A lecturer at the University of Benin, Prof. Marcel Okhakhun has declared that journalists are still being gagged, 25 years after a declaration of press freedom. The don spoke at the weekend in Benin City, at a lecture organised by the state chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) to mark the 2018 World…

The Africa Network for Environment & Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has urged the Federal Government of Nigeria to accord a measure of respect and dignity to the journalism profession. Making this plea on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day, ANEEJ executive director, the Rev David Ugolor, who described the Nigerian media as one of…

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Two journalists and their driver kidnapped on March 26 in Ecuador by dissident FARC rebels were killed on the Colombian side of the border, Interior Minister Cesar Navas said Sunday. Navas told news channel NTN24 in an interview that the bodies are still there. "They were in Colombian territory and they are in Colombian territory,"…

Six Palestinian journalists were shot and wounded by the Israeli army during clashes Friday between demonstrators and troops on the Gaza border, the Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate said. The union said the six were shot despite wearing clothes clearly identifying themselves as journalists, adding it held Israel "fully accountable for this crime". None of the injuries…

Sixty journalists from public and private media organisations have been trained in poultry, bee-keeping and fishery farming by the Katsina State government. Governor Aminu Bello Masari, who declared the event open yesterday, said the training was to provide the journalists with a window of sustainable means of livelihood after active years of service. The governor,…

Elder statesman and former World Court jurist, Bola Ajibola (SAN), yesterday urged the media to pay more attention to the corruption fight and indiscipline in the country. Ajibola made the call just as Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun and the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, stressed the need for…

The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) has announced that in a forthcoming workshop, it would stress the crucial role journalists and CSOs play in the campaign to rid Nigeria of graft by demystifying the concepts of the Open Government Partnership.....

Anchoring the Role of media in Stopping Radicalisation, Missionary of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, Canada, Farhan Iqbal tasked journalists to make professionalism, responsible practice as well as reliance on the authentic sources as their watchwords.

Over 1,800 journalists from around the world converged in New Orleans between June 16th and 19th for the 2016 Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) conference to learn new ways of doing investigative reporting.

Annoyed by the publication, the CCT Chairman accused journalists of practicing irresponsible journalism that is in bad taste for the country.

A group known as Taraba Volunteer Group (TVG) has called on journalists in Taraba State and the country at large to always cross-check their facts before going to the press.