SERAP, NGE want FG stopped from shutting down 53 broadcast stations
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) have filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) over “the arbitrary use…
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Gombe to assist NUJ after fire razes office
Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State has sympathised with journalists in the state over a fire incident that razed the office of Gombe Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists…
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SERAP gives FG 24hrs to drop shut down order on TV, radio stations
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “urgently instruct Mr Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to urgently withdraw…
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Signal Carriage: FG begins embargo on GoTV, Startimes
The Federal Government has commenced the implementation of the Whitepaper on the Digital Switch-Over (DSO), which prohibits terrestrial Pay TVs from self-carriage of their signals. The Minister of Information and…
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Awosika is Chairman NIPR’s Summit on National Integration
The need to foster national integration, rebuild peace and strengthen security takes centre stage as the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) in collaboration with 70 organizations holds the grand…
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Democratic election impossible without media – Expert
By Biodun Esan, IlorinA media expert and consultant, Malam Tunde Mohammed has said that themedia is very essential to democracy because democratic elections areimpossible without the media.Mohammed said this on…
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SERAP wants Buhari’s threat of sanction to BBC, others withdrawn
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “urgently instruct Mr Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture to withdraw the threat to sanction the BBC and Daily…
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Minister seeks collaboration with media, stakeholders
……on effective communication Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, has called for collaboration with media and stakeholders to enhance effective communication and mandate delivery…
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NUJ flays closure of Catholic-owned radio station
Imo State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has expressed displeasure over the closure of Ozisa FM Radio, which belonged to the Owerri Catholic Archdiocese.The National Broadcasting Commission…
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For Mike Awoyinfa, The ‘Iniquity Man’ at 70
Hahahahahaaaaaaa. I burst into an uproarious laughter as I write the headline above. What a way to celebrate your boss, mentor, an icon, and your journalistic dad at 70. Yes,…
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