Author name: WSCIJ

Neptune Prime Media Workshop: Participants receive certificates/awards

By Bernice Eke Neptune Network Nigeria Limited, publishers of Neptune Prime Online, Magazine and Television in collaboration with Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism on Friday presented certificates/awards to participants in its just-concluded two-day training in Abuja. During the presentation, the Publisher/CEO of Neptune Prime, Dr Hassan Gimba, advised participants on the need for good […]

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Neptune Prime trains journalists on reporting North-East humanitarian issues

By Najibullahi ADAMU, Abuja Neptune Prime,  a publication subsidiary of Neptune Network Nigeria Ltd in collaboration with Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism has organised a two-day training for over 20 of its correspondents from the various states of Northeastern Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja alongside others from select newspaper houses on

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Investigation: How Cholera killed many in Jigawa after govt claimed it spent billions on epidemic preparedness in PHCs

By Arinze Chijioke In 2021, at least 500 people out of 10,000 confirmed cases of Cholera were reported dead. Currently, twenty-two out of the 27 local government areas in Jigawa is vulnerable to the disease. This is despite the billions of naira the state government said it has invested in the healthcare sector, particularly primary

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How government ineptitude, cover-ups exacerbate armed banditry In Kebbi state

In several condolence visits and numerous press releases, the Kebbi state government has pledged to fight armed banditry and restore lasting peace to the state. These pledges do not change much for local residents of affected communities. Once in 2021, the state governor, Atiku Bagudu had even pledged to lead a search and rescue mission into the

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WikkiTimes trains 30 Northeast journalists on grassroots accountability reporting

WikkiTimes, an online news platform, in partnership with the Wole Soyinka Center for Investigative Journalism (WCIJ) with funding from the MacArthur Foundation, trained over 30 journalists selected from the Northeast on grassroots accountability reporting. The participants were selected from print, broadcast and online news platforms across the six northeastern states of Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe,

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Wole Soyinka Centre, MRA, 25 others collaborate to foster government accountability

The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) in partnership with 26 other civil society and media organizations, including Media Rights Agenda (MRA), have launched a collaborative project aimed at fostering media independence and government accountability in Nigeria. Tagged the “Collaborative Media Engagement for Development Inclusivity and Accountability Project”, the initiative is a multi-level intervention

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