Press freedom
16 May
Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief of The Guardian, Martins Oloja, has said capitalisation and political economy of the country are affecting press freedom.
10 May
Over one thousand participants took part in the special anniversary of this year’s World Press Freedom Day, which held at the United Nations General Assembly Hall in New York City - the same place where May 3, was proclaimed World Press Freedom Day in 1993.
6 May
The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) says democracy is a shadow of itself without press freedom.
4 May
As the 2023 World Press Freedom Day held yesterday, Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) charged the incoming government to initiate deliberate and sustained policies to promote freedom of expression, media freedom and safety of journalists.
16 Nov 2022
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has vowed to uphold press freedom if he wins the 2023 presidential election. Atiku made the promise on Wednesday when he engaged members of the Nigerian Guild of Editors in Lagos State. Giving accolades to the Nigerian media, the former Vice President said: “I…
2 Aug 2022
Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN), Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) and International Press Institute (IPI) have stressed the need for industry-wide engagement
14 Jun 2022
Twenty-three years after the return to civil rule, communication scholars, journalists and media practitioners have described the nation’s media as pivotal to the sustenance
28 Dec 2021
Media practitioners, analysts and observers have described 2021 as a year of assault on press freedom and impunity against journalists. Unlike previous years, Nigeria, in 2021, ranked 120 out of 180 countries in World Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
25 Nov 2021
Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief, The Guardian, Martins Oloja, has said the nation’s economy is too weak to support press freedom.
12 Oct 2021
Sixty-one years after independence, stakeholders have said the media industry has lived up to expectation by holding public office holders accountable.
22 Jul 2021
Our association, #FixPolitics, hereby expresses our support against Nigeria’s National Assembly for suspected moves against press freedom and democratic voices in the country.
4 May 2021
All through the ages man has cried in earnest for the right to be free. All the Revolutions from the French Revolution in the 18th Century which spanned a decade to the American War for Independence against Great Britain...