A jailed Senegalese journalist critical of President Macky Sall has been hospitalised on the ninth day of a hunger strike in protest at his treatment, a media union and a lawyer said Saturday. Pape Ale Niang, director of the Dakar Matin news site, has been held for more than a month following his arrest on […]
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By Yinka Fabowale O jina o, kibo! O yo gende. Li kobo y’omo, yo’ya O yo dede ule Mi le nikan je tan o E wa ba mi ra! Every dusk, the call went up, usually as the hour approached seven o’clock. With the crier’s sonorous sing-song Remo dialect inflection, it pierces the night’s falling […]
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One of Nigeria’s leading media rights groups, Journalists for Democratic Rights, JODER, and Leshi Bagauda, the youngest daughter of The News Magazine journalist, Kaltho Bagauda, who was bombed to death during the regime of the late Gen Sani Abacha, have called for fresh investigations into the death of the journalist. Kaltho was a correspondent with […]
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The International Criminal Court in The Hague | File photo: Reuters A free media is pivotal to the success and sustainability of any democracy. Article 19 of Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) says, “everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes, freedom to hold opinions without interference and to […]
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Chairman, Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Ondo State Council, Prince Leke Adegbite, receiving a gift from Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu during the union’s courtesy visit to the Governor in AkurePhoto: Peter Oluwadare Ondo State Governor Oluwrotimi Akeredolu has assured that his administration would reorganise the state owned newspaper, The Hope, into a Corporation like Ondo State […]
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Ondo State NUJ Chairman, Prince Leke Adegbite and Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, during a courtesy visit to the Governor in his office by the union’s executives Warns Ebiras in Ondo against venturing into kidnapping Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has confirmed the arrest of the attackers of St Francis Catholic Church, […]
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By Dare Babarinsa July is a special month in Nigeria. It is when the heavens open up to release the rain in torrents and expose the hidden shame of our cities. About 60 years ago, a young graduate of the University of Ibadan, John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo, wrote a poem to celebrate the city. We were […]
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By Femi Adesina Hahahahahaaaaaaa. I burst into an uproarious laughter as I write the headline above. What a way to celebrate your boss, mentor, an icon, and your journalistic dad at 70. Yes, Mike Awoyinfa, editor of the celebrated Weekend Concord, and pioneer Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of The Sun, which hit the newspaper market like a […]
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Osun State Police Command has clarified that a journalist with The Nation newspaper, in the state, Toba Adedeji, is not dead. However, the police neither took responsibility for the shooting by its officials nor apologise in a statement issued 24 hours after the incident. Police officials deployed to disperse some protesters in Osogbo had shot […]
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A team of police, military and vigilante operatives in Niger State have rescued a staff of Guardian Newspapers Limited, Mr Ajibade Alagbe, after spending several hours in their den. Mr. Ajibade Alagbe, who works in The Guardian Newspapers’ Abuja office, was abducted in the early hours of Wednesday from his home located along Kaduna-Abuja road, […]
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