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“The Nigerian child is disadvantaged compared to global peers,” say Ezekwesili, Boboyi, Kallon, others
Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, Executive Secretary Universal Basic Education, Hamid Bobboyi and United Nations, Humanitarian  Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative,

Stakeholders raise red flag on basic education and electricity in Nigeria
Ahead of the 2017 Wole Soyinka Media Lecture Series planned to examine the nexus between basic education and electricity on

UBEC, NERC, Others To Focus On Nexus Between Basic Education And Electricity At Soyinka Lecture
Hamid Bobboyi, Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Anthony Akah, Former Acting Chairman, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Edward

Online news platforms shine the beacon at the Wole Soyinka awards
The 11th Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting, presentation ceremony, held on world anti-corruption day, Friday 9 December, was unsurprisingly

Stakeholders commit to improving cartooning in Nigeria
Stakeholders have committed to taking up the task of creating an enabling environment for the development of cartooning in the

Kabiru Yusuf, PPDC and others to receive Wole Soyinka Award
Kabiru Abdullahi Yusuf, the Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of Trust Media Limited and the Public and Private

Cartooning Gets Attention As Wole Soyinka Centre Launches Art Of The Cartoon Project
Towards furthering the cause of news by multiple means, the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism in collaboration with the

Call for Entries: Wole Soyinka Centre set to select 2016 best investigative reporter
The call for application towards the selection of the 2016 best investigative reporter as part of the Wole Soyinka Award

Criteria: 11th Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting
ELIGIBILITY The Award is open to any Nigerian professional reporter or team of reporters (full time or freelancers), 18years and

Nigerian authorities charged to ensure just tax regime
Speakers at the 8th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series have charged the Nigerian Government on the need to ensure

Taxation takes centre stage at the 8th annual Wole Soyinka Media Lecture Series
In the face of dwindling oil revenue, the Nigerian government has among other options, increased the drive for tax compliance.

Duke, Others Call For Action On Gender Parity As Senate Rejects Gender Parity Bill
Owanari Bobmanuel Duke, Chairman, Child Survival and Development Organisation of Nigeria has called for advocacy and action on gender parity.

Media managers charged to ensure gender parity in the newsroom
To redress the imbalance in the ratio of women to men in media organisations in the country, media owners and

Soyinka decries arbitrary use of terror by security forces as centre turns ten
Wole Soyinka, Nobel Laureate and human rights activist, has called on the Muhammadu Buhari led government to move swiftly to

Jega, Oloyede, others for tenth Wole Soyinka Awards
Attahiru Jega, erstwhile Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and Professor of Political Science, who played an outstanding