Dele Giwa
3 Mar
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
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
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
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
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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Thirty-seven years after the unresolved gruesome murder of the late co-founder of Newswatch magazine, Dele Giwa, one of his brothers, Tunde Giwa, has urged members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Nigerian Guild of Editors ....
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