The John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (MAF) has advised Nigerian youths to team up and root out corruption and other vices in order to make the country a better place. MacArthur Foundation’s Deputy Director for Africa, Dayo Olaide, made the call at a film premiere in Abuja at the weekend. “Nigeria can be…
Nigeria Decides 2019: Two varsities win YIAGA Africa 2018 debate competition
The Universities of Abuja and Ibadan have emerged winners at a 2018 university debate competition organised by YIAGA Africa. The two institutions which joined four others, Universities of Kaduna, Maiduguri, Calabar and Michael Okpara, in Abuja at the competition’s grand finale, in debating on the need for ‘Youth Affirmative Action’ in the country’s political arena,…
NPC partners CWPPF to improve journalism welfare and practice
The Nigeria Press Council (NPC) will work with the Coalition of Whistleblowers Protection and Press Freedom (CWPPF) to improve the welfare of journalists and journalism practice in Nigeria. Nnamdi Njemanze, Executive Secretary stated this during a courtesy visit to the NPC office in Abuja by members of the coalition. Dapo Olorunyomi, publisher of Premium Times,…
AFRICMIL urges citizens to expose corruption through whistleblowing
The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL), has said that for the whistle blower policy to succeed, it was important to protect the identity of whistle blowers to avoid any form of intimidation and or threat to life. AFRICMIL made this known at a one-day sensitization seminar for staff of financial institutions and…
13th Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting opens for entries
The 13th Edition of the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting is now open for entries from Nigerian professional journalists or team of journalists, full-time or part-time, with stories published between 4th October 2017 and 3rd October 2018. An annual event of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ), the award, seeks to honour…