Press Release The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) has described the death of Professor Femi Odekunle, foremost criminologist, and member of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), as big blow to the campaign to curb corruption in Nigeria. In a statement, Dr. Chido Onumah, Coordinator of AFRICMIL, noted that the country…
How Lack of Equipment Exposes Health Workers to COVID-19 in Kano
By Nasir Ibrahim When the federal government declared Kano as epicenter of COVID-19 there was no exact figure of health workers affected by the global pandemic in the state. As in many places ravaged by the pandemic, health workers are in the forefront of the fight against COVID-19 in Kano State. The high rate of…
How Politicians Hijacked Distribution of COVID-19 Palliatives in Kano
By Nasir Ibrahim When Kano State recorded its first Coronavirus case on April 11, 2020, there was shock, confusion, and palpable tension. It was six weeks after Nigeria recorded its index case which resulted in search for desperate measure to contain the contagious virus. Following the frenzy across the country, on March 20, 2020, Governor…
NBET Whistleblower, Sambo Abdullahi, wins Gani Fawehinmi Impact and Integrity Award
Sambo Abdullahi, a staff of the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading (NBET) Plc, has won this year’s edition of the Most Valuable Whistleblower Award, in the whistleblowing category, of the annual Gani Fawehinmi Impact and Integrity Award (GFIIA) organised by Human and Environment Development Agenda (HEDA). Abdullahi, a finance and audit expert, joined NBET in 2012…
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, will be honoured at the award presentation event of the 15th Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting holding, on Wednesday, 9 December 2020, at NECA House, Lagos, from 4pm to 6pm. Abigail Ndisika-Ogwezzy, chairperson of…