By Doyin Ojosipe Stakeholders have advised religious leaders to key into the opportunity offered by the social media by engaging it as a tool to correct wrongdoings and perceptions. They made the call on Monday, March 16, 2020, at a town hall meeting and presentation of a Media and Information Literacy (MIL) training manual on…
Whistleblowing: Anti-graft agencies advocate special court for speedy trial
…as NOA, CBOs caution Nigerians against complicity in corruption By Doyin Ojosipe The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) have advised the Federal Government to establish special courts in order to address the delay in dispensation of criminal…
NOA, PICA laud AFRICMIL as whistleblowing recoveries hit N1.9bn in 2019
By Doyin Ojosipe The Presidential Initiative on Continuous Audit (PICA) and National Orientation Agency (NOA) have commended the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) for its relentless support of the anti-corruption fight through numerous whistleblowing advocacy campaigns. In its quest for good governance and accountability, AFRICMIL in 2017 launched the Corruption Anonymous project…
Nigerian youths urged to revive activism towards good governance
By Doyin ojosipe The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL), Wednesday, called on Nigerian youths to wake up from their slumber and take charge of their future. AFRICMIL in collaboration with the International institute of Journalism (IIJ), made the call in Abuja, at a two day roundtable organised to educate youths in tertiary…
Inside FG’s whistleblowing policy without safety net
The present administration in December, 2016 introduced the whistle-blower policy as a strategy to curb corruption in the country but the initiative has remained at the level of policy with no serious attempt to back it up with an enabling law especially to protect whistle blowers. JOY YESUFU in this report takes a look at…