By Doyin Ojosipe Investigations have shown that the attitude of the Federal Government towards operationalization of the whistleblowing policy was responsible for the dwindling interest of Nigerians in the whistleblowing policy. A survey by the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) revealed that although many Nigerians are aware of the whistleblowing policy, they…
Group organises sensitization workshop on risk assessment of NPOs
By Doyin Ojosipe The Spaces for Change (Spaces4C), in collaboration with the Special Control Unit for Money Laundering (SCUML), has organised a one-day sensitization workshop on risk assessment of Non-Profit Organisations in Nigeria. The activity which took place on Tuesday 16 November, 2021 in Abuja, follows the inauguration of a nationwide risk assessment of NPOs…
AFRICMIL Launches Book Project in Memory of Dele Giwa 35 Years After Assassination
The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) is putting together a book of essays in honour of Dele Giwa, who was assassinated on October 19, 1986. Oladele Sunmonu Giwa was a fiery and courageous Nigerian journalist, Editor-in-Chief and founder of Newswatch, a weekly magazine founded in 1984. He was assassinated on October 19,…
AFRICMIL Berates FG, As MAF Urges Stakeholders To Invigorate Whistleblowing Policy
By Doyin Ojosipe Whistleblowers are holding- back on blowing the whistle because they are not protected and are not compensated on time the MacArthur Foundation has said. Kole Shetima, Country Director of the Foundation said this while fielding questions from Journalists at a whistleblowing workshop for lawyers which was organised by the African Centre for…
ICPC Commends, Partners AFRICMIL
By Doyin Ojosipe The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Tuesday, agreed to partner with the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) on its whistleblowing initiative tagged Corruption Anonymous (CORA). Olayinka Aiyebayo, Head, Corruption Monitoring and Evaluation Division (CMED) at the Commission made this known during a courtesy call by…