Gender
WSCIJ takes Report Women! House-to-House initiative to The Guardian, charges media on gender parity
The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) and its faculty visited The Guardian Newspaper Headquarters in Lagos, on Monday, 12 August 2024, for...
Media
Senegal: Media embarks on blackout protest against repression
The media in Senegal observed a news blackout on August 13, 2024, in protest of repressive measures taken against them by the new government.
Several...
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Court Orders Lagos State Government to Investigate Reporter’s Death and Prosecute Killers
A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the Lagos State Government to ensure an investigation into the death of Mr. Pelumi Onifade, a...
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MRA Plans Workshops for Journalists on Laws Affecting Media in Nigeria
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today announced that it will convene a series of workshops across the country in the coming weeks to sensitize journalists...
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MRA Calls On FG, Security Agencies to Protect Journalists Covering Protests
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today called on the Federal Government and security agencies to protect journalists covering the protests scheduled to begin tomorrow, August...
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WSCIJ stands firm on right to peaceful assembly and journalists’ safety amid reports of upcoming protes
The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) stands firm in its commitment to upholding democratic values and human rights in Nigeria.We emphasise that...
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Book Review: Interrogating the Criminal Mind: Means, Motives and Mistakes
Book title: Interrogating the Criminal Mind: Means, Motives and MistakesAuthor: Chioma Okezie-OkehPages: 89Crime reports are usually oversimplified: summarised recounts of criminal acts, highlights of...
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Wole Soyinka at 90 Lecture: Truth cannot die despite rising global disinformation – Jeyifo, Ahmed, others
The resilience of truth which speakers said cannot die despite the unprecedented rise in global misinformation and disinformation was the focus of the 16th...
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NMCC Receives Complaint From FG Against Daily Trust Newspaper
The National Media Complaints Commission (NMCC), otherwise known as the Ombudsman, has received a formal complaint from the Federal Government against the Daily Trust...
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MRA Condemns FG’s Threat to Jail Officials Leaking Information
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today condemned as anachronistic and inimical to transparent and accountable governance a statement credited to the Secretary to the Government...
Media
IPC Hosts Media Dialogue And Stakeholders’ Interface on Credible Edo Governorship Election
The International Press Centre (IPC), based in Lagos, Nigeria, is convening a Media Dialogue and Stakeholders’ Interface to address mechanisms for guaranteeing credible conduct...
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Development Bank of Nigeria Announced as Partner for the Africa Social Impact Summit 2024
Sterling One Foundation, co-conveners of the Africa Social Impact Summit are pleased to announce the Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) as one of its...
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IPC, CEMESO Host Experts Forum, Dialogue on Building Electoral Trust
The International Press Centre (IPC) and the Centre for Media and Society (CEMESO), will this week host concurrent events aimed at critically examining contemporary...
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Jeyifo To Deliver Keynote At 16th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture To Mark Prof. Soyinka’s 90th Birthday
Biodun Jeyifo, Professor Emeritus of English, Cornell University, and of Comparative Literature and African and African American Studies, Harvard University, will deliver the keynote...
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Immigration Officer Bags 7-Year Jail Term for Passport Fraud
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of one Mr. Quadri Ismail Adeyinka, a staff of the...
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Man arrested for stealing parked truck loaded with 840 crates of Lager Beer
Juliana FrancisThe Delta State Police Command has arrested 32-year-old Emeka Okorie for allegedly stealing a parked truck loaded with 840 crates of Lager Beer.According...
Features
WPFD 2024: Media Advocacy Groups Push For Better Treatment For Nigerian Journalists
Media advocacy groups in Nigeria on Friday 3rd of May, 2024, met at the International Press Centre (IPC), Ogba, Lagos State, to discuss issues...
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Opinion: Free Press Promotes Human Rights To Clean, Healthy, Sustainable Environment
By Edetaen Ojo IntroductionI believe our preoccupation here today is to reflect on the role of journalism in the face of the current environmental crisis...
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#CWPPF Condemns Police For Arresting, Detaining FIJ Reporter
Juliana FrancisThe Coalition for Whistleblowers Protection and Press Freedom (CWPPF) is concerned about the reported arrest and continued detention of Mr Daniel Ojukwu, a...
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Media Support Groups Mark 2024 World Press Freedom Day, Urge Governments to Protect Media Freedom
Four human rights and media support organizations have called on Federal and State Governments to take urgent measures to ensure media freedom and the...
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