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Credit: UNESCO by Thalif Deen (united nations) Friday, March 08, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Mar 08 (IPS) – The Paris-based UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), whose mandate includes promoting the safety of journalists and ensuring press freedom worldwide, has pointed out that 2023 has been a particularly …

Pep Guardiola left serious journalists all over the world seething on Tuesday with a statement in a post-match press conference after his Manchester City team beat Brentford. During the press conference, he emphasized his satisfaction with his role as a Premier League soccer manager compared to a journalist, stating, “I …

Super Eagles player, Alex Iwobi and Victor Osimhen, were not in the mood for questions when journalists approached them in public.   The Super Eagles players were all dressed in as they returned to Nigeria after coming second at the just-concluded Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).   The players, who …

Journalists are urged to always portray the state in positive light. The Rivers Commissioner for Information and Communications, Joe Johnson, says the Gov Siminialayi Fubara’s administration is committed to ensuring a conducive environment for journalists in the state to discharge their duties.

This is the horrifying moment men armed with bombs and grenades seized a studio shortly after gangsters vowed a ‘war’ against the president’s plans to reclaim control from ‘narcoterrorists.’          Attackers carrying rifles and grenades stormed the studio of TC television in the port city of Guayaquil, …

  The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice has ordered the federal government to amend some sections of the Nigerian Press Council Act of 1992. Isaac Olamikan and Edoghogho Ugberease, two Nigerian journalists — had sued the federal government in 2021 for violating their rights to …

An Israeli shell landed among a group of international journalists covering clashes on the border in south Lebanon, killing a Reuters’ videographer and leaving six other journalists injured. An Associated Press photographer at the scene saw the body of Reuters videographer Issam Abdallah and some of the six who were …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu over “the unlawful ban and withdrawal of the accreditations of 25 journalists and media houses from covering the Presidential Villa.”   The Federal Government recently withdrew the accreditations of 25 journalists from covering activities at the …

The Bauchi State Police Command on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 tasked members of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) to redouble efforts in reporting all cases of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV). The state Commissioner of Police, Musa Auwal, gave this charge at a one-day capacity building organised by …

Prince Harry finally got his day in court against the British tabloid press that he has long reviled, taking the stand in London on Tuesday to accuse the Mirror Newspaper Group of hacking his cellphone more than a decade ago. Through five hours of polite but persistent grilling, Harry stood …