On World Press Freedom Day, Stakeholders Seek Socially Responsible, Free Media
The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has called on everyone to defend the rights of journalists whose efforts help to build a better world...
Judge Calls For Repeal Of Anti-Press Laws
The view of the old ECOWAS building in Abuja
A member of the Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS, Justice Dupe Atoki, has called for a...
Between Digital Rights And FOI Bills
Anyone who has followed the campaign for the passage into law of the Digital Rights and Freedoms (DRF) Bill 2016 and also followed the campaign...
PRESS RELEASE
Lagos, Nigeria- 03 May, 2019
WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY 2019
Media for Democracy: Journalism and Elections in Times of Disinformation
The Institute for Media and Society, IMS,...
NPAN, NGE, BON, NUJ And Retired Journalists
As the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) holds its biennial convention starting this morning in Lagos, members and the leadership of the body should...
AFEX PRESS RELEASE FOR WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY 2019
AFEX APPEALS TO AFRICAN GOVERNMENTS TO ACTIVELY PROMOTE AND DEFEND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AHEAD OF WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY CELEBRATION
In the next few days,...
NUJ President, Isiguzo, Warns Against Attacks On Journalists
National President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Chris Isiguzo, has warned that henceforth the Union will no longer tolerate mindless attacks, intimidation...
Police Rescue The Guardian Reporter From Lynching At Ajeromi-Ifelodun Rerun Polls
Save for the timely intervention of policemen on election duty, Emeka Nwachukwu, a reporter with The Guardian would have been hacked to death by...
AFEX Denounces Increasing Attacks On Journalists In Africa, Calls For An End To Impunity...
Resolution of the Seventh General Meeting of the African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) held in Berlin, Germany, on April 7, 2019.
The Seventh General...
Premium Times, Anti-Press Laws And The Nigerian Constitution, By Femi Falana
Last December, the Nigerian Army demanded a retraction of what it described as the ”unwarranted and serial provocative, unauthorised, libelous and defamatory publications against...
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IPC/CEMESO Media Election Watch on Ondo Governorship Election
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CEMESO, IPC, EUSDGN Implementing partners kickstart Radio/TV media sensitisation on Ondo election.
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Sept. 2024 MEiN
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