Lawmakers in the House of Representatives has condemned the incessant arrest and detention of journalists in the country while carrying out their constitutionally assigned role. Coming under a motion of urgent public importance titled “Need to curtail the incessant and unlawful arrest and detention of journalists by law enforcement agencies,” sponsor of the motion and…
The Nigerian Guild of Editors and the Nigeria Union of Journalists, on Sunday, decried the abduction of two journalists, their wives and children by bandits in Kaduna on Saturday night. Two Kaduna-based journalists – The Nation’s Abdulgafar Alabelewe and his Blueprint newspaper’s counterpart, AbdulRaheem Aodu – and their wives as well as children were on…
Gunmen have abducted Abdulgafar Alabelewe and Abdulraheem Aodu, journalists with The Nation and Blueprint newspapers respectively, in Kaduna. The abduction occurred on Saturday at Danhonu community, in the Millennium City area of Kaduna, around 10pm. Alabelewe, chair of the correspondents’ chapel of the Nigeria Union Journalists (NUJ), was abducted alongside his wife and two children….
President Bola Tinubu has extended his condolences to the family of Kabir Yusuf, who passed away on Tuesday. Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity in a statement on Wednesday, said Yusuf, a veteran journalist was the Federal Capital Territory correspondent for The Triumph Newspaper and Radio France Internationale Hausa….
Degue Broadcasting Network also known as DBN Television was incorporated in Nigeria in 1986 by Mr. Osa Sonny Adun and started its broadcasting in 1995 a year before the Nigerian Government deregulated the broadcast media. Degue Broadcasting Network (DBN) was founded in the United States of America in 1984 and the same year performed a…
The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC), SWI swissinfo.ch’s parent company, is set to switch off outdated analogue FM transmitters at the end of December. FM was originally expected to be switched off throughout Switzerland by the end of 2024. The government extended FM licences for the radio industry for the last time in October 2023 to…
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to ensuring a safe environment for journalists, highlighting that a free press is essential for a thriving democracy. Idris stated this during Wednesday’s book presentation of ‘Writing for Media and Monetising It’ by the Senior Vice Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Leadership…
Popular Osun broadcaster, Taiwo Kekere Ekun, has passed away. She worked with Fresh FM Osogbo before her death. Taiwo Kekere was known for her charismatic and eloquent presentation of newspaper reviews in Yoruba, which earned her recognition both within and outside Osun State. She was a graduate of Mass Communication from Osun State Polytechnic, Iree….
A journalist in Atar Communication, owners of Liberty TV/Radio, was reportedly found dead on Wednesday in Abuja, five days after he was declared missing. Joel Waksi, an On-Air Personality (OAP) in the media outfit, was said to have left office around 9pm on Friday and was expected to report back to duty by 2pm the…
Media personality, Toke Makinwa has strongly condemned the age-old custom of using tribal marks for identification, labelling it as a form of cruelty towards children without their consent. Makinwa made this known in a series of posts via her X account. The media personality recalled her recent meeting with an influencer who had tribal marks,…
