ARTICLE 19, African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL), Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) and Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) today urged the Nigerian authorities to commit to freedom of expression and assembly and end the arrests of people for expressing their opinions. Nigeria should immediately release anyone…
AFRICMIL congratulates new NBET boss, urges openness and transparency
The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) has congratulated Dr. Nnaemeka Ewelukwa on his appointment as the new MD/CEO of Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading (NBET) PLC. In a letter signed by Chido Onumah, Coordinator of AFRICMIL, the organization said: “We are immensely gratified by this appointment and note with great delight your resolve…
#WhistleblowingNigeria: How Funding is Affecting COVID-19 Research in Nigerian Universities
By Chiamaka Okafor Since the COVID-19 pandemic made a major landfall in the country early this year, the Nigerian science community has paved some fitful but significantly innovative paths in the bid to join a global community of peers wrestling with answers to the conundrum posed by perhaps the most transmissible virus in the recent…
MacArthur Foundation: Strengthening Civil Society’s Response to COVID-19 in Nigeria
Nigerian civil society and media organizations are fighting back against mis- and dis-information about the COVID-19 pandemic, providing accurate information to the public about the dangers of the virus and how to keep safe, tracking funds allocated for COVID-19 response and recovery, and providing equipment for some of the most vulnerable members of society and…
#WhistleblowingNigeria: From Close Monitoring of Suspects to Rising Deaths… Nigeria’s COVID-19 Situation Approaching Crunch Time
Once upon a time, members of the public suspected to have been exposed to the novel Coronavirus received close monitoring from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), state COVID-19 task forces and other healthcare workers. These days, test results take forever to manifest, bed space is extremely hard to secure at isolation centres, contact…