On behalf of the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) and UNESCO, I welcome us to this capacity building workshop that seeks to promote social cohesion through Media and Information Literacy and Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue among Nigeria’s diverse youth groups. AFRICMIL is a non-governmental organisation that focuses on media, information, research, advocacy,…
AFRICMIL Partners Social Action to Promote Whistleblowing in the Niger Delta
The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) and Social Development Integrated Centre (Social Action) have reached an understanding to work together to expand whistleblowing as a mechanism for achieving transparency and accountability in the Niger Delta region. According to Kolawole Ogunbiyi, programme manager, AFRICMIL, “We are in the process of amplifying advocacy around…
AFRICMIL Partners SERAP On Whistleblower Protection
The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) and Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) have agreed to work together to ensure protection for whistleblowers facing retaliation. Dr. Chido Onumah, Coordinator of AFRICMIL, said protecting persons suffering all kinds of punishment for showing the courage to report wrongdoing in their workplace has been a…
CSOs Urge Fashola to Protect Whistleblower at Ministry of Works and Housing
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, SAN, has been asked to take urgent steps to protect Richard Oghenerhoro, a whistleblower facing retaliation for exposing and publicising fraudulent employment practice in the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing. In a letter addressed to the Minister, the heads of a coalition of civil society…
ACSPN 2022 Conference and AGM: Registration Commences
Registration for the 9th Annual Conference of the Association of Communication Scholars & Professionals of Nigeria (ACSPN) on “Communication, Media and Power Relations in a Multicultural Society,” holding from August 31–September 1, 2022, at Rockview Hotel, Abuja, has commenced. The conference is to feature a Special Panel with the theme: “One Country, Many Voices, Dilemmas of free expression.” while the theme…