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Nigerian govt urged to ensure safe environment for media, human rights defenders

ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) , a humanitarian non-governmental organization working to promote human rights, combat poverty and all forms of injustice in Nigeria, has called on the Nigerian government to uphold its commitment to creating a safe and favourable environment for human rights defenders, journalists and civil society. The call was made in Abuja on Monday, […]

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Maria Ressa receives 2021 World Press Freedom Prize

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Investigative journalist and media executive Maria Ressa of the Philippines has been named as the 2021 laureate of the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, following the recommendation of an international jury of media professionals. The Award Ceremony held on 2 May in Windhoek, Namibia, on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day Global Conference,

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Five finalists named for Otufodunrin Student Journalists Award

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Five finalists have been named for the inaugural edition of the Lekan Otufodunrin Student Journalists Award for outstanding student journalists in the country. The award in honour of Otufodunrin, Executive Director of Media Career Development Network, Nigeria’s foremost media career coaching and mentoring organisation is the initiative of two of his former junior colleagues at

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COVID-19: How journalists can report complex science issues

IPC holds webinars, stakeholders forum to mark WPFD

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The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos will mark this year’s World Press Freedom Day (WPFD), with a two-part event starting with a webinar on Thursday, April 29, 2021, on ‘Safety, Security and Management of Trauma in Coverage of Dangerous Assignments’. On Wednesday, May 5, 2021, IPC, in partnership with the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), the Nigerian Guild

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UCJ-UNILORIN elects new Press Council executives

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The University of Ilorin chapter of the Union of Campus Journalists (UCJ) has elected its new Press council. The election conducted by the UCJ-IEC headed by Isiaka Azeez on Friday, April 16 had in attendance the outgoing press council. Adedimeji Quayyim, a 300 Level student of the Faculty of law emerged as the 25th President

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COVID-19: Journalists trained on vaccine reporting

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Journalists in Niger state have been trained on how to address the misinformation and disinformation resulting in rumours and misconceptions on the COVID-19 vaccines. They were trained at a one day workshop tagged ‘Vaccines Reporting’ was organized for Journalists by the Technology and Development Research Network (TEDREN) FUT Minna and Media Mentors Network in Minna,

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Media Programmes THISWEEK ( April 26- May 2) and UPCOMMING

Media PROGRAMMES THISWEEK, April 19-24, 2021

‘Editors should be enablers of responsible, accountable, ethical journalism’

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Good journalism does not simply inform, it provides information that has meaning for people’s lives and holds the powerful to account. At a time when trust in the media is declining around the world, it has become even more important to provide content that is ethical, independent, critical and of public interest. Providing such content

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