Last week Thursday, the House of Representatives was thrown into what may qualify as a brief drama following a motion by chairman, House Committee on Ethics and Privileges, Alhaji Sani Saleh-Minjibir (Kano, PDP), calling on the House to condemn a report by TELL magazine describing Nigeria as a failed state.
The guns have gone silent - except for sporadic conflict in parts of the vast South Sudan region, such as the Eastern Equatoria State. It may not be the absolute end of the conflict in the region, but it is a reason for renewed hope.
It is becoming increasingly clear that The Witch Hunt in the Gambia, the disappearance of Chief Manneh, the rigorous pursuit of libel as a crime which led to the incarceration of journalists for expression of opinions and the issuing of threats of death or harm to perceived dissidents have put the country in focus in domains like ECOWAS, the US Congress, the Commonwealth and the UN.
DAILY and weekly newspapers have all lost circulation, except for the Afrikaans daily Die Son, and the Zulu daily Isolezwe, according to the third-quarter year-on-year figures released yesterday by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC).
Under-fire Nigeria coach, Shuaibu Amodu says he has earned the right to be treated with respect by both the fans and media.
There was once upon a time in Liberia's dark past when it was fashionable to silence the press by rounding up reporters and editors and incarcerating them for months without charge. There was also a time when anti-media cloak-and-dagger agents used the cover of darkness to raze media houses.
A five day training workshop for 15 journalists on online Communication and Internet security for media practitioners commenced on Monday at the Gambia Press Union Headquarters in Bakau.
Otunba Eddie Aderinokun a renowned journalist was born July 13, 1940 in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Chief Aderinokun, former Editor, Daily Express and one time Vice President of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) is not comfortable with what he described as below-standard pace at which journalism profession in Nigeria today is running.
Human rights group, SERAP, has urged the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights to urgently intervene and stop the Nigerian government from instigating the passage of a Bill by the National Assembly to undermine the internationally recognised rights to freedom of expression and press in the country.
Over the last twenty years, President Yoweri Museveni has baffled observers with his relations with the Ugandan media. He has simultaneously been the strongest promoter of press freedom and its biggest threat. He has jailed and prosecuted as many journalists as he has dined with.
Wainaina denies leading African lit renaissance but offers tips on how it can succeed - via mobile phone
Executives of the Tema Chapter of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) have registered their outmost displeasure over the content of a letter making rounds on a local online network, ghanaweb.
A study conducted by the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC), between February and September 2009, among seven private-owned newspapers in Ghana, has ranked The Chronicle as the top private media organisation in corruption reporting, with 100 stories.
A four-day training for 15 journalists; including editors and reporters drawn from different media institutions in the country will end today at the Gambia Press UnionÂ's head office in Bakau.
Vice President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday commissioned NTDC's Outside Broadcast Van (OB Van) and Radio Tourism 89.9 FM in the Tourism Village, NTDC headquarters in Abuja. Dr. Jonathan in his remark said the OB Van and the Tourism Radio is the first of its kind in the tourism in industry in Africa.
