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By Evans Ufeli CNN, though in Nigeria, is an international media organization in the United States of America which operates via a cable tv on Dstv Network and other platforms. The operations of CNN on world press coverage is not regulated by the National Broadcasting Commission. NBC or the Minister of Information has no such
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By Owei Lakemfa THE most fundamental human right to the journalist is life, followed by the right to wages or income. These are the foundations on which his profession and the freedom of expression are built. A journalist with a perpetually rumbling stomach cannot be a reliable soldier of press freedom. At best, he becomes
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As COVID-19 compounds financial crisis in media houses Urge media industry players to embrace digitalisation By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja A human rights organization, ActionAid Nigeria, AAN, Journalists Against Poverty, JAP, and other stakeholders, Thursday, disclosed that Nigeria still ranks low on the table of free press operation. This was made known in a communique
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The Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) has revealed that no fewer than 55 journalists across 23 countries have died of COVID-19 infection between March and April 2020. As the world marks another World Press Day, the Nigeria Guild of Editor (NGE) has congratulated journalists and media practitioners across the world, especially those in the frontline covering
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Expresses confidence in media activities to promote mining By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja As journalists in Nigeria join their counterparts across the world to commemorate the 2020 World Press Freedom Day, the Miners Association of Nigeria, MAN, Sunday, hailed media practitioners over commitment amid raging Coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic, in the country. The commendation was made
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By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, Sunday, gave special recognition to journalists for balanced reportage and for being farmers’ best ally in the international food system. This was contained in a statement signed by the National President, AFAN, Arc Kabir Ibrahim while appraising the 2020 World Press Freedom Day
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It was Sir Tom Stoppard, the British playwright, and screenwriter that succinctly opined that “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon.” This much was demonstrated at the screening of The Avalon Daily’s documentary – Paying The Price (Press freedom in Nigeria), held
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Human rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Ebun-olu Adegboruwa, on Tuesday said that absolute press freedom was highly desirable for Nigeria to achieve the desired growth. Adegboruwa said this while delivering a paper at the 2019 annual lecture of the National Association of Judicial Correspondents (NAJUC), Lagos branch. The paper was titled
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Rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Ebun-olu Adegboruwa, on Tuesday said that absolute press freedom was highly desirable for Nigeria to achieve the desired growth.
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Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara has lambasted the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration, saying that press freedom under the commander-in-Chief is nothing but a banality.
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