Category: Media

NBC Director General, Mr. Charles Ebuebu Media professionals have expressed satisfaction with the recent court ruling nullifying provisions of the Broadcasting Code empowering the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to impose fines on broadcasters. Recall, a Federal High Court in Abuja, last week, declared null and void, provisions of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code authorising the NBC […]

•L-R: Head, Corporate Communications, Polaris Bank, Mr Rasheed Bolarinwa; Coordinating Editor, ‘Our PUNCH Years’, Mr Lekan Otufodurin; President, Nigerian Guild of Editors, Mr Eze Anaba; a former Deputy Editor-In-Chief, Punch Nigeria Limited, Gbemiga Ogunleye; Chairman, Punch Nigeria Limited, Mrs Angela Emuwa; Lagos State Commissioner for Information, Mr Gbenga Omotoso; Managing Director/Editor-In-Chief, Punch Nigeria Limited, Mr […]

By Dare Babarinsa So, The Guardian is 40. In 1983, when it debuted, it staked its claim to the highest echelon of the Nigerian press. It announced itself as The Flagship of the Nigerian Press, even before the first copy rolled out of the press. It was a venture of breathtaking audacity. The newspaper came […]

Participants at the training Journalists have been tasked to hold government and other stakeholders accountable on issues of gender inclusivity especially for Persons With Disabilities, (PWDs), women and girls. Executive Director, Gender Strategy Advancement International, (GSAI), Adara Sydney-Jack, made the call at a one-day Inclusive Investigation Training on Accountability in Accountability in Governance for Reporters […]

Wole Soyinka on Naija Times Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka said Thursday that journalism must tread new grounds to probe not just the state but the society itself. The professor of Comparative Literature said that society needed to be nudged into consciousness of where it was and where it was headed. “The state stands to save […]

Rivers State Government has shut down the operations of Africa Independent Television (AIT) and Raypower FM in Port Harcourt. DAAR Communications PLC, in a brief statement on Sunday by AIT Editor, Terverr Tyav, said the management was taken by surprise by the shutdown as the government had not given it any notice of the shutdown. […]

Lanre Arogundade Ahead of the Bayelsa State governorship election slated for November 11, 2023, media practitioners and stakeholders in the industry have said the press would be pivotal to the conduct of free and fair elections. At a two-day roundtable on Bayelsa governorship elections organised by International Press Centre (IPC), participants also raised the need […]