By Emmanuel Obe On June 2, 2016, Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo, unveiled a plaque and planted a tree at Tenalo Creek, Bodo City in Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State to kick off the commencement of the implementation of the Ogoni Cleanup project. The project was recommended by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) for […]
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By Dave Okogadie On assuming office in 2007 as Delta State governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan flagged off the dualization of the Ughelli/Asaba road. The jubilation that greeted the government decision expressed the yearning of the people, who had been made to go through excruciating pains plying the road which had been left to decay over
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By Sunday Dada A 19-year-old girl and her family in Port Harcourt are in a dilemma over how to handle her recently discovered weeks-old pregnancy. The girl (whose identity is being protected) is a 200-level student at the University of Port Harcourt. She got pregnant for a young man in her area. She has been
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VERY recently, there was a news report in Ikengaonline and other news outlets concerning the Enugu West senatorial district. In that report, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) aspirant for the senate, Senator Ben-Collins Ndu, had gone to meet the party delegates of the senatorial district in a bid to persuade them to vote for him in
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LAGOS, Monday, June 6, 2022: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today accused the Federal Government of encouraging attacks against journalists and media organizations by its failure to take measures to protect journalists and punish perpetrators of such attacks whom it noted are frequently security agents or other government officials. Observing that at least seven media professionals
By Afeez Rabiu Professors Farooq Kperogi and Umaru Pate, along with a bilingual investigative journalist, Peter Nkanga, Data/Science Journalists, Chikezie Omeje, Damilola Ojetunde and Habib Oladapo enlivened WikkiTimes‘ capacity building for 30 northeast journalists with their revolutionary presentations aimed at sanitizing the country’s political landscape as it relates to journalism practice and journalists’ safety. Kperogi,
Grace Egila Lokoja – According to the United Nations, the commitment to realizing the rights of persons with disabilities is not only a matter of justice; it is also an investment in a common future. The world report on disability, published in 2011 says about 25 million Nigerians have at least one form of disability
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By Grace Egila Lokoja – No fewer than 40 Journalists have been trained on reporting disability in the media on Thursday under the Participatory Governance and Media Literacy project tagged “Get Involved, Dialogue and Improve (G-DRIP)” being implemented by Stallion Times Media Service in Kano and Kogi states. The G-DRIP is in collaboration with the
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Albarka FM, under the Collaborative Media Project, has taken good governance and transparency advocacy to media Houses in Kwara State charging them to live up to their roles as agents of good governance in order to deepen democracy in Nigeria. The round table discussion was held at the Nigerian Union of Journalists, hall, along Offa
By Amos Aar ABUJA-based online newspaper, National Record, on Wednesday and Thursday held a 2-day training/capacity-building workshop on ‘Investigative and Accountability Journalism’ with participants drawn from different media organisations. Welcoming participants at the opening session of the programme on Tuesday, Iduh L. Onah, the publication’s Editor-in-Chief, said the workshop is funded by the McArthur Foundation
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In a bid to increase advocacy for the representation of marginalised voices in the media and improve reporting on governance and accountability at local levels, Safer-Media Initiative (SMI) conducted a survey in the six Local Area councils (LAC) of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja to assess the visibility of marginalised voices in the media, the level of
Isiyaku Ahmed A survey finding by the Safer-Media initiative (SMI) says 69.4% of its respondents are unsatisfied with media coverage of local issues in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). According to the SMI, the survey was conducted in a bid to increase advocacy for the representation of marginalized voices in the media and improve reporting
By Friday Idachaba Journalists have been urged to act independently, defend and prioritise public interests, ensure fairness and impartiality in their reports at all times for attainment of an accountable and egalitarian society. A veteran journalist and Lead Facilitator Mr Steve Salawu, made the call during a one-day training workshop on Ethics for Journalists, organised
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By Oyiza Bello Stallion Times Media Services has urged Media Practitioners in the country to uphold the ethics of journalism for the betterment of society. This was made known at a one-day media training workshop on the ‘code of ethics for journalists on Thursday in Lokoja organized by Stallion Times Media Services under the ‘Get
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The Kogi State chapter of the Nigerian Union of Journalists on Thursday called for the enactment of protection laws and full implementation of the Freedom of Information Act. The union made the call in a communique after a one-day workshop organised by Stallion Times Media Services. This was done in collaboration with the Wole Soyinka
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By Grace Egila In an effort to enhance professionalism in media practice through adherence to the professional code of ethics for journalists, Stallion Times Media Services has trained 80 journalists on the code of ethics and moral issues in journalism practice in Kano and Kogi states. The training is under the participatory governance and media
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Solacebase Communications, Publishers of Solacebase online newspaper on Wednesday trained selected journalists on investigative and data-driven journalism on health reporting at the grass-root, especially in Primary Health Care, so as to improve healthcare services delivery to the people. The two-day training in partnership with the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism and with the support
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By Elijah Akoji Seven years after the Jigawa State government made a promise to provide ‘One Ward, One Health Centre’ across the 287 wards in the state, residents still decry poor access to quality health care service and have to travel long distances to seek health care. Relying on the state’s financials, and on-the-ground reporting
It’s getting to one year now since the Federal Government of Nigeria promised to reconstruct the Eleme Junction/Trailer Park axis of the East-West road to ease traffic on that road and cut down the suffering that commuters, motorists, workers, school children and industrial concerns that ply that road go through. Nothing has happened yet. And
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The May sun shone brilliantly over Okwuzi, one of the three Egbema communities on the northern borders of Rivers State with Imo State, but it could not permeate the mood of the people in and around this particular mud house located at the centre of the Umuagburuga village in the town. Inside the poorly illuminated
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By Cara Gift Luckson Over 20 practicing journalists drawn from the North-East and other states of the country have participated in a capacity-building workshop to intensify the coverage and reportage of the North-East to drive sustainable development. The 2-day media training organised by Neptune Prime Network Limited, publishers of Neptune Prime online, magazine, and Neptune
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