The Civic Space Guard report on media monitoring report, which analysed 150 stories across 10 years (2012-2022) confirmed that state actors, especially representatives of the police, often infringe on civil liberties and journalists are the most targeted for such attacks. Stakeholders at the public presentation of the report by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative …
The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has fixed Thursday, 10 November 2022 for the public presentation of its Civic Space Guard media monitoring report titled ‘Hushed voices and the media’s defence of the civic space’. The report, which assesses civic space infractions in Nigeria as reported in the media over a decade (2012-2022), …
Debo Adedayo ‘Mr Macaroni’, a Nigerian comic skit maker and actor, spoke on the continued attacks of Nigerians and the media by the Nigerian government for making dissenting opinions at the event. Adedayo said the growing culture of attacking dissenting opinions stemmed from a place of arrogance by the ruling class to silence dissenting voices. …
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Olukunle Akinrinade, Head, Weekend Crime Desk of The Nation, has said that Nigerians resort to the use of social media as an alternative means of expression in a highly militarised civic space. Akinrinade stated this as a panellist at the Civic Space Guard Conference. The 2021 WSCIJ-Nigerian investigative reporter asserted that the state had no …
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Stakeholders at the Civic Space Guard Conference themed ‘Hushed voices and the media’s defence of the civic space’, organised by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ), have advised Nigerians to see the duty of civic space protection as their inalienable rights and a collective responsibility. While declaring the MacArthur Foundation, Open Society Initiative …
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The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) under its Civic Space Guard project aims to fortify the position of the media as the protector of civic space. This multi-pronged project serves as a channel for conversations, support for reporters who defend the civic space, and engagement with stakeholders towards improving the robustness of the civic …
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The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) had an incredible 2021. We accomplished an effective engagement of 52 stakeholders from 41 organisations, trained and mentored 74 reporters from 43 media organisations, engaged 63 resource persons from 54 organisations, honoured 14 reporters and two honorary award recipients from 15 organisations, held 24 media events across …
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The need to protect the civic space recurred as a strong message at the 16th Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting presentation event held Thursday, 9 December 2021, at NECA House, Lagos, in honour of 14 investigative reporters, Josiah Ajiboye, popularly known as Josy Ajiboye, veteran cartoonist and painter; and the CLEEN Foundation for their …
