journalists
4 May 2024
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, yesterday gave assurance that the Federal Government would not compromise press freedom.
9 Apr 2024
The European Union (EU) and Search for Common Ground Journalism have trained about 33 journalists from three states in Niger Delta region - Rivers, Delta and Bayelsa on ways to reporting issues of criminality and violence in the oil-rich region to tackle them.
2 Apr 2024
Members of the Sun Cooperative Society Estate at Arobieye community have raised the alarm over the encroachment of their lands located at Ado-Odo Ota Local Council of Ogun State.
19 Mar 2024
As part of efforts aimed at countering fake news, mis-information and dis-information, International Press Centre (IPC) recently held a two-day capacity building workshop in Kaduna State on combating information disorder in democratic governance reporting using fact-checking and Freedom of Information (FOI) tools.
5 Mar 2024
Economic Community of West African States ECOWAS Court of Justice has dismissed a petition by the Media Rights Agenda (MRA) to compel the Nigerian government to pay N10 million reparation each to families of 11 deceased journalists.
5 Mar 2024
The Coalition for Whistleblowers Protection and Press Freedom (CWPPF) has expressed happiness with the February 16, 2024 judgment of a Federal High Court in Abuja ordering the Federal Government to investigate attacks against journalists
29 Feb 2024
The Director General, Nigerian Army Resource Centre (NARC), Maj. Gen. Garba Wahab (rtd), has said that there is a need to have journalists embedded by the military in planning and execution of its operations.
26 Feb 2024
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has condemned reported attacks on journalists by Israeli security forces in the ongoing conflict in Palestine, stressing that the action represents violation of press freedom and human rights.
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