The Wife of the Lagos State Governor, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, has described the role of journalists as critical to the survival and development of the nation, urging media practitioners to always discharge their responsibility with absolute sense of loyalty, dedication and professionalism.
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The president gave the challenge when he received the Chairman and members of the Board of Directors of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday.
For indiscretion and sensationalism, on the graves of some notable Nigerian online news platforms will this epigraph be written: “In spite of the professional accomplishments of its founding fathers, this news platform reigned for indecorous reportage of events and status as a tool in the hands of coercers. Although it thrived on the back of the internet revolution, gaining commercial patronage and remunerating relationship for editorial staff, this news platform later died of the shock caused by distrust and outright rejection by the reading public following the discovery of its self-serving agenda.”
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday, tasked the Nigerian Guild of Editors to save the journalism from total collapse by enforcing the rules and values of the profession.
Affable and humble but hardworking and accomplished, Wale strived for excellence in all he did. This made him a unique and rare person. He was not satisfied by the ordinary or the average. He was not one to follow the crowd. He was one who always sought the truth and who mandated his newspaper to publish it and never conceal it.
Njemanze made the call at the opening of a two-day workshop with the theme; “Journalism for Democracy in the Digital Age on Ethical Journalism’’ in Abuja on Thursday.
According to a statement by GOCOP on Wednesday, the Minister was quoted as having said: “It is far easier to read now online, especially when one is on the move.
“I get story alerts on my phones and iPad
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has mourned the demise of the deputy chairman, Board of Directors of the Sun Newspapers of Nigeria, Mr. Dimgba Igwe.
I do not share the view that the glaring omissions on the part of the mainstream media is made up for by the courageous work against sloth, inefficiency and routine corruption by the new media
According to him, media reports have great impact on national interest and therefore could make or mar democratic dispensation