Tag: Tonnie Iredia

Iredia, Lai Moh’d, DSS DG, EFCC Chair to speak at IPI Nigeria conference

Aminu Imam
IPI Nigeria conference

Renowned media practitioner, Professor Tonnie Iredia will deliver a keynote address on: ‘Democracy, Media Freedom and the Imperative of Protecting Nigeria’s Civic Space, at the 2024 conference of the Nigeria Chapter of the International Press Institute, (IPI Nigeria). According to an issued statement yesterday by the IPIs Secretary, Ahmed I. Shekarau, the event will be held on December 11, at the Abuja Continental Hotel, (formerly Sheraton Hotel). The Institute will also hold its annual general conference, elect new leadership and host its members and supporters to a dinner on 12…

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“Escalating fake news propaganda, handiwork of politicians” Ex-NTA D-G

Aminu Imam

Former Director-General of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Tony Iredia, has blamed Nigerian politicians for being behind fake news propaganda to discredit the Nigerian media. Iredia, made the declaration while delivering the Edo State University, Uzairues 4th Convocation lecture, titled: Fake News: Re-thinking The Role Of The Mainstream And Social Media In National Development. The former NTA DG, who accused politicians of overheating the word, fake news, noted that the mainstream media rely on social media for information, but has the obligation to process the information it gathered before publishing…

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You cant regulate broadcasting as a politician – ex-NTA DG, Iredia tells Lai Mohd

Ishaku Yohanna

A former Director-General of the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), Tonnie Iredia says Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, cannot regulate broadcasting in the country while he remains a politician. In his words during a Channels TV programme on Wednesday, the ex DG condemned Lais engagement in the amendment of the code of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on Tuesday. This contentious code, which augmented the fine for hate speech from N500,000 to N5 million, is facing countrywide opposition and infuriation. Notable countrymen  including Wole Soyinka, a Nobel Prize…

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