By Ijeoma Ukazu The National President, Association of Psychiatrists of Nigeria (APN), Dr. Taiwo Sheikh has blamed the high incidents of suicide in Nigeria on lack of prevention strategies and programmes by the government. Sheikh made the assertion at the…
By Mayowa Adeniran | Isine Ibanga, an investigative journalist and Editor with The Next Edition, has won the award for the best 2019 investigative reporter in Nigeria. The 14th edition of the Wole Soyinka award, put together by the Wole…
Thirteen journalists from print, online, television, radio, photo, and editorial cartoon categories have been shortlisted for the 2019 Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Journalism. The shortlisting was announced in a statement issued by the Executive Director/CEO, Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative…
Nigerian bookstore chain, Rovingheights, will host Olivier van Beemen, Dutch journalist and author of the investigative work Heineken in Africa: A Multinational Unleased, to an evening of book reading and signing in Nigeria. The literary event scheduled for Tuesday, 29th…
SEEFAR has urged journalists to focus on reporting more human-interest stories on migration to in order to improve public understanding of migration realities. The call was made by the Coordinator of The Migrant Project Nigeria, Clare Henshaw, on Monday while…
MacArthur Foundation announced it has given $6.3million in grant to nine media organizations in Nigeria. The journalism and media grants was announced today as part of the Foundation’s On Nigeria grantmaking, which seeks to reduce corruption by supporting Nigerian-led efforts…
The International Press Centre has set up a new governing board. This is coming as the media group prepares to mark the 20th anniversary of its establishment in October, 1999. Three new members joined the three-man board members bringing the…
A young Nigerian investigative journalist, Damilola Banjo, has been shortlisted for the Thomson Foundation’s 2019 Young Journalist Award. Banjo’s investigation into the massive corruption in Lagos State schools and a four-part, in-depth feature on the banditry in Zamfara State were two…
The Nigerian Government has expressed readiness to control online radio and television stations, adding that the move became necessary to curb fake news. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, made the announcement on Friday in Abuja. In a statement…
Premium Times’ Editor-in-Chief, Musikilu Mojeed, has been selected to be on the judging panel for the 2019 Fetisov Journalism Awards. The global journalism award, which was launched in Switzerland, is an international contest for journalists aimed at generously rewarding the…
