African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) took part in a consultation workshop on corruption and human rights organized by the West and Central Africa Regional Office of Amnesty International in Dakar, Senegal, May 8-9. AFRICMIL was represented by the coordinator, Dr. Chido Onumah, and senior programme officer, Godwin Onyeacholem. During the brainstorming…
CSOs Urge Fashola to Protect Whistleblower at Ministry of Works and Housing
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, SAN, has been asked to take urgent steps to protect Richard Oghenerhoro, a whistleblower facing retaliation for exposing and publicising fraudulent employment practice in the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing. In a letter addressed to the Minister, the heads of a coalition of civil society…
Capt Owen, Nigerian Navy, And The Shame Of A Country
By Godwin Onyeacholem To say it wasn’t foreseen would be for one an absurd indulgence in self-denial. Last month’s compulsory retirement of Captain Emmanuel Ekpe Owen of the Nigerian Navy marked yet another act of horrendous injustice that has become more of a permanent feature in both public and private sector governance in the country.…