By Kayode Oladele Africa is estimated to have lost over $1 trillion in illicit financial flows (IFFs) within the past 50 years, with drainage of over $50 billion annually. These outflows, according to the African Union and Economic Commission for…
Press Release A former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, the Executive Director of the Media Rights Agenda, Edetaen Ojo, as well as ten distinguished journalists have been shortlisted for the 12th edition of the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting scheduled to…
Press Release Worried by incessant cases of punitive actions against patriotic Nigerians who volunteer information about corrupt individuals, stakeholders have called on the Federal Government to as a matter of urgency prioritise safety and security of whistle-blowers. Aside security of…
The National Stakeholders Summit on whistleblowing was held in Abuja on Tuesday, November 14, 2017. The summit organized by the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL), in partnership with the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Crimes, Socio-economic…
A renowned Nigerian human rights lawyer and activist, Femi Falana, has advocated for the establishment of an independent whistleblowers’ office in order for Nigeria’s whistleblowing policy to be more effective and protective of whistleblowers. The human rights lawyer said this…
The Executive Secretary of the Presidential Advisory Council Against Corruption (PACAC) and President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointee as chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Professor Bolaji Owasanye, has said that Nigerians have the duty to…