Tag: Media
IWD: IPC tasks media on women, girls’ issues
The International Press Centre, IPC, Lagos, Nigeria, has joined global voices tasking the media to step up reports that advance…
Minister commends media’s role in fight against corruption, terrorism
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has commended the media for its role in the ongoing national…
We have always regarded the media as partners – Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says he has always regarded the media as partners, hence the…
Don’t celebrate Boko Haram attacks, Lai Mohammed tells media
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Tuesday urged the media not to glamorise attacks of the…
Minister tasks media on terrorism, national unity
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has urged the media to galvanize support among the populace for…
RATTAWU again advocates media salary structure
The Radio, Television, Theatre and Arts Workers Union of Nigeria (RATTAWU) on Saturday again called for a new salary structure…
Saraki slams media, says he was not stoned
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has expressed his displeasure with reports in the media that he was stoned during the prayers…
Gov Ayade Didn’t Forge Age —SAN
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Paul Erokoro has accused another Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Joe Agi of…
US Consul-General hails Nigeria media contribution to democracy
The US Consul-General in Lagos, Mr Jeffrey Hawkins, on Tuesday said that the Nigerian media deserved kudos for a job…
Buhari cautions Personal Aides on Media roles
The president-elect of Nigeria, General Muhammadu Buhari, has instructed all his staff, including the personnel attached directly to him, to…
Paris supermarket hostages sue media over live coverage
Six people who hid in a supermarket refrigerator during January’s Islamist attacks in Paris have sued French media for broadcasting…
Keshi: Pinnick warns media not to heat polity
President of Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick has made a passionate appeal to sections of the Nigeria media to stop…
2015: INEC calls for synergy with media
Alhaji Hussein Pai, the Kogi Resident Electoral Commissioner of INEC, on Friday, called for positive synergy between the media and…
Jonathan yet to approve 40 NASS bills, says Zakari
The Chairman, House Committee on Information, Zakari Mohammed, on Tuesday said 40 bills were awaiting President Goodluck Jonathan’s assent to…
Political parties, media should abide by election ethics – Jega
Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, on Tuesday urged the political class and the media to…
Apologise To The Media, PDP Group Tells Obanikoro
Jamiu Yisa A youth group within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Forum for Justice and Equity (FJE) on Tuesday asked…
Facebook ‘newspaper’ spells trouble for media
Facebook’s move to fulfill its ambition to be the personal “newspaper” for its billion-plus members is likely to mean more…
Jonathan blames the media for false impression about Boko Haram
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday in London said that the media was blowing the security situation in the north eastern…
Emir charges media to sensitise public on violence boycott
The Emir of Gombe, Alhaji Abubakar Shehu-Abubakar, on Saturday tasked media organisations to sensitise the public on the need to…
Abati to sue Nigeria media outfits
Dr Reuben Abati, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, has threatened to sue all Nigeria media…
Edo assembly members criticise media for addressing them as APC legislators
Members of Edo State House of Assembly elected on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) have criticsed the media,…
‘Nyako’s Impeachment Notice Can’t Be Through Media’
A Yola High Court on Monday dismissed the application filed by Adamawa State House of Assembly requesting to serve Governor…
House Condemns Military’s Clampdown On Media
Eromosele Ebhomele The Lagos State House of Assembly has slammed the Nigerian government and its military over the latter’s current…
Mu’azu pledges support to the media
The PDP National Chairman, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, said he would always work to protect the media due to its contribution…
APC Raises The Alarm Over Ekiti Election
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised the alarm on the desperation of the PDP-led Federal Government to capture Ekiti…
Army’s Unwarranted Crackdown On Media
By Michael Jegede The three essential functions performed by the media are that of information, education and entertainment. These are…
MRA condemns Jonathan’s onslaught on media
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today condemned the renewed onslaught on the Nigerian Press by the Goodluck Jonathan administration with the…
Manko cautions media on reporting security issues
The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Umar Manko, has urged the media to be cautious in its reportage of…
Nigeria military denies muzzling the media
Nigeria’s military on Friday said they had begun searching vehicles carrying newspapers and newsprint because of security concerns, denying the…
Nigerian Military Clamps Down On Media
Oluokun Ayorinde/Abuja The Nigerian military which has come under severe criticisms locally and international for failing to contain the Boko…