The Pan-African Newspaper, The Difference is billed to hold the third edition of her annual Africa Day Colloquium on Thursday, July 26, 2018. A summit dedicated to exploring issues in the pan-African development space, the theme of the event this year is Rethinking African Education and the venue is the Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute,…
Coalition calls for the release of Jones Abiri, journalist illegally detained by the DSS
The Coalition for Whistleblower Protection and Press Freedom is calling on the Federal Government to order the immediate release of Mr. Jones Abiri, publisher of the Weekly Source newspaper in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, who was arrested by agents of the Department of State Security (DSS) on July 21, 2016 and has been detained without charge…
Gambari, others to speak on conflict reporting at the 10th Wole Soyinka Centre lecture
Press Release Amidst mounting concerns on the unleash of violence and conflicts in some parts of Nigeria and the media coverage of same, Ibrahim Gambari, Nigerian scholar, diplomat and former Minister for External Affairs, will lead conversations to discuss the issues at the Tenth Wole Soyinka Media Lecture Series billed to hold on Friday, 13 July 2018 at NECA House, Alausa, Lagos, by 10am with the theme, “Sheathing…
AFRICMIL petitions IGP, NBA over conduct of police lawyer in whistle blower case
The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) has petitioned the Inspector General of Police, the Police Service Commission, and the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) over what it called “unethical conduct” of a police prosecutor, Superintendent of Police Joseph Nwadike. In the petition signed by Chido Onumah, Coordinator of the Centre, AFRCMIL is seeking…
4 convicted, 1,983 tips received through whistleblowing
The Presidential Initiative on Continuous Audit (PICA),Thursday revealed that about 1,983 tips have been submitted by whistle-blowers since the launch of the whistleblowing policy in December 2016. Mohammed Isa who represented the Director of PICA, Dr. Mohammed Dikwa, made this known while delivering a keynote address at a one-day technical workshop on whistle blowing organised…