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Education, economic diversification, freedom of speech and constitutional review take centre-stage at Wole Soyinka Media Lecture Series

Education, economic diversification, freedom of speech and constitutional review take centre-stage at Wole Soyinka Media Lecture Series

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Speakers at the 13th Wole Soyinka Media Lecture Series held Tuesday, 13th July 2021 in Lagos to commemorate Professor Wole Soyinka’s 87th birthday, have called for community-based education, diversification of the economy, vibrant and sustainable media, equity, justice and inclusion of women for remaking Nigeria. The speakers – Inibehe Effiong, Principal Counsel/Head of chambers, Inibehe …

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Identity data critical for national planning

Identity data critical for national planning, resource allocation – Onigbinde

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Oluseun Onigbinde, Co-Founder and Director of BudgIT Foundation, has championed the need for data on the identity of citizens in order to plan and allocate national resources well. The civic technology expert stated this on Monday, 13 July 2020 at the 12th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series organised by the Wole Soyinka Centre Investigative …

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Dan-Ali condemns public relations in media reportage

Dan-Ali condemns public relations in media reportage, calls for storytelling with data

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A former Editor-in-Chief of Daily Trust Newspaper, Mannir Dan-Ali, has condemned what he described as the ‘capture of the Nigerian media by public relations machineries’ of both the government and the big companies. He therefore called on the media to do more stories with available data. Dan-Ali, who currently serves on the board of the …

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Kale calls for improvement in the Nigeria’s data landscape

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In assessing the status of the current data landscape in Nigeria, Yemi Kale, Statistician General of the Federation and Chief Executive Officer, National Bureau of Statistics, has stated there is room for improvement. He made this call during a panel discussion at the 12th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series held virtually on Monday, 13 …

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Coordinated national statistical system key to production of reliable, quality data — Alaba

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The need to coordinate the national statistical system, especially for the production of reliable and high quality data, was stressed by Oluwayemisi Alaba, Senior Lecturer, Statistics Department, University of Ibadan during the 12th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series held July 13, 2020. During her presentation on the ‘Theories and Realities that Support Credible and …

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Shettima calls attention to media sustainability, proposes data dashboard for development planning

Shettima calls attention to media sustainability, proposes data dashboard for development planning

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Kole Shettima, Director of the Africa Office for the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, has urged the media in Nigeria to think of itself as reliable sources of data that is consciously and professionally collected as a revenue channel to aid sustainability. He made this call on Monday July 13, 2020 at the …

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Stakeholders push for accurate, relevant data as Soyinka turns 86

Stakeholders push for accurate, relevant data as Soyinka turns 86

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The usefulness of data for effective policy making, meaningful resource allocation and efficient public service delivery was the highlight of the 12th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series that held virtually on Monday, 13 July 2020. Speakers at the event organised by the Wole Soyinka Centre Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) to mark Professor Wole Soyinka’s 86th …

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12th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series set to hold virtually

12th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series set to hold virtually

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The 12th edition of the annual Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series is set to hold as a webinar on Monday, 13 July 2020, from 10am to 12noon West Africa Time (WAT). The event which will be held virtually for the first time, will discuss the theme—Data, media and national development. Confirmed speakers are Oluwayemisi …

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Osaze-Uzzi admits interference in electoral process

Osaze-Uzzi admits interference in electoral process, calls for rethink

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Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, Director, Voter Education and Publicity, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has admitted human interference in the process of elections in Nigeria, at the 11th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series, held on Saturday, 13 July 2019 at MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos. He called for a rethink of the process. Osaze-Uzzi, who contributed as …

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Sankore charges media on solution journalism, data-based reporting

Sankore charges media on solution journalism, data-based reporting

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Rotimi Sankore, Editorial Board Chair, Nigeria Info Radio Group, has charged the media in Nigeria to report based on data and make use of journalism to solve the problems in the country. He made the call at the 11th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series, held on Saturday, 13 July 2019 at MUSON Centre, Onikan, …

