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WikkiTimes, an investigative platform based in Bauchi State has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Vision FM In Gombe State on accountability journalism and critical reporting. In the course of the partnership, WikkiTimes will also train Vision FM staff on investigative journalism and critical reporting. The partnership which borders on accountability journalism will also […]

In 2022, the foundation through funding supports from MacArthur Foundation and Wole Soyinka Center for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) launched a media training for early-career media and communications students across several tertiary institutions in Nigeria. This training which will further promote the practice of journalism and expose these young minds to the business aspect of the

A Bauchi-based multi-media services organization, Xchange Hama Media Services has organized a two-day training workshop for practising and citizen journalists on investigative journalism and development communication. The workshop which was held in Bauchi was supported by Wole Soyinka Center for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) and had 32 participants drawn from 10 LGAs of the state. The

By Murtala Adewale, Kano The rampant cases of intimidation, harassment, and assault of journalists in the cause of carrying out investigative and other routine reports are fast reaching their height if not worsened in Nigeria, considering the large population of working journalists who report daily to their beat without safety provisions. Speaking on the significance

By Kehinde Ayanboade The Executive Director, Media Career NG, Mr. Lekan Otufodurin has reeled out the need for journalists to hold strictly to the ethical provision in the course of carrying out their profession. Otufodurin who was a former editor of The Nation Newspaper made this call while training young journalists as a facilitator in

By Kehinde Ayanboade In a bid to develop new media giants in the digital world of multimedia journalism, a Lecturer from the University of Lagos, Dr Suraj Olunifesi has reeled out the importance of data and information management, literacy and manipulation in the sustainable practice of 21st-century journalism. Olunifesi maintains that data, facts and figures

By Sa’adatu MAINA, Damaturu Neptune Network Nigeria Ltd, in conjunction with the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ), has opened its North-East zonal office in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital for its subsidiary media outlet, Neptune Prime. The zonal office which is located on the first floor, opposite Eco Bank, Maiduguri Road, Damaturu, Yobe

By Kayode Adegboyega Taiwo Satellite Times online newspaper last week opened a new chapter in corruption reporting in Nigeria by inducting five mid-level private sector practitioners into newsroom freelance reporting. The five – three males and two females – were part of a total of 19 journalists that participated in a 2-day media training workshop

Albarka FM has organized a one-day sensitization workshop on how to enhance media action for accountability and good governance for Journalists in Kwara state. The one-day sensitization programme was organized in conjunction with Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative journalism and with support from the Macarthur Foundation. The guest lecturer, Dr Sa’udat Sallah AbdulBaqi, a lecturer

VERY recently, there was a news report in Ikengaonline and other news outlets concerning the Enugu West senatorial district. In that report, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) aspirant for the senate, Senator Ben-Collins Ndu, had gone to meet the party delegates of the senatorial district in a bid to persuade them to vote for him in

Satellite Times online newspaper has inducted five mid-level private sector practitioners into newsroom freelance reporting at a two-day media capacity-building workshop titled ‘How to read company documents’ held under the Collaborative Media Engagement for Development, Inclusivity and Accountability project of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ). Emmanuel Mayah, Executive Director of International Centre

By Afeez Rabiu Professors Farooq Kperogi and Umaru Pate, along with a bilingual investigative journalist, Peter Nkanga, Data/Science Journalists, Chikezie Omeje, Damilola Ojetunde and Habib Oladapo enlivened WikkiTimes‘ capacity building for 30 northeast journalists with their revolutionary presentations aimed at sanitizing the country’s political landscape as it relates to journalism practice and journalists’ safety. Kperogi,

By Grace Egila Lokoja – No fewer than 40 Journalists have been trained on reporting disability in the media on Thursday under the Participatory Governance and Media Literacy project tagged “Get Involved, Dialogue and Improve (G-DRIP)” being implemented by Stallion Times Media Service in Kano and Kogi states. The G-DRIP is in collaboration with the

Albarka FM, under the Collaborative Media Project, has taken good governance and transparency advocacy to media Houses in Kwara State charging them to live up to their roles as agents of good governance in order to deepen democracy in Nigeria. The round table discussion was held at the Nigerian Union of Journalists, hall, along Offa

By Amos Aar ABUJA-based online newspaper, National Record, on Wednesday and Thursday held a 2-day training/capacity-building workshop on ‘Investigative and Accountability Journalism’ with participants drawn from different media organisations. Welcoming participants at the opening session of the programme on Tuesday, Iduh L. Onah, the publication’s Editor-in-Chief, said the workshop is funded by the McArthur Foundation

In a bid to increase advocacy for the representation of marginalised voices in the media and improve reporting on governance and accountability at local levels, Safer-Media Initiative (SMI) conducted a survey in the six Local Area councils (LAC) of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja to assess the visibility of marginalised voices in the media, the level of

By Friday Idachaba Journalists have been urged to act independently, defend and prioritise public interests, ensure fairness and impartiality in their reports at all times for attainment of an accountable and egalitarian society. A veteran journalist and Lead Facilitator Mr Steve Salawu, made the call during a one-day training workshop on Ethics for Journalists, organised

By Oyiza Bello Stallion Times Media Services has urged Media Practitioners in the country to uphold the ethics of journalism for the betterment of society. This was made known at a one-day media training workshop on the ‘code of ethics for journalists on Thursday in Lokoja organized by Stallion Times Media Services under the ‘Get

The Kogi State chapter of the Nigerian Union of Journalists on Thursday called for the enactment of protection laws and full implementation of the Freedom of Information Act. The union made the call in a communique after a one-day workshop organised by Stallion Times Media Services. This was done in collaboration with the Wole Soyinka

By Grace Egila In an effort to enhance professionalism in media practice through adherence to the professional code of ethics for journalists, Stallion Times Media Services has trained 80 journalists on the code of ethics and moral issues in journalism practice in Kano and Kogi states. The training is under the participatory governance and media

Solacebase Communications, Publishers of Solacebase online newspaper on Wednesday trained selected journalists on investigative and data-driven journalism on health reporting at the grass-root, especially in Primary Health Care, so as to improve healthcare services delivery to the people. The two-day training in partnership with the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism and with the support