Nigeria: Muslim Lawyers Want Journalists to Avoid Unfair Reports

7 December 2012

Journalists have been urged to abide by the ethics of the profession in discharging their duties. Chairman of the Abuja chapter of the Muslim Lawyers Association of Nigeria (MULAN), Barrister Abdullahi Awwal Muhammad, gave the advice when he led A delegation on a visit to the headquarters of the Media Trust in Abuja.

Muhammad said only balance reports of all shades of opinion in the country would give room for peaceful co-existence amongst various groups in the country.

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