Facebook Mulls Content Oversight Board For Online Safety
To keep the online community safe, Facebook is planning to set up an oversight board to review some of its most challenging and contentious...
Hoodlums Attack, Destroy Journalists’ Equipment In Osun
Hoodlums attacked no fewer than four journalists yesterday during a protest organised by some youths in Ilesa, Osun State against disconnection of electricity in...
Fake News Poses Grave Danger To Democracy, Says Buratai
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has said the increasing cases of electoral violence can be blamed on fake news.
Buratai spoke in...
U.S., EU Decry Election Management In Nigeria, Urge Reforms
The International Republican Institute (IRI) and National Democratic Institute (NDI) have regretted what they described as the lack of progress in election administration and...
Elections: NBC Set To Sanction Four TV Stations Over Hate Speech
The Federal Government on Wednesday warned broadcast stations in the country against picking results of the forthcoming elections from the social media.
It said the...
Radio Station To Track Violence Against Women
Women Radio 91.7 (WFM) has called on Nigerians to shun violence against women and increase their participation in the forthcoming general elections.
The managing director...
Experts Condemn Fake News, Urge Journalists To Fact-Check
As the 2019 general elections draw near, stakeholders in the media industry have unanimously condemned the prevalence of fake news, insisting that it is...
MRA, IMS, Among 15 Global Finalists for 2019 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression...
Two Nigerian non-governmental organisations, Media Rights Agenda (MRA) and Institute for Media and Society (IMS) have been named among 15 “Global champions of free...
PRESS RELEASE: Global Champions of Free Expression: IMS makes 2019 Index on Censorship Freedom...
The Institute for Media and Society, a Nigerian based Non Governmental Organisation, NGO, has been shortlisted for the 2019 Index Censorship Freedom of Expression...
Global Champions Of Free Expression: 2019 Index On Censorship Freedom Of Expression Awards Shortlist...
Judges include investigative journalist Maria Ressa, one of Time magazine’s people of the Year 2018; actor Khalid Abdalla
Shortlist celebrates artists, campaigners and...