The Lagos branch of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) issued a heartfelt call for unity and camaraderie among Nigerians during a cultural celebration on Thursday. At the inaugural cultural day event organised as part of the 2023 Press Week, Mr. Ajayi Adeleye, the council’s chairman, emphasised the importance of fostering love and harmony within 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…
Tribalism is to Africa what racism is to the West. It is the African version of black-on-black violence, except that ours is unmatched in the crudity of the implements of violence and the tenacity with which we insist on handing over the chalice of hate to the coming generation. Some people are not content with 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…
It has simply gotten out of hand. Journalists and now a global media organisation of repute, the BBC, which should know better, are becoming a tool for terrorists, even if unwittingly, by amplifying the faces, voices and stories of killers and marauders who are still operating with impunity across Nigeria. The public interest argument seems Read More…
A former Minister of Information, Mr Frank Nweke Jnr, has urged the media to enhance their professionalism and set the agenda to consolidate Nigeria’s democracy. Nweke made the call on Tuesday in Enugu while presenting a paper at the town-hall meeting organised by the Nigerian Guild of Editors for the media and Civil Society Organisations Read More…
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO be affected by contact with Lindsay Barrett, the poet, journalist, essayist, photographer, playwright, broadcaster and novelist. This rolling stone has gathered moss aplenty, having packed so much into his four score years with indelible footprints in Europe, the United States and Africa. I first met Barrett in the glorious 70s when Read More…
…Describes His Death As Colossal Loss To Nigeria Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has described the death of former Minister of Information and Culture, Prince Tony Momoh, as a colossal loss to Nigeria and the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC). Governor Sanwo-Olu in a condolence message signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Read More…
