Tag: MEDIA

“Make national cohesion, stability your priority” – NSA Ribaɗu to Media

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NSA Ribaɗu to media

National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribaɗu, has urged journalists and the media to prioritise responsible reporting which promotes national cohesion and stability. The NSA made these assertions in his keynote address at the ‘Civic Space Guard High-level Stakeholders’ Meeting on Safety of Journalists’, organised by the Wole Soyinka Centre on Investigative Journalism, on Thursday in Abuja, admitted that a free press is the backbone democracy further noted that the “media and government are working from different directions to advance society”. Ribaɗu, who was represented by the Director of communication, Office…

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“Media gag attempt by Matawalle must be halted”, CONMEP urges Tinubu

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CONMEP urges Tinubu

The Concerned Northern Media Practitioners (CONMEP) has condemned Minister of State for Defence, Bello Mohammed Matawalle, for allegedly attempting to gag the media.  According to a statement by CONMEP Chairman, AbdulAzeez Ahmed-Kadir and Secretary, Andrew Ibrahim Mshelia, the group said Matawalle used a proxy to secure a court order in Bichi, Kano State, aimed at silencing journalists reporting on sensitive issues. The statement read: “We, the Concerned Northern Media Practitioners (CONMEP), condemn the recent attempt by Minister of State Defence and former Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Muhammed, Mutawallen Maradun,…

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Northern Broadcast Media Owners Association sues Arewa24 Ltd, others for operating without license

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 Northern Media sues Arewa24

The Northern Broadcast Media Owners Association (NBMOA) Board of Trustees (BoT) has initiated legal action against Arewa24 Limited and seven other parties for operating illegally without license in Nigeria. In an issued statement yesterday, Chairman of the NBMOA Board of Trustees, Alhaji (Dr.) Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan, said the unlicensed broadcasting activities of the defendants threaten the established legal and competitive media landscape, thereby adversely affecting media owners and audiences across Nigeria. The suit, which is scheduled for a hearing before Justice Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in the…

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‘Int’l Day to End Impunity Against Media Practitioners’: BoN calls for protection of journalists

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BoN on protection of journalists

The Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BoN) has urged the Federal Government and security agencies to recognise journalists as crucial partners in promoting accountability and good governance, as mandated by the Constitution.  According to a press statement to mark the ‘International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists’, issued yesterday by the  BON’s Executive Secretary Dr. Yemisi Bamgbose,  BON emphasised the need for re-orientation of security forces and other state actors to respect the essential role of the media. BON highlighted the troubling issues of harassment, unlawful arrests, violence, and other forms…

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SERAP reacts, as DSS threatens to sue media over ‘invasion’ report

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SERAP reacts 2 DSS

The Department of State Services (DSS) has announced plans to take legal action against several media houses for publishing reports on September 9, claiming its operatives “raided” the Abuja office of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP). This move follows SERAP’s refusal to accept responsibility for the reports, which suggested a DSS raid on its premises. The DSS has demanded that SERAP retract what it termed a “false statement” within seven days, requiring the retraction to be made through the same media platforms, as well as in at least…

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BoN declares ‘State of Emergency’ in Broadcast Media Sector

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BoN SOS

…Sends SOS to President Tinubu for stimulus package intervention…Calls for regulatory relief to prevent shutdown In a critical development, the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria, (BoN), has declared a ‘state of emergency’ in the broadcast media sector, urgently appealing to President Bola Tinubu for a stimulus package intervention. The call was made during the 79th General Assembly of BoN, chaired by Senior High Chief Tony Akiotu at HomeVille PLUS Hotel in Benin, Edo State, on Wednesday, July 17th. Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, the BoN said, “The dire economic climate,…

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LGBTQ: FG condemns reckless media reporting, vows legal action

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FG condemns

The Federal Government has issued a stern warning to media organisations over what it described as “reckless reporting” that threatens national security and stability. Speaking yesterday at a press conference at the National Press Centre, Abuja, Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, expressed concern over a pattern of what he termed as “insidious and inciting publications” by the Daily Trust newspaper. Minister Idris underscored the Federal Government’s commitment to media freedom and free speech under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration, noting that the Government has been tolerant of…

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INEC tasks media on ethics ahead of Kogi guber poll

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Tuesday tasked media practitioners to ensure ethics in their reportage, ahead of the November 11 Kogi governorship election. Professor Mahmud Yakubu, the Chairman, INEC, said this at a meeting with Kogi media executives in Lokoja as part of preparation for the election. Yakubu, through his media aide, Rotimi Olakanmi, said that the appeal became imperative because of the reoccurring cases of fake news in the media in recent times. “As stakeholders, the media should refuse the temptation to move away from facts as…

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‘Ethnicity, poverty, insecurity have destroyed Nigerian press’ – University Don

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The Vice Chancellor, Federal University of Kashere, in Gombe State, Prof Umaru Pate, has identified ethnicity, poverty, threats from government and non-state actors, self-censorship, digital insecurity and psychological threats as some of the major challenges facing media freedom in Nigeria. Prof Pate, who gave a keynote address during the 2023 World Press Freedom Day celebration, on the theme: “Shaping a Future of Rights: Freedom of Expression as Driver for All Other Human Rights”, organised by the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Akwa-Ibom State Council, at the Press Centre, Uyo on…

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Media to inaugurate National Complaints Commission

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In the bid to strengthen public confidence in the media as a credible barometer of public opinion, the Nigerian media will on Monday inaugurate the nine-member board of the National Media Complaints Commission (NMCC), otherwise known as the National Ombudsman. Members of the commission who are drawn from the media, the bar, the academia, and civil society are former Managing Director, Guardian newspapers Emeka Izeze (Chairman); former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, (NBA), A. B Mahmoud, (SAN); Deputy Vice-Chancellor, (Academics) Paul University, Awka, Anambra State, Prof. Chinyere Stella Okunna;…

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