The Nobel Peace Prize 2021 has been jointly awarded to two journalists, Founder of Rappler in Philipines, Maria Ressa and Dmitry Andreyevich Muratov, Editor-in-chief and founder of Novaya Gazeta. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said in an announcement on October 8 that Maria and Muratov won the award for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression […]
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No fewer than 50 educators, journalists and students from 27 tertiary institutions and media organisations in Ogun State, Nigeria will benefit from the Solutions Journalism project by Solutions Journalism Africa Fellow, Folarin Jamiu of Crescent University, Abeokuta. Jamiu, who announced this in a statement, said arrangements have been finalized to host a workshop and training
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Chairman of the editorial board of The Herald newspapers and Secretary of the International Press Institute (IPI) Nigeria chapter, Raheem Adedoyin has been elected along with 15 others to the governing board of the organisation in Vienna. Adedoyin was elected unopposed on October 16 to the board at the 70th General Assembly of IPI holding
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Leading civil society organisations in Nigeria have kicked against the lingering suspension of the operations of Twitter, a microblogging and social networking service by the Federal Government in the country. The organisations are Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), Media Rights Agenda (MRA), Enough Is Enough (EiE) Nigeria and Paradigm Initiative (PIN). The organisations made
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The need for the media to constantly hold the government accountable to the people has been restated at the just concluded 8th conference of the Association of Communication Scholars and Professionals of Nigeria (ACSPN) in Port-Harcourt. Guest speakers, panellists and discussants who made the call in their speeches and presentations stated that the media should effectively
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The International Press Centre (IPC) and Media Rights Agenda (MRA) have called for entries from individuals and organizations in Nigeria for their National Freedom of Information (FOI) Awards. The organizations also called for a National FOI Essay Competition for Mass Communications and journalism undergraduates of Nigerian universities as part of activities to commemorate the 10th
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The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) B Zone (South West) has organized a maiden Annual Conference with participants calling for enhanced protection and empowerment of the girl child against insecurity and abuses. The event themed “Insecurity: The Girl Child as an Endangered species”, held in Lagos on September 9 and attended by female senior
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Canon, a world leader in digital imaging solutions, announced its sponsorship participation for the tenth-anniversary edition of Uganda Press Photo Awards 2021. The award ceremony, according to the organizer, will hold in Kampala, Uganda’s capital on October 21, 2021. Amine Djouahra, Director of Sales and Marketing – Canon Central and North Africa, disclosed that there
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Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has condemned the directive issued by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) demanding telecommunications companies to shutdown services in Zamfara State, citing “pervading security situation” in the state. This was disclosed in a statement issued by Mr. Idowu Adewale, MRA’s Communications Officer. Adewale noted that the regulatory agency has increasingly become a
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Journalists at The Nation spent Thursday, September 2, 2021 learning about personal finance and sexual gender-based violence reporting. The training, held in the newsroom of the organisation, featured three speakers on financial literacy and sexual and gender-based violence reporting. The training was organised by The Nation, in collaboration with its head of the education desk, Kofoworola Belo-Osagie, as her
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