In a bid to address incessant religious and ethnic clashes in the country, the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) on Thursday, January 23, 2020 launched a project on Media and Information Literacy (MIL) and Interreligious Dialogue. The project which is supported by the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) is meant to…
Whistleblowing: AFRICMIL commences training of CBOs for community awareness
By Doyin Ojosipe The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) on Thursday, January 30, 2020 began another round of engagement on creating awareness among Nigerians on the whistleblowing policy. The fresh round of nationwide engagement involves training of Community Based Organizations (CBOs) and local Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on how they can make…
Keeping Power in Check: On the Shrinking Media and Civic Space in Nigeria
By Odia Ofeimun After writing the foreword and a fairly long article in Testimony to Courage: Essays in Honour of Dapo Olorunyomi, I wanted to be excused from delivering this lecture at the Lagos presentation of the book. But, I happen to like the idea of a special fare for our ‘city by the lagoon’,…
AFRICMIL launches MIL and interreligious dialogue project for peaceful co-existence
By Doyin Ojosipe In a bid to address incessant religious and ethnic clashes in the country, the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) on Thursday, January 23, 2020 launched a project on Media and Information Literacy (MIL) and Interreligious Dialogue. The project which is supported by the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI)…
Launch of Corruption Anonymous (CORA) 2nd Year Report
The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) on Thursday, October 17, 2019, launched the second year report of its Corruption Anonymous (CORA) project with the theme, “Protecting Whistleblowers in Nigeria.” The event which held at Shehu Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja was chaired by Professor Abdullahi Shehu of the National Open University of Nigeria, also…