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Mar

26

2024

MRA Challenges ThisDay Newspaper’s View that Court’s Order to Investigate Killing of Dele Giwa, other Journalists is ‘Vacuous’

NATIONAL NEWS#CommunicationsOfficer, #DeleGiwa, #IdowuAdewale, #Journalist, #MRA, #VacuousJudgementOnDeleGiwa

MRA Challenges ThisDay Newspaper’s View that Court’s Order to Investigate Killing of Dele Giwa, other Journalists is ‘Vacuous’ Mr. Idowu Adewale, MRA’s, Communications OfficerMedia Rights Agenda (MRA) has refuted a ThisDay newspaper’s article describing as “vacuous” the February 16, 2024 judgment by Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja directing the Federal Government to investigate attacks against journalists, including the 1986 gruesome murder of the renowned journalist, Mr. Dele Giwa, as well as prosecute and punish the perpetrators of such attacks. In an unsigned article published on Sunday, February 25, 2024, titled “A Vacuous Judgment on Dele…

Feb

16

2024

By Famous Reporters

Investigate all Attacks Against Journalists, Punish Perpetrators of Attacks, Court Orders FG

LEGAL#Journalist, #MediaRightsAgenda

Investigate all Attacks Against Journalists, Punish Perpetrators of Attacks, Court Orders FG Lagos, Friday, February 16, 2024: In a landmark judgment, a Federal High Court in Abuja today directed the Federal Government to investigate attacks against journalists, prosecute and punish perpetrators of such attacks and take measures to prevent further attacks on journalists while ensuring that all journalists who are victims of attacks have access to effective remedies. Delivering judgment in a suit filed by Media Rights Agenda (MRA) against the Federal Government, represented by the Attorney-General of the Federation, Justice Inyang Ekwo upheld the organization’s claim that by failing…

Sep

28

2023

By Famous Reporters

ICSPJ Condemns Alleged Gruesome Killing Of Veteran Journalist

CRIME#HamisuDanjibga, #IPC, #Journalist, #LanreArogundade, #PressFreedom, #VoiceOfNigeria

ICSPJ CONDEMNS THE ALLEGED GRUESOME KILLING OF VETERAN JOURNALIST IPC’s Centre for Safety and Protection of Journalists (I-CSPJ), Lagos-Nigeria is dismayed over the alleged gruesome killing of Hamisu Danjibga, a veteran radio reporter in Zamfara State who was found dead in a soak away pit in his house, Wednesday, September 20, 2023. The veteran journalist, before he met the sad fate, worked with the Voice of Nigeria (VON) for several years. He spent over three decades as a reporter and was declared missing three days before his corpse was found. Report published on Premium Times website states that, “the discovery…

Sep

28

2023

By Famous Reporters

VC Lauds Alumnus, Journalist Obinna Ibe, Receives Book Donation

NEWS#Journalist, #SamObinnaIbe

VC Lauds Alumnus, Comr. Sam Obinna Ibe, Receives Book Donation The Vice-Chancellor, Abia State University Uturu (ABSU), Distinguished Professor Onyemachi Maxwell Ogbulu have received book donations from an Alumnus of Absu in the Department of Mass Communication. Speaking while receiving the book titled "Professional Journalism, Practice Under Threat", the Vice-Chancellor appreciated the Author, Comr. Sam Obinna Ibe, the Chairman Correspondent Chapel of Abia State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists for his good gesture and continued support to the University and Education Development. The Vice-Chancellor charged him to continue in this pace of bridging the gaps between theoretical aspects of…