Media practitioner, Prof. Tonnie Iredia, is to deliver a keynote address on “Democracy, Media Freedom and the Imperative of Protecting Nigeria’s Civic Space” at the 2024 conference of the Nigeria chapter of International Press Institute (IPI Nigeria).

A statement by the organisation’s Secretary, Ahmed Shekarau, said the event would hold on December 11 in Abuja.

The organisation would also hold its annual general conference, elect new leadership, and host its members and supporters to a dinner on December 12.

A panel of seasoned journalists has also been lined up to discuss the paper. Busola Ajibola, a press freedom advocate and deputy director at the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development, would moderate the discussion, which would feature Waziri Adio (founder and executive director at Agora Policy); Garba Shehu (director at Peoples Daily newspaper and former presidential spokesperson, and Abigail Ogwezzy-Ndisika (a professor of mass communication at the University of Lagos).

Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi, the Director-General of State Security Service, would also make a presentation titled, “Dissecting the Frosty Relationship Between the Nigerian Media and Security Agencies.”