Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have once again called on the ninth National Assembly (NASS) to expeditiously enact legislation on whistleblowing in Nigeria before their term of office elapses in May 2023. Barely three weeks ago, African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) partnered with Shehu Musa Yar’adua Foundation (SMYF) to launch Corruption Anonymous (CORA)…
AFRICMIL, Yar’Adua Foundation Launch CORA Whistleblowing Reporting Portal
By Doyin Ojosipe Nigerians can now report corrupt practices anonymously, using the Corruption Anonymous (CORA) whistleblowing reporting portal https://www.partnersunited.org/whistleblowing The portal, which is the first comprehensive civil society-driven whistleblowing platform, is the brainchild of the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) and Shehu Musa Yar’adua Foundation (SMYF). As a scale-up of the whistleblowing…
When Supreme Court Justices turn whistleblowers
By Chido Onumah & Godwin Onyeacholem On Thursday, July 14, 2022, the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) in collaboration with Yar’Adua Foundation will launch the Corruption Anonymous (CORA) whistleblowing platform at Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja. The CORA platform is a secure civil society-driven public whistleblowing tool through which citizens can submit tips on…
AFRICMIL Launches Survey on Five Years of Whistleblowing Policy in Nigeria
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…
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…