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Report: Digital media platforms making impact on low budgets amid threats

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In spite of often tiny budgets and constant online threats and attacks, a new global report has revealed that Digital media entrepreneurs are producing ground-breaking journalism and achieving a significant impact on their societies, The Inflection Point International report, published Thursday, November 4, 2021 by SembraMedia, a nonprofit that supports entrepreneurial journalists, in partnership with […]

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How to protect female journalists against sexual harassments, discrimination

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Media organisations have been urged to develop and be willing to implement robust gender-inclusive policy to guide against sexual harassment and intimidation of journalists, especially female journalists. The gender policy must also ensure a measure of gender balance in the leadership structure of the organisations. The call was made by participants in a communique issued

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Human rights activists lament continued suppression of freedom of expression

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Human rights activists have lamented the continued suppression of freedom of expression and the media in the country despite having a democratic government. They spoke on Tuesday at the Commemorative Lecture and Public Presentation of Remaking Nigeria: 60 Years 60 Voices organised by the Africa Center for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL)  in partnership with

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Female journalists charged to do more investigative stories

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Female Journalists in Nigeria and Africa have been urged to occupy their space in investigative journalism to ensure that all underreported issues affecting the people are covered. This call was made by news media stakeholders during a panel session titled, ‘Spaces for Women in Investigative Journalism’ at the Africa Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC) 2021, which

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Media awards, lecture, others at Lagos NUJ Press Week

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The Lagos 2021 Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) press week, which begins on Monday,  October 18, will focus on crucial issues of national importance. Speaking Friday at LTV complex in Ikeja, Lagos, Adeleye Ajayi, chairman, Lagos State council who said that his administration assumed office November 26, 2020, amidst a very turbulent election, stated that

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Emekekwue, Ex, AfreximBank, UN comms executive to deliver Jacksonites lecture

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The former Director and Global Head of Communications and Events Management at Afreximbank, Obi Emekekwue is billed to deliver the 2nd Jacksonites Professional Development Series [JPDS] seminar.   Emekekwue’s lecture titled: “Crisis Survival in Today’s Viral World: The Communications Conundrum,” will examine effective communication as a way of navigating and managing the negative impact crisis

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UDUS students emerge winners of African Reading Challenge

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Mohammed Adamu, a 500-level law student, and Toheeb Abdulrafiu, a former student of Economics, from Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, were among the four winners in the September Reading Challenge organized by Students for Liberty, Africa. The reading challenge is a monthly book review for the libertarians who are also members of the organization across the

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