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For undermining FoI Act, Ministry of Education makes way into "FOI Hall of Shame"

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Media Rights Agenda (MRA), a non governmental organization focused on freedom of expression and access to information for media development has inducted another Federal Ministry arm into its famous “FOI Hall of Fame”. The “FOI Hall of Shame” was launched by MRA, on July 3,  to draw attention to public officials and institutions that are […]

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For undermining FoI Act, Ministry of Education makes way into “FOI Hall of Shame”

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Media Rights Agenda (MRA), a non governmental organization focused on freedom of expression and access to information for media development has inducted another Federal Ministry arm into its famous “FOI Hall of Fame”. The “FOI Hall of Shame” was launched by MRA, on July 3,  to draw attention to public officials and institutions that are

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Kaduna: Political Thugs attack NUJ Secretariat, injure journalists

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The secretariat of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kaduna State Council was on Sunday, July 30, attacked by some yet to be identified political thugs. The thugs, during the attack injured journalists, vandalised properties and disrupted a press briefing by some All Progressives Congress’ (APC) chieftains in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that

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Radio Journalist sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by military court

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Ahmed Abba is a 38-year-old correspondent for Radio France Internationale’s (RFI) Hausa service. He is currently serving a 10-year prison sentence on charges of “non-denunciation of terrorism” and “laundering of the proceeds of terrorist acts.” A Cameroonian military court sentenced the journalist on April 24, 2017, his lawyer, Clément Nakong, told Committee to Protect Journalists

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VIDEO OF THE DAY: NAJUC 2017 Seminar/Workshop

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The National Association of Judicial Correspondents (NAJUC), Lagos chapter, has recently held its 2017 annual Seminar/Workshop as part of ways to sharpen their judicial reporting skills and deepen their knowledge of reporting judicial matters. Selected guests were invited to enrich the knowledge of the journalists. The Presiding Justice of the Lagos division of the Court

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Awesome Journalism set to award $1,000 grant to 'crazy' journalists

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Are you a brilliant, innovative journalist who thinks outside of the box? Then you should consider applying for Awesome Journalism grant of $1,000. Awesome Journalism funds and administers a monthly $1,000 micro-grant to a journalism project that commits a crazy, brilliant, positive act of journalism in the public interest. This Awesome Journalism Grant is available to anyone,

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Awesome Journalism set to award $1,000 grant to ‘crazy’ journalists

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Are you a brilliant, innovative journalist who thinks outside of the box? Then you should consider applying for Awesome Journalism grant of $1,000. Awesome Journalism funds and administers a monthly $1,000 micro-grant to a journalism project that commits a crazy, brilliant, positive act of journalism in the public interest. This Awesome Journalism Grant is available to anyone,

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FG set to tackle fake news in Nigerian online & offline media

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By Chinedu Asadu The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed has revealed that the Federal Government has trained information officers to identify and tackle cases of fake news in the media. The minister said this at a workshop organised by the office of the national security adviser (ONSA) in collaboration with the Nigeria stability and reconciliation

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