Thirteen journalists from print, online, television, radio, photo, and editorial cartoon categories have been shortlisted for the 2019 Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Journalism. Similarly, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Amnesty International and veteran photojournalist, Sunmi Smart-Cole, have been nominated to receive honorary awards at the 14th edition of the initiative, which will hold at NECA…
Nigeria: Sowore, Bakare and Jalingo declared prisoners of conscience
PRESS RELEASE Amnesty International has declared human rights defenders Omoyele Sowore, Olawale Bakare and Agba Jalingo prisoners of conscience, as they have faced ongoing arbitrary detention and unfair trials solely for exercising their right to freedom of expression. The Nigerian authorities at both federal and state levels have repeatedly targeted human rights defenders, activists and…
Coalition seeks ways to end impunity for crimes against journalists and civic activists in Nigeria
Press Release A coalition of media and civil society group will on Thursday, November 7, hold a colloquium to address the shrinking media and civic space in Nigeria and attack on journalists, media organizations and civic activists. The event holds at NECA House, Ikeja, Lagos, at 4:00p.m. Coming barely a week after the International Day…
Statement by CWPPF on the occasion of the 2019 international day to end impunity for crimes against journalists
The Coalition for Whistleblowers Protection and Press Freedom (CWPPF) notes the alarming trend of media censorship by state authorities in Nigeria. We observe that public officers and influential individuals are increasingly intolerant of critical reporting and fair comments by journalists. They, therefore, resort to the use of instruments of state criminal justice system to suppress…
Nigerian youths urged to revive activism towards good governance
By Doyin ojosipe The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL), Wednesday, called on Nigerian youths to wake up from their slumber and take charge of their future. AFRICMIL in collaboration with the International institute of Journalism (IIJ), made the call in Abuja, at a two day roundtable organised to educate youths in tertiary…