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    How Journalists Can Achieve Self Empowerment

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow A former General Editor of Newswatch Magazine, Jossy Nkwocha, who also presented a paper at the occasion, said that there are many legitimate ways by which journalists could leverage on their profession to empower themselves. Nkwocha spoke on the topic, “Leveraging Journalism for […] More

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    BIAFRA: Protesters Shut Down Port Harcourt

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow By Emmanuel Obe   Traffic and other activities were held up for several hours along the Aba Road and other arterial roads like Azikiwe, Ikwerre and Station roads in Port Harcourt, River State following street protests by supporters of the embattled Director of […] More

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    Journalists More Endangered Worldwide

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Washington D.C Faced with arrests and censorship by governments, kidnapped and murdered by terrorists and other non-state forces and sometimes compelled to report falsehoods by wealthy owners of private media, journalists face a more worrisome future “Paradoxically, in a time of seemingly unlimited […] More

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    Thugs Attack Osun Secretariat, Beat Journalists

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Armed thugs suspected to have been hired by a faction of the Trade Union Congress in Osun State, on Tuesday in Osogbo, attacked journalists who were covering a protest staged by Osun State workers at the State secretariat. They reportedly beat up Oloyede […] More

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    Journalists Mark International Women’s Day with Share-fair

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism, WSCIJ, and its partner, the Netherlands Embassy, on Friday, March 13, held a share-fair event themed ‘Report Women: Make It Happen’ amongst journalists to commemorate the International Women’s Day. The event was organized to contribute to improving […] More

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    Nigerian Journalists Trained On Investigative Journalism

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism, WSCIJ has trained 203 Journalists in Nigeria on how to improve their investigative journalism skills. In addition to that, the WSCIJ provided capacity support for the creation and or improvement of investigative reporting desks in eight […] More

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    African Journalists In the Diaspora To Monitor Nigerian Elections

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow A delegation of journalists from the US-based National Association of African Journalists (NAAJ), who are concerned about a successful democratic transition and the entrenchment of democratic principles, is set to visit Nigeria for the national elections scheduled for February 14 and 28. Members […] More

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    IPC Holds Third Media Tweet-A-Thon

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The International Press Center, IPC, held its third “media-tweet-a-thon” at the IPC Conference Hall, Dideolu Court, Ogba, Lagos on Thursday, October 30. The event titled, “role of the media in promoting the participation of physically challenged persons in the 2015 general elections,” is […] More

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    China Cracks Down on Fake Journalists

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Chinese press authorities have launched a new crackdown on illegal media and fake journalists. The campaign, which will run until September, will focus on illegal online media and people who defraud or extort money by pretending to be journalists, according to a joint […] More