This article by Emmanuel Onwubiko examines what the writer believes to be unnecessary attacks by the Minister of Information and…
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Nigeria: MRA Sues NBC Over Arise TV, Others
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has filed a lawsuit at the Federal High Court in Ibadan, Oyo State, challenging the powers…
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Nigeria: A Thought for Nigerian Journalists
Today (November 2) on the international calendar is devoted to ‘End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists’ and comes just days…
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Nigeria: How Critical Online Journalism, Social Media Activism Became Cybercrime in Nigeria
On February 13, 2020, Agba Jalingo, the publisher of the online newspaper Cross River Watch, regained tentative freedom after a…
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Niger Passes New Law On Interception of Communications
Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) Niger’s recently passed interception of communications law is meant…
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Nigeria: No to ‘Hate Speech’ Fine
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) recently reviewed its 6th National Broadcasting Code which, among other punitive measures, raised the fine…
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Nigeria: CPJ Names Premium Times Publisher, 4 Others As 2020 International Press Freedom Awardees
The Committee to Protect Journalists will honor four courageous journalists from Bangladesh, Iran, Nigeria, and Russia with the 2020 International…
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Nigeria: COVID-19 – a Pandemic Unfavourable to Journalists
The COVID-19 pandemic got here with its personal algorithm and rules, which anybody who selected to disobey, did at their…
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