A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benue state has been sacked over a fake report published on December 28. The reporter, Bridget Kyado, filed a report titled, “Akume, a great asset to Benue—-Ortom”, in which she claimed to have witnessed a birthday party for George Akume, a senator and was attended […]
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Two Nigerian non-governmental organizations, Media Rights Agenda (MRA) and the Institute for Media and Society (IMS) have been named among 15 “Global champions of free expression” shortlisted for the 2019 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards. In a statement issued in London on Tuesday, the United Kingdom-based campaigning organization, Index on Censorship, said the
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The Nigerian Army has explained why its men and other security agencies stormed the premises of Media Trust (Publishers of Daily Trust) Headquarters in Abuja and regional office in Maiduguri on Sunday. Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Sani Kukasheka Usam in a statement said soldiers of the Nigerian Army along with elements of Nigeria Police
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Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has condemned the military invasion, occupation and takeover of the Abuja and Maiduguri offices of Daily Trust newspapers on Sunday. In a statement by its Programmes Director, Ayode Longe, MRA said the action was unlawful and unjustifiable and called on the Federal Government to take punitive action against the perpetrators in
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The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria has condemned the forceful closure of Daily Trust Newspapers’ head office in Abuja and the organisation’s Maiduguri office by military personnel on Sunday January 6, 2019. The IPC, according to a statement by its Director Lanre Arogundade said it considers the development as a fresh threat to freedom of the
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President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Provost of Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ), Mr Gbemiga Ogunleye, on his 60th birthday. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, President Buhari joined staff members and students of NIJ, Nigerian Union of Journalists, the Nigerian Guild of Editors, family and friends of
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The 60th birthday and book presentation for the Provost of the Nigeria Institute of Journalism (NIJ) Mr Gbemiga Ogunleye will hold on Saturday, January 5. Guest Lecturer of the day is the Managing Director and Editor-In-Chief of The Nation Newspapers, Mr Victor Ifijeh who will speak on Survival of the Print in the digital Age.
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Anthony Osae-Brown has resigned as the Editor of Business Day Newspaper. His resignation is dated December 31, 2018 and will be replaced by Patrick Atuanya who is currently News Editor of the paper. Osae-Brown who was appointed Editor in October 2016 from United Bank for Africa (UBA) announced his exit in a tweet on his
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Mr Jika Attoh, Executive Director, West Africa Democracy Radio, Dakar, Senegal, on Tuesday called on the Nigerian media to make it a policy to promote youth candidacy ahead of the 2019 general elections in Nigeria. Attoh made the call at a training for journalists on “Mainstreaming Issues of Youth Candidacy and Youth Participation in the
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A group of journalists called “The Guardians” have been named as 2018 Time Magazine’s Person of the Year. Slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi was among the journalists along with Filipina journalist Maria Ressa and Reuters’ Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo. The Capital Gazette, the Maryland media company that lost five staffers to a mass shooting in June, also was included in the honor. The
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