Tag: press freedom
Tinubu meets newspaper proprietors, vows to uphold press freedom
President Bola Tinubu has vowed to uphold media freedom and respect opinions, whether they are adversarial or complimentary to his government.
Tinubu made the pledge...
Buhari hails Premium Times publisher, Dapo Olorunyomi, on press freedom award
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the co-founder and publisher of Premium Times Dapo Olorunyomi on being named one of the four awardees for 2020...
Ensure safety of journalists in Ebonyi, GOCOP tells Buhari
The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to ensure the...
DSS releases Newsdiary Online publisher after interrogation
The Department of State Services (DSS) has released the publisher/editor-in-chief of Newsdiary Online, Danlami Nmodu, after interrogating him on a recent report on Kano...
DSS invites Newsdiary Online publisher over investigative story
The Department of State Services (DSS) has invited publisher/editor-in-chief of Newsdiary Online, Danlami Nmodu, to the headquarters of the agency in Abuja for questioning.
A...
Punch addressing Buhari as Major General is press freedom – Presidency
The Presidency has said that The Punch newspaper’s decision to include the prefix, Major General, in addition to President Muhammadu Buhari is a testimony...
Hate speech bill beginning of dictatorship – Afe Babalola
Founder of Afe Babalola University (ABUAD), Chief Afe Babalola, (SAN), has described the Anti-hate Speech Bill before the Senate as a slide to dictatorship.
The...
Nigerians under attack from hate speech – Senator Abdullahi
Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Aliyu Abdullahi, on Wednesday warned that Nigeria may experience severe crisis with its attendant effect unless the...
FG to acquire modern equipment to monitor hate broadcast – Lai...
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Tuesday insisted on amendment of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Act to allow the regulator greater...
PDP rejects Buhari’s regulation of online media
The
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected moves by President Muhammadu Buhari
to impose “stringent regulations” on online media and broadcast organisations.
Minister
of information and culture,...