Nigeria's Anti-Media Bill

  • Nigeria:   Media Chiefs Insist On Press Freedom

    Daily Trust, 17 November 2009

    Media chiefs led by the former Lagos State governor and veteran journalist Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande yesterday insisted on the passage of the Freedom of Information Bill (FOI),… Read more »

  • Nigeria:   Stakeholders Warn Against Toxic Press Council Bill

    Vanguard, 17 November 2009

    THE Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, the Nigerian Press Council and other media stakeholders yesterday called for the urgent removal of some clauses seeking government control of… Read more »

  • Nigeria:   Editors Reject Press Council Bill

    Vanguard, 16 November 2009

    EDITORS of various media organisations across the country, who are presently in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory have called for the withdrawal of the new Press Council Bill,… Read more »

  • Nigeria:   Concern, Anger Over New Anti-Media Bill

    This Day, 16 November 2009

    Ten years after the Nigerian mass media survived brutal military dictatorships, a bill is now before the House of Representatives seeking to curtail press freedom and teleguide the… Read more »

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