4TH REPUBLIC is a political thriller set against the backdrop of a highly contested and heavily marred governorship election in Nigeria and its ensuing election petition tribunal. The film, which focuses on electoral violence, good governance and the role of the judiciary, is set to be released in cinemas in Nigeria and across West Africa…
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…
Engaging whistleblowing in Nigeria: One year of the Corruption Anonymous (CORA) project
The African Centre for Media & Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) has been engaging the Presidential Initiative on Continuous Audit (PICA) on the whistleblower policy of the federal government of Nigeria with a view to popularising the policy and supporting its implementation through its accountability and good governance project titled Corruption Anonymous (CORA). The project is supported…
If I am president: The movie (Official trailer)
Set in the present-day political terrain and discourses in Nigeria, “If I Am President” tells the story of 37-year old Zinachi Ohams, the presidential candidate of the Nigerian Rebirth Party, a new party made up of young idealists and recently metamorphosed from a Civil Society Organization. The group make a push into the murky and…
Farm in the morning, school in the afternoon, life of Government Junior Secondary School students in Gombe State
Academic activities for secondary school students take place in the morning but this is not so for students of Government Junior Secondary School as they go to farm in the morning and resume school in the afternoon due to lack of learning facilities and wrecked building. GJSS secondary school, located in Gelengu, Balanga Local Government…