By Doyin Ojosipe Nigerians can now report corrupt practices anonymously, using the Corruption Anonymous (CORA) whistleblowing reporting portal https://www.partnersunited.org/whistleblowing The portal, which is the first comprehensive civil society-driven whistleblowing platform, is the brainchild of the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) and Shehu Musa Yar’adua Foundation (SMYF). As a scale-up of the whistleblowing…
Whistleblowing: AFRICMIL Engages CBOs in North-Central
The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy, (AFRICMIL) has called on Community Based Organizations (CBOs), to advocate the need to tackle corruption at the grassroots through whistleblowing. This was emphasized in a one-day town hall meeting held in Ilorin on Thursday, June 16, 2022. The event which was organized by AFRICMIL, with the support…
Whistleblowing: Government has abandoned the anti-graft war say CSOs
By Doyin Ojosipe Anti-corruption Civil Society Organisations have expressed dissatisfaction over what they termed as the ‘two faced-ness’ of the Federal Government in the anti-graft war. They noted that the declaration of the federal government in fighting corruption has not been met with genuine clear-cut actions even though CSOs had done their best in ensuring…
Coalition of Whistleblower Protection and Press Freedom Condemns Attacks on Critical Media and Investigative Journalists in Nigeria
The Coalition of Whistleblower Protection and Press Freedom, CWPPF, condemns in the strongest terms the growing trend of attacks on journalists and media houses which have published investigative reports about corruption allegedly perpetrated by government officials. It is a dangerous trend that threatens not only the vibrancy of the critical media in Nigeria but also the…
AFRICMIL Launches Survey on Five Years of Whistleblowing Policy in Nigeria
By Doyin Ojosipe Investigations have shown that the attitude of the Federal Government towards operationalization of the whistleblowing policy was responsible for the dwindling interest of Nigerians in the whistleblowing policy. A survey by the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) revealed that although many Nigerians are aware of the whistleblowing policy, they…