Tag: BON

Media Professionals,Others Unite Against Proposed Social Media Bill

Emporium Reporters

Nigeria’s frontline press and media organisations will henceforth resist moves by politicians and the federal government to muzzle and suppress free speech. The bone of contention this time is the proposed controversial Social Medial Bill sponsored by Senator Aliyu Abdullahi at the Senate. The Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria, the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria, the Online Publishers Association of Nigeria, the Nigerian Guild of Editors, the Nigerian Union of Journalists and the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers and others have announced their intention to jointly stand against the unending plots…

Magu Tasks Media on Anti-corruption War

Emporium Reporters

The Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,Ibrahim Magu, has called on the media to complement the work of the anti-corruption agencies, describing the role of the media as vital in the fight against corruption in Nigeria. “The media occupy unique place in the fight against corruption and impunity in Nigeria. As the Fourth Estate of the Realm, the media is the only profession that is constitutionally mandated to hold the nation’s leaders to account”, he said. Magu made the appeal in a keynote address delivered on Monday, November…

DON’T MOCK US, MINISTER CHARGES MEDIA

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The Honourable Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has appealed to the media to fully support the administration’s fight against corruption, saying the fourth estate of the realm cannot afford to sit on the fence as far as the battle to rid the nation of corruption is concerned. Declaring open the 68th General Assembly of the Broadcasting Organizations of Nigeria (BON) in Abuja on Monday, the Minister said while the media should not hesitate to criticise the government’s strategy for the war against corruption, when necessary, it should…