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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

By Cara Gift Luckson Over 20 practicing journalists drawn from the North-East and other states of the country have participated in a capacity-building workshop to intensify the coverage and reportage of the North-East to drive sustainable development. The 2-day media training organised by Neptune Prime Network Limited, publishers of Neptune Prime online, magazine, and Neptune

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

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

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,

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

The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ), under its Collaborative Media Engagement for Development, Inclusivity, and Accountability (CMEDIA) project, invites investigative story pitches with a focus on subnational issues from journalists from all genres across Nigeria. The collaborative media project is designed as a multi-level intervention for media independence and government accountability. The project

Image Merchants Promotions Limited (IMPR), the publishers of PRNigeria, commenced training of journalists covering security and the economy based in Abuja, as part of the Collaborative Media Engagement for Development, Inclusion and Accountability project powered by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ). IMPR is one of the 26 media organisations under the collaborative

The Collaborative Media Engagement for Development, Inclusion, and Accountability project (C-Media or The Collaborative Media Project), a three-year programme supported by the MacArthur Foundation works with 26 select organisations to execute investigative stories at the grassroots level, unmask institutional and regulatory failures at the sub-national levels in Nigeria and the private sectors, and pay attention