Imo police teargas protesters, journalists
Protesting youths of Umuchima in Ihiagwa community, Owerri west local government area, of Imo state, Friday, scampered for safety after they were teargassed by...
Police beat up journalist in Akwa Ibom Assembly complex
A journalist with the Akwa Ibom State Broadcasting Corporation attached to the State House of assembly, Mr. Samuel Ayara, was on Wednesday allegedly assaulted...
NBC queries stations for broadcasting inciting contents
Some television and radio stations across the country have been queried by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) for airing inciting contents in the herdsmen...
FG orders security agencies to monitor social media posts of ‘prominent Nigerians’
The federal government has directed security agencies to tackle the propagation of hate speech, especially through social media.
The order was given at a security meeting...
Nigeria Copyright Act as Related to The Media
The following sections of the copyright law as stipulated in the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria are directly related to the media...
Nigeria Media and History
BIRTH OF NEWSPAPER PRESS
The earliest newspaper in the territory that later became Nigeria was the Iwe Irohin which was founded in 1859 at...
National Broadcasting Commission
REGULATION
Proper regulatory activities in the broadcasting sector took off after the establishment of the NBC in 1992.
In 1994, the NBC issued the first radio...
Memorandum submitted to the Govt Committee on review of National Mass Communication Policy in...
This memorandum seeks to locate the core structural defects in the current National Communication Policy, examine some of the symptoms of the defects, review...
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World Press Freedom Day 2024: Outcome Document from Commemoration Activity
World Press Freedom Day 2024: Outcome Document from Commemoration Activity
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Media Support Groups Mark 2024 World Press Freedom Day, Urge Governments to Protect Media...
LAGOS, Thursday, May 2, 2024: Four human rights and media support organizations have called on Federal and State Governments to take urgent measures to...
March 2024 MEiN Report
The March 2024 MEiN analysis showed that attacks dominated media stories (57%), with judicial actions making up the remaining 43%. Security agencies and non-state...
FG Commits to Press Freedom and Sector Reform as EU-SDGN Partners engage Minister of...
The Federal Government has affirmed its commitment to press freedom and the reform of the information and broadcasting sector in Nigeria.
The Minister of Information...
February 2024 MEiN Report
The MEiN analysis for February 2024 highlighted the prevalence of themes such as attacks and judicial actions in news stories. Attacks emerged as the...
