Press Release The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL), a non-governmental organization focused on good governance and the promotion of accountability has applied to the Code of conduct Bureau (CCB) for the asset declaration of the new Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Honourable Justice Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed JSC. In a letter to the Chairman…
Civil society on the state of the nation
When Nigeria returned to democracy in 1999, there were high expectations that Nigeria, with its vast natural resources and immense human potential, would soon emerge as a country to be reckoned with globally. Almost 20 years down the line, Nigeria remains an underdeveloped country, which recently overtook India as the nation with the highest number…
CSOs condemn cold murder of Ghanaian investigative journalist
The Coalition for Whistleblowers Protection and Press Freedom (CWPPF) condemns in the most strenuous terms the death of Ghanaian journalist, Ahmed Husseini-Suale and calls on the Ghanaian Government to investigate and bring the perpetrators to justice. Mr Hussein-Suale before his demise was a member of the investigative journalism team working with Tiger Eye in Ghana.…
Investigative journalism crucial to anti-graft war – Magu
Press Release The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has said that investigative journalism is crucial to the success of the fight against corruption, saying it has a nexus with the core mandate of the Commission. He described the role of the media in exposing corrupt practices in the…
AFRICMIL roundtables on raising political awareness among students in tertiary institutions
The African Centre for Media & Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) in collaboration with the Centre for Critical Thinking and Resourceful Research in Africa (CECTRRA) and the Department of Philosophy, University of Abuja, organized two roundtables (on Tuesday, July 24 and Thursday, July 26, 2018, at the University of Abuja) on raising political consciousness among students in…