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…
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)…
HEDA, CDD, NSIP others launch fresh Africa caucus campaign against corruption in UAE
The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA), Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) and several pro-transparency groups from across the world will on Wednesday, during the week long summit UN Conference on Corruption, be creating a strong African caucus against corruption and in support of Stolen Assets Recovery to a continent that hosts the world’s…
Whistleblower receives award for integrity and impact
By Doyin Ojosipe A whistle-blower, Murtala Aliyu Ibrahim, has won the 2nd Gani Fawehinmi Impact and Integrity Awards (GFIIA) 2019, for the whistleblowing category. The event which took place in Lagos on Tuesday December 10, 2019, was sponsored by Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) Resource Centre. Last year’s edition of the award was won…
Nigeria downgraded in new CIVICUS Monitor report after an increase in restrictions on civic space.
Press Release Findings based on data released today by the CIVICUS Monitor a global research collaboration which rates and tracks respect for fundamental freedoms in 196 countries. The CIVICUS Monitor has today downgraded Nigeria from ‘obstructed’ to ‘repressed’ in its People Power Under Attack 2019 report. A repressed rating for civic space means that democratic…