Media professionals have continued to express satisfaction with recent court ruling nullifying provisions of Broadcasting Code empowering National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to impose fines on broadcasters.

Twelve years after enactment of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, participants at a two-day workshop, which held in Ibadan, Oyo State, recently, have described the Act as a powerful tool of information gathering for journalists ...

Media Rights Agenda (MRA), yesterday, called on Federal and state governments as well as law enforcement and security agencies to take adequate measures to protect journalists and other media workers during today’s off-cycle elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states, saying their ‘’role in providing information about the electoral process is critical in ensuring free, fair and transparent elections.

Media Rights Agenda (MRA) and journalists in southwest have said in order to engender better and more impactful reporting of various issues, particularly those relating to transparency, accountability, good governance and development, stakeholders should put more effort and resources into providing continuous training for journalists. They urged that journalists should be trained in areas such…