The committee members include a pro-media rights activist and member of NGE, Richard Akinnola; a lawyer/former Editor of Punch Newspaper, Gbemiga Ogunleye; former Editor-In-Chief/Managing Director of The Guardian, Martins Oloja; Deputy Editor-In-Chief/Chairman, Editorial Board of Daily Trust, Idris Hamza, and the General Secretary of the NGE, Dr. Iyobosa Uwugiaren.
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SERAP and NGE also called for the immediate and unconditional release of the human rights lawyer and activist, Dele Farotimi, who is facing alleged defamation and cybercrime charges.
UNICEF Nigeria Representative, Christian Munduate, and the President of the NGE, Eze Anaba, stated this on Saturday in Lagos.
The statement followed an interactive session on: “The state of press freedom in Nigeria,” which was held in Lagos on Friday.
It reaffirmed that media freedom, freedom of expression and access to public information are crucial to democracy.
The News Agency of Nigeria is reporting that the MoU was signed by the NGE and UNICEF in Abuja on Friday.
This is contained in a communique issued and co-signed by the NGE President, Mr Eze Anaba, and the General Secretary, Dr. Iyobosa Uwugiaren, after the forum’s Standing Committee Meeting held in Enugu, over the weekend.
It is designed to address the professional/welfare needs of media houses and editors in Nigeria.
The conference, scheduled