American media have been thrown for a loop by Monday’s firings of Fox News and CNN anchors Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon. Less than a week after parent company Fox Corp settled a defamation lawsuit starring Carlson for $787.5 million, Fox News Media and its top-rated host Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways. Carlson’s Read More…
To increase public trust in the media, the Nigerian media on Monday launched a nine-member board of the National Media Complaints Commission (NMCC), also known as the National Ombudsman. The Nigeria Press Organisation (NPO) launched the commission in Ikeja, Lagos. The NPO is made up of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), Nigeria Union of Read More…
The countdown to the third anniversary of Lagos Metropolitan newspaper (LM) has begun. The online publication was launched at the onset of the global pandemic – COVID-19 – on 13 April 2020. Since then it has been an arduous journey that has taken LM through many encounters, one of which was the #endsars crisis, which Read More…
Ahead of the general elections in 2023, the United States Consulate in Nigeria has trained 150 journalists on election reporting. The two-day meeting for the South-South geopolitical zone in Port Harcourt came to an end on Wednesday. Speaking at the occasion via video conference, Mr. Will Stevens, the general consul of the United States, pledged Read More…
The federal and state governments have been urged by the Media Rights Agenda (MRA) to guarantee the security and protection of media organisations and journalists during the upcoming general elections in 2023 and beyond. At a press conference held in honour of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists in Lagos, Mr. Read More…
Unrestrained use of social media and other digital platforms, according to Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, is causing significant issues on a worldwide scale. At a session to welcome guests to the Global Media and Information Literacy Week happening in Abuja, the minister reaffirmed this position. 193 UNESCO member nations are participating Read More…
Comedian Trevor Noah, the host of “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central, said he was going to leave the programme after hosting it for seven years, indicating he wanted to dedicate more time to stand-up comedy. The 38-year-old comedian – who moved to the United States in 2011 and was born in Johannesburg, South Africa Read More…
The Federal High Court in Lagos has extended the order preventing President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) from withdrawing the licences of 53 broadcast stations in the country and shutting down the stations for allegedly failing to renew their licenses. Justice Akintayo Aluko (Court 8) had on August 29, 2022, granted an Read More…
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has announced a momentary suspension of shutdown notice issued to African Independent Television, Silverbird Television and 50 other broadcast stations. NBC had announced the revocation of operation licences of the 52 broadcast stations over their indebtedness to the Commission Friday last week. The Commission however extended the 24-hour shutdown order Read More…
The Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON), has banned the use of foreign models and Voice-Over Artists (VOA) in Nigerian advertising media. In a statement signed by Dr Olalekan Fadolapo, the Director-General ARCON, the ban was in line with the Federal Government’s policy of developing local content, inclusive economic growth and the need to take Read More…
