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…
Nigeria: Control of Infectious Diseases Bill – Civil society recommends guidelines for public hearing
Statement by Civil Society Organizations on the House of Representatives decision to Conduct Public Hearing for the Control of Infectious Diseases Bill The Nigeria Civil Society community commends the decision of the House of Representatives to subject the Control of Infectious Diseases Bill to a public hearing in furtherance of the right of citizens to…
Nigeria: Civil society raises concern about proposed ‘Control of Infectious Diseases Bill’
Statement by civil society organizations on the proposed Control of Infectious Diseases Bill before the House of Representatives. On Tuesday, April 28, 2020, the National Assembly resumed legislative activities after one month of recess, following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Upon resumption, the House of Representatives considered a Bill titled ‘Control of Infectious Diseases…
Nigeria: COVID-19 response should not be used to violate the right to life and intimidate journalists
Joint Statement ARTICLE 19, African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL), Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) and Human Environment Development Agenda Resource Centre (HEDA) urge the Government of Nigeria to immediately investigate the allegations of unlawful killings of at least 21 persons, other acts of violence and intimidation of journalists which…
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…