The Digital Rights and Freedom Bill will further cement Nigeria’s reputation as a pioneer in progressive, positive legislation in a world where repression, clampdowns, violations and dangerous laws are on the rise. We urge the […]
Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp users were in a frenzy after many attempted to log in today only to find that the sites were down. The outage appeared to have affected users around the world, […]
The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) has written a petition to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo against the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris. The union complained about the detention of PREMIUM TIMES journalist Samuel Ogundipe and […]
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) “to immediately lift the ban on Jay FM 101.9 Jos, stopping the radio station from playing songs such as Falz’s […]
Every society, in the words of George Soros, needs some shared values to hold it together. When such values disappear, the society becomes a mere simple equation without meaning. In the same breath, the Nigerian […]
The development of social media as a tool for simultaneous connection among people globally has given way for new means of mobilising citizens towards a particular cause. Unlike before, whereby this function was primarily the […]
RECENTLY, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, launched a campaign against fake news in the country. He hinged the initiative on the perception that fake news constitutes a tinderbox with the potential […]
IT is curious that nearly 20 years after the end of military dictatorship in Nigeria, elements in the governing circles have continued to explore ways of gagging the media. In March 2016, the Frivolous Petitions […]
Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Muhammed on Tuesday said Fake News does not only threaten the peace of the nation, but its corporate existence. Muhammed spoke in Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria at a […]
LAGOS—NEWSPAPER publishers in the country, Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria, BON; Editors and Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, have described the New Media Bill currently before the National Assembly as draconian, unconstitutional, anti-people, anti-business and anti-free […]
A bill seeking to regulate journalism practice in Nigeria has drawn strong skepticism and condemnation from foremost media rights groups in the country. The Senate pushed the controversial Nigerian Press Council Amendment Bill through second […]
Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, has warned Nigerians abroad to be wary of news about the country found on social media, saying 80 percent of them are fake. NAN reports that Lai made […]
Media, democracy and development are tripartite partners that could drive any modern society. These critical issues formed discussions at the just-concluded 67th General Assembly and 2018 IPI World Congress of the International Press Institute, held […]
The rapidly evolving technology and the changing media landscape have reshaped communication mechanism to be instant, participatory, and global in scale. This modern communication platform has afforded large majority of people to communicate effortlessly with […]
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has ordered the immediate shut down of Ekiti Broadcast Service. This was announced in a statement issued on Saturday night. The regulatory body indicted the station of breaching provisions of […]
…the attempts by African authorities’ at regulating social media and the wider internet have been met with quite innovative responses. Sooner than authorities block one means, numerous other means emerge. When Egyptian authorities shut down […]
WhatsApp has announced the launch of a new feature globally that will highlight when a message has been forwarded and not composed by the sender. The messaging application made the move public on Tuesday through […]
Price Water Copper (PWC) Nigeria has announced the admission of three professionals into the firm’s partnership, with effect from July 1.The new partners are Udochi Muogilim, Adedamola Yusuf and Seun Adu. Udochi is of the […]
Google’s YouTube said it was taking several steps to ensure the veracity of news on its service by cracking down on misinformation and supporting news organizations. The company said Monday it will make “authoritative” news […]
Since I first publicly made these arguments, a few people have said my experiences aren’t representative of the entire picture. I have asked to be pointed in the direction of journalists who have set foot […]
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