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Obiageli Ezekwesili

Why Nigeria’s democracy needs rethinking – Ezekwesili

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Obiageli Ezekwesili, Senior Economic Advisor, Africa Economic Development Policy Initiative (AEDPI) and keynote speaker at the 11th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series, held on Saturday, 13 July 2019 at MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos, have faulted Nigeria’s democracy and called for rethink of it. Speaking at the lecture held in commemoration of the 85th birthday …

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Amina Salihu

Amina Salihu makes case for women representation in governance

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The need to include more women in governance in Nigeria, was raised by Amina Salihu, Senior Programme Officer, MacArthur Foundation, at the 11th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series, held on Saturday, 13 July 2019 at MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos. Salihu, who was a panellist at the lecture lamented the non-inclusive state of political system …

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Gbenga Sesan

Technology for election not necessarily expensive, sophisticated – Sesan

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Contrary to sentiments that expensive and sophisticated technology is required for elections, Gbenga Sesan, Executive Director, Paradigm Initiative, has argued that there are affordable and very effective alternatives that can be deployed for elections in the country. He made this counter claim at the 11th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series, held on Saturday, 13 …

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Ezekwesili, others call for value-based democracy as Wole Soyinka turns 85

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Obiageli Ezekwesili, Senior Economic Advisor, Africa Economic Development Policy Initiative (AEDPI) along with other speakers at the 11th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series, held on Saturday, 13 July 2019 at MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos, have called on Nigerians to insist on values in determining those who become their leaders and how the polity is …

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Soyinka at 85: Osaze-Uzzi, Salihu, Sesan, Sankore, join Ezekwesili to discuss Nigeria’s democracy

Soyinka at 85: Osaze-Uzzi, Salihu, Sesan, Sankore, join Ezekwesili to discuss Nigeria’s democracy

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Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, Director, Voter Education and Publicity, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC); Amina Salihu, Senior Programme Officer, MacArthur Foundation; Gbenga Sesan, Executive Director, Paradigm Initiative; and Rotimi Sankore, Chair, Editorial Board, Nigeria Info Radio Group, will be discussants for the 11th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series and 85th birthday anniversary celebration of Wole Soyinka, …

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Ezekwesili to lead conversations on good governance in Nigeria as Soyinka turns 85

Ezekwesili to lead conversations on good governance in Nigeria as Soyinka turns 85

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Obiageli Ezekwesili, the Senior Economic Advisor, Africa Economic Development Policy Initiative (AEDPI) and Co-Founder of #BringBackOurGirls Movement, will give the keynote address on the theme, ‘Rethinking credible elections, accountable democracy and good governance in Nigeria’, at the 11th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series scheduled to hold on Saturday, 13 July 2019, by 10am, at …

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Good governance, common grounds critical to ‘sheathing the drawn daggers’— Gambari

Good governance, common grounds critical to ‘sheathing the drawn daggers’— Gambari

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Speaking at the tenth Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series held in Lagos on Friday 13 July in commemoration of the 84th birthday of Wole Soyinka, Africa’s first Nobel Laureate in Literature, Ibrahim Gambari, former Minister for External Affairs and erstwhile United Nations Under-Secretary General has recommended good governance and finding common grounds for ending …

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Don decries government response to conflicts, says cattle ranches unnecessary

Don decries government response to conflicts, says cattle ranches unnecessary

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Mnguember Vicky-Sylvester, Professor of Literature and Gender Studies at the University of Abuja, has faulted the lax way security agents are responding to conflicts in the country and government’s moves to create cattle ranches across the country, at the tenth Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series held in Lagos on Friday 13 July, in commemoration …

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Eugenia Abu

Understand conflict or set Nigeria ablaze, media veteran warns media

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Eugenia Abu, former Executive Director of Programmes, Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) has warned the media in Nigeria to be wary of what they publish to avoid sparking more conflicts in the country. She made the warning call at the tenth Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series held in Lagos on Friday 13 July, in commemoration …

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Pate blames violence in the Northeast, middle belt on collapse of Local Government system, radio system

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Umaru Pate, Pioneer Dean, Faculty of Communication, Bayero University, Kano blamed the Boko Haram conflict and other conflicts in the north-eastern part of the country on the collapse of the local government system and the radio system in the country. Pate made this observation while discussing at the tenth Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series …

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