Mohammed, who was represented by the Managing Director, News Agency of Nigeria, Bayo Onanuga, made the appeal at a summit in commemoration of the International Day to end Impunity for crimes Against Journalists, on Thursday in Abuja.
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Kola-Ogunalde said: “As the forthcoming general elections in Nigeria approaches, Google is training and empowering the media on the use of modern data tools for effective reporting during the election.
Russell Brooks, the US Public Affairs Officer, during his remarks at the opening of the three-day seminar, holding at the Shoregate Hotel in Ikeja, said the aim was to widen the knowledge of journalists covering the military.
The Chairman of the council, Rex Arum, led a protest march at the premises of the NUJ Press Centre along Rangers Avenue in Enugu.
Media representatives from almost 30 countries will be covering World Cup related events during the championship, from Argentina and Brazil to China and Japan.
“The prime minister has directed that the press statement regarding fake news be withdrawn and the matter beaddressed in the Press Council of India,” a senior official in Modi’s told Reuters.
Journalists walked out en masse after veteran political journalist Francis Gachuri and 25-year-old television journalist Jane Gatwiri were assaulted while waiting for Odinga to speak.
Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, Google’s Communications and Public Affairs Manager, Anglophone, West Africa, made the appeal at the Google Data Tools for Elections Reporting Workshop held in Lagos
Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF) has described the death of Deputy Managing Director of the Sun newspaper, Mr. Dimgba Igwe as sad and unfortunate.
It said that the media should continue to uphold integrity and professionalism and avoid publishing outrageous claims by people with vested interests without substantive evidence
The Executive Director of the NGO, Dayo Aiyetan, said that the training would expose the journalists to the intricacies involved in investigative journalism
In a press statement signed by Evelyn Watta, the AIPS Executive Committee Member, Lausanne, they said that about 150 signatures were collected from journalists
Atunwa made the call while declaring open a capacity building workshop organised by the Kwara State Council of the Nigerian Union of Journalists on Saturday in Ilorin
The statement said: “Today (May 3) marks another World Press Freedom Day, as an essential ingredient to the existence of democracy and fundamental human goal
Mbu made the remark on Monday at his maiden news conference at the FCT Police Command headquarters on assumption of duty
Amosun explained that the scheduled event at the secretariat had been postponed, but that the information was not communicated to all the members
The vice president made this known during the commissioning and foundation laying ceremony of the first phase of the secretariat of the Nigeria Institute of Journalists and the International Institute of Journalism, which held in Mabushi, Abuja
The theme of the training is “Investigative Journalism” and will focus on ethics and the principles of investigation in news writing
According to him, the union plans to sue the management of a newspaper organisation over alleged unpaid salaries, to demonstrate NUJ’s commitment to the welfare of its members
Senator Mark, who said this on Saturday at the opening of the two-day 2013 Senate Press Corps Retreat in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, noted: “I advocate that there is need for you to have proper insurance and life coverage