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CHIKEZIE Omeje, Senior Investigative Reporter at the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) on Monday emerged as runner-up (Online Category) of the 2019 annual Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting (WSAIR). He…
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NOBEL laureate and professor of creative writing, Wole Soyinka, has described the controversial Social Media and Anti-Hate Speech Bills as harmful, cowardly, and despicable, given a recent clampdown by government on journalists. He said…
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CONTRARY to claim by Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) that it postponed the presentation of Integrity Award to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo due to protest from Nigerians, the Vice President Monday evening said he…
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(Being a talk delivered at the UN World Anti-Corruption Day, Abuja, Dec. 9. 2019)                By Wole SOYINKA PRESENT here, I fully expect, is the Youth contingent of this undertaking. We are still within the United Nations…
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THE CIRCUMSTANCES of former presidential aspirant Omoyele Sowore's rearrest on Friday have led many to speculate that the Department of State Services (DSS) intends to cause him harm—or that it already has. But there is no reliable…
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THE International Centre for Investigative Reporting (The ICIR) and Progressive Impact Organisation for Community Development (PRIMOG) have tasked the Federal Government to take actions against extortion during birth registration in Nigeria…
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PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has launched the Open Treasury Portal to promote transparency and track spending in the public sector. IN a series of tweets on Monday, Executive Secretary, Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative…
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PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Monday approved the composition of a new board for the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) subject to Senate confirmation. According to the Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity to the president,…
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INSURGENTS believed to be members of the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP), released a video showing the execution of two Nigerian soldiers and a policeman according to a report. The security personnel who were killed were…
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LEADER of Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Gani Adams, has described as a 'national tragedy, the invasion of the Federal High Court on Friday by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), to forcefully rearrest the convener of…
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