A professor of mass communication and vice chancellor of the Federal University Kashere (FUK), Gombe State, Professor Umaru Pate has tasked media practitioners in the country on investigative reporting. He gave the charge yesterday during the Maiden Colloquium organised by an online newspaper Wikki Times with support from MacArthur FoundationContinue Reading
The General Manager of Fresh FM, Abeokuta, Samson Akindele and experienced Media Consultant, Lady Gwen Oshoniyi has admonished journalists to walk away from Partisan Media Houses if they want to retain public trust in the face of this fast growing Information Literacy in the society. In commemoration of the GlobalContinue Reading
The Nigeria Police Force, Kwara State command, has detained a journalist with Sobi FM Radio Station, Dare Akogun, and his brother, Abdulrasheed Akogun, over some WhatsApp engagements indicting the Chief Press Secretary to Kwara State Governor, Rafiu Ajakaye. It was gathered that Akogun and his brother made some comments insideContinue Reading
A radio worker in Imo State, South-east Nigeria, has remained in detention for two months now after he was arrested by the State Security Service (SSS) for playing a song considered “offensive” to the Governor of the state, Hope Uzodinma, via the station. The detained worker, Casmir Uzomah, is aContinue Reading
As the Campaigns for 2023 general elections begins in few days, journalists in the country have been charged to use their Pens and Mediums to unite the nation, educate Nigerians to make the right choices at the polls instead of causing division along ethnic or religious lines. The President ofContinue Reading
The National Human Rights Commission in Nigeria has pledged increased commitment and vigour to the rights, protection and safety of Journalists. Executive Secretary of the Commission, Mr Tony Ojukwu made the commitment at a media paly with journalists in Abuja, Nigeria. Interacting with members of the media, Mr Tony OjukwuContinue Reading
National League of Veteran Journalists (NALVEJ), Kwara State chapter has bemoaned the state of the nation, calling on the federal government to urgently find solutions to the security and socioeconomic challenges facing the country. The league in a communique that was issued at the end of its monthly meeting decriedContinue Reading
The Middle Belt Journalists Forum (MBJF) has debunked a fabricated online media report which falsely claimed that the MBJF once accused the Director-General of the Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Sir Joseph Ari, of sponsoring Christian militias in Jos axis to foment religious crisis in the Middle Belt region. In aContinue Reading
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Oyo State Council on Sunday mourned the passing of a foremost Historian, Broadcaster and and University Lecturer, Professor Timothy Adedeji Awoniyi. In a statement by the NUJ Chairman, Ademola Babalola, he mourned the demise of the deceased, but admonished the family Baba left behindContinue Reading
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) says the press is a critical agent for the protection of democracy and development and as such must be supported to enable it to effectively discharge it’s constitutional duties as the watchdog of the society. In a statement issued by the Executive Secretary ofContinue Reading