in Lagos on Friday 13 July in commemoration of

Don decries government response to conflicts, says cattle ranches unnecessary
Mnguember Vicky-Sylvester, Professor of Literature and Gender Studies at the University of Abuja, has faulted the lax way security agents

Understand conflict or set Nigeria ablaze, media veteran warns media
Eugenia Abu, former Executive Director of Programmes, Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) has warned the media in Nigeria to be wary

Pate blames violence in the Northeast, middle belt on collapse of Local Government system, radio system
Umaru Pate, Pioneer Dean, Faculty of Communication, Bayero University, Kano blamed the Boko Haram conflict and other conflicts in the