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…
COVID-19: Experts call for whistleblowing in the health sector
By Doyin Ojosipe Stakeholders have been urged to consider whistleblowing as a tool for combatting all dimensions of corrupt practices in the health sector. The charge was given at a webinar organised by the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre), in collaboration with the Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ), African Centre…
Interreligious and intercultural dialogue: when journalists met religious leaders at a roundtable
By Doyin Ojosipe It was a cool but charged atmosphere on March 24, 2020, when journalists and religious leaders faced one another other at the conference room of the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL), Abuja. The occasion was a roundtable dialogue organised by AFRICMIL for the media and religious leaders in the…
Whistleblowing: Anti-graft agencies advocate special court for speedy trial
…as NOA, CBOs caution Nigerians against complicity in corruption By Doyin Ojosipe The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) have advised the Federal Government to establish special courts in order to address the delay in dispensation of criminal…
NOA, PICA laud AFRICMIL as whistleblowing recoveries hit N1.9bn in 2019
By Doyin Ojosipe The Presidential Initiative on Continuous Audit (PICA) and National Orientation Agency (NOA) have commended the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) for its relentless support of the anti-corruption fight through numerous whistleblowing advocacy campaigns. In its quest for good governance and accountability, AFRICMIL in 2017 launched the Corruption Anonymous project…