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…
Whistleblowing: AFRICMIL Moves to Partner With Lawyers on Pro-bono Basis … As Lawyers Advise FG Against Contradictions
By Doyin Ojosipe The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL), Thursday organised a training workshop on whistleblowing and whistleblower protection for selected lawyers in Lagos state. The training which was in collaboration with SERAP was intended to establish a team of lawyers who would provide legal services on pro-bono to embattled whistle-blowers. In…
MAF, Partners Support Whistleblowers With Funds As AFRICMIL Trains Journalists On Protection
By Doyin Ojosipe The John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (MAF), said it has partnered with three other foundations to set up a civic defence funds to assist journalists, civil society and private sector actors that are facing reprisals or attacks emanating from blowing the whistle or speaking out against corruption. This was revealed…