Dele Giwa
24 Dec
A World without journalists would have been a grim mistake, so dreadful; doomed to anarchy, tyranny social decay and hopelessness. All vocations are deemed useful, but the nature of the press matchlessly comes nobler, with its intrinsic mandate of safeguarding human liberty and dignity.
22 Oct
Thirty-eight years after his gruesome murder, family of the late founding editor-in-chief of Newswatch Magazine, Dele Giwa, has urged President Bola Tinubu to implement the court judgment early this year that the case should be re visited.
3 Mar 2024
The publisher/editor-in-chief of YES INTERNATIONAL! Magazine, Azuh Arinze, is out with a new book. Entitled, Anything And Everything Journalism, the 448-page book is dedicated to two of Nigeria’s greatest journalists
27 Feb 2024
The following article was published seven years ago when Mr Chris Omeben, a retired police officer who played a minor role in the Dele Giwa investigation accused Kayode Soyinka and Newswatch founders of complicity in the assassination of the famous journalist.
20 Feb 2024
Many Nigerians who are 37 years, four months and two days old today may not know anything about Dele Giwa, except they are diggers into history or they are children of curiosity.
16 Feb 2024
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Federal Government to investigate, prosecute and punish killers of founder of Newswatch Magazine, Dele Giwa, and other journalists in the country. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment on Friday also directed the government to take measures to prevent attacks on journalists and other media practitioner. The…
16 Feb 2024
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Federal Government (FG) to investigate, prosecute and punish perpetrators of the murder of founder of Newswatch Magazine, Dele Giwa, and other journalists in the country.
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