The Nigerian media deserves commendation for the wide and innovative coverage of recent Presidential and National Assembly elections. The pre-election coverage was also exhaustive and provided Nigerians enough information to help them decide on who to vote for in the election. By assigning their reporters across the country to as many polling booths and collation […]
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The Executive Director of the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR), Mr Dayo Aiyetan has narrated how he was attacked while covering the Presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. In a Twitter thread on his handle @dayoaiyetan, he was attacked in Gwagwalada during a disturbance at a
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The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos has expressed concern over reported attacks on journalists and other media professionals who covered Saturday’s Presidential and Senatorial elections. Information reaching IPC’s-JOURNALISTS-ELECTION-DAY-SAFETY-ALERT DESK according to the Freedom Information Officer of the Centre, Melody Akinjiyan indicates that not less than three journalists and media professionals have been assaulted and subjected
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The Nigerian Press Organisation (NPO) has constituted a new Ombudsman mechanism with the announcement of a nine-man board of the National Media Complaints Commission (NMCC), known as the National Ombudsman. The commission according to a statement by the President of the Newspapers Proprietors Association and NPO, Mallam Kabiru Yusuf is a major step by the
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Retired journalist and cartoonist Josiah Ajiboye (Josy Ajiboye) has been commended for his immense contribution to journalism and art craft in Nigeria through his cartoons and paintings. Ajiboye was commended by stakeholders during a 2-day exhibition held on Thursday 9 February and Saturday 11 February titled ‘Inside Out: Unveiling Josy Ajiboye’. Motunrayo Alaka, Executive Director/CEO
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The International Press Centre (IPC) has condemned the attack on Wish FM 99.5 and the Atlantic Television Network through sporadic gunshots and explosions by suspected gunmen in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State on the night of Tuesday, February 21st, 2023. IPC in a statement by its Press Freedom Officer, Melody Akinjiyan also
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Journalists in Nigeria have been challenged to improve their reporting of elections and be more security conscious. The advice was given at a media training organized by the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) recently in Lagos where the need to promote and protect independent media that advances fundamental human rights was emphasized. Fifty
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Journalists who participated in the two-day Amplify In-depth Media Conference and the 17th Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting, WSAIR, in Lagos last week got some useful insights on how to improve their investigative and other reporting skills. They learnt from the top media professionals and academicians who spoke at the various sessions of the
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One Nigerian, Oloye Ayodele Samuel is among the 363 journalists jailed for practising the profession in 2022 according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). CPJ in its annual prison census released on December 14 stated that the number of reporters deprived of their freedom as of December 1, 2022, is 20% higher than that
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A platform to tell the authentic African story, www.thecradlelife.com which is a pro-life forum has been launched by Lagos-based Journalist and Writer, Tony Ademiluyi. Ademiluyi whose works have been published in leading Nigerian newspapers and some Pan-African Magazines said the new platform is needed as the African media space has been hijacked by Western Liberal
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