On the 10th anniversary of the Global Media and Information Literacy Week, stakeholders from all over the world gave a resounding affirmation to the urgency to strengthen people’s media and information literacy competencies. The number of celebratory events increased from one hundred events in 2019 to three hundred events in 2020. The outcomes of the…
Experts charge youths on MIL competence as a tool for achieving good governance and national unity
By Doyin Ojosipe Amidst persistent bad governance in Nigeria, political apathy and lack of social cohesion among youths, experts have enjoined young people to be media and information literacy competent in order to be the change agents the country needs. From religious to ethnic and political violence, youths have been at the centre, either as…
AFRICMIL and Partners to Publish Book on Nigeria at 60
Press Release The African Centre for Media & Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) and partners—Government of Ekiti State, Premium Times Books, Yiaga Africa, Sahara Reporters, Oak TV, CDD, Enough is Enough, Nigeria, and TechHer—will publish a book of essays to mark Nigeria’s diamond jubilee. The book, Remaking Nigeria: Sixty Years, Sixty Voices, with a foreword on “Federalism…
Call for nominations: UNESCO Media and Information Literacy Alliance Awards 2020
The UNESCO-led Media and Information Literacy Alliance (Global Alliance for Partnerships on Media and Information Literacy) is calling for nominations for The UNESCO MIL Alliance Awards 2020. The Awards will recognize significant work and contributions in the field of media and information literacy (MIL) and will honour individuals or organizations who have demonstrated excellence and…
7th Annual & 1st ACSPN Virtual Conference 2020: Another Promise Kept
All the promises on the partnership, speakers, timing, presentations, and other activities at the 7th Annual and 1st Virtual Conference of the Association of Communication Scholars & Professionals of Nigeria (ACSPN) and Annual General Meeting, from September 2-3, 2020, were implemented as advertised, producing what a notable Nigerian communication and media scholar and professional in…