Tag: Nigeria media

NHRC Boss,Ojukwu lauds Nigeria Media dedication to Human Rights protection

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The Executive Secretary, National Human Rights Commission NHRC,Dr Tony Ojukwu has commended Nigerian media unwavering dedication to the cause of human rights protection, and also for being the watchdogs of democracy Ojukwu further expressed appreciation for the invaluable work of the media in amplifying human rights issues and giving voice to those who often go unheard. NHRC Boss gave this commendation at a Media parley held at the Commission headquarters in Abuja on Friday 29th September,2023. In his word “Your commitment to shining a light on human rights violations, promoting…

WSCIJ, CJID to host Twitter spaces on Nigeria media, political leadership and women equity in 2023 elections

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Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) and Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) will discuss “Nigeria media, political leadership, and women equity” on Twitter spaces to mark the 2023 International Women’s Day (#IWD23) on Wednesday, 8 March 2023 from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm.   In line with this year’s IWD theme: #EmbraceEquity, the event will have stakeholders discuss how the media have engaged and reported Nigerian women’s participation in the 2023 elections across the sub-national and national levels. It will also suggest roadmaps on how the media…

Activist advises Media to be wary of fake news

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By Abubakar Yusuf.     With the political firmament becoming tensed by the day in the run up to the 2023 general elections, the media space is getting awash with fake news majorly directed at maligning the hard earned integrity of worthy citizens and political opponents. This is the position shared by Alex Njoku, an Activist and Executive Director of Democracy for Good Governance Initiative.   In the strategy of the purveyors of these falsehoods, Njoku stated that “cutting down opponents, you consider threats to your political aspiration is believed…

To survive Online challenge, media should embrace plural journalism, says Adedayo

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Dr. Festus Adedayo is a political communication scholar, author and lawyer. He was a media adviser to two executive governors. In this interview with ROTIMI AGBOLUAJE of The Guardian Newspapers, he spoke on the challenges facing media in Nigeria today.   How can the media industry produce quality hands for this generation?   IT’S distressing when you look at the media industry. At the time we got into journalism, our predecessors told us that we didn’t meet the industry at its prime. Even the one we met was such that…

Why Fake News Should Be Condemned In Nigeria By Emmanuel Ajibulu

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It’s too soon to say whether Google’s, Twitter’s and Facebook’s attempts to clamp down on fake news will have a significant impact. But fabricated stories posing as serious journalism are not likely to go away as they have become a means for some writers to make money and potentially influence public opinion negatively. Even as Nigerians recognize that fake news causes confusion about current affairs and events, they continue to circulate it, regrettably so. Only yesterday (Friday December 8, 2017) the internet was awash with the purported news of organized protest in northern Nigeria…