15 journalists take part in investigative story pitch meeting on basic education and electricity
No fewer than fifteen journalists took part in an investigative story pitch meeting held by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) on Thursday, 20th June 2019, at Amber Residence, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos.
The meeting was…
Ezekwesili, others call for value-based democracy as Wole Soyinka turns 85
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,…
Inside Lagos community where students are yet to recover from flooding of 2010
The opening of the Oyan River Dam in Ogun state in October 2010 rendered a number of communities in Lagos state into flood crises. Nine years later, memories of the floods linger as parents and the new generation of students in Ajegunle…
Inside Nasarawa’s broken schools where pupils sit on floor to learn
Nigeria currently has 13.2 million out-of-school children, the highest rate anywhere on earth, according to the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF).
The rate — about 47 per cent — means that one in every five…
Five Years After, DISCOS Still Dancing Disco!
The Discos kept up with the old practice and failed to enumerate its customers to enable it bill them according to their consumption.
Inside low-fee private schools: The realities, challenges and future
Low-fee schools are springing up practically on every street in densely populated areas of Nigeria to cater for the emerging mass market of parents whose income will not allow access to high end basic education market. STEPHEN ONYEKWELU…
Despite years of funding, Nasarawa schools still in poor shape (1)
An examination of public schools in Nasarawa State has shown some of the facilities to be unsuitable for learning despite the huge amount of money the state says it has spent in the sector in recent years.
Fifteen schools examined by…
Call for Investigative Story Pitches: The Regulators Monitoring Programme (REMOP)
Application deadline: 30th May 2019
The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) invites Nigerian professional investigative reporters (full-time or freelance) from the print, online, broadcast and photography specialties…
The State Of Some Government Owned School Property
Education in the primary and secondary space have gone pass the makeshift of just having pupils in a class to teach without a suitable environment to accommodate such learning. While some private institutions would feel they can stand the…
Shut Ajegunle High School: Now Cultists’ Temple, Community Nightmare
Once upon a time, precisely in 2010, there was a flooding that left a bad taste in the mouth of the people of Ajegunle, Ikorodu road in Kosofe Local Government Area of Lagos. Its aftermath has since then led to the closure of Ajegunle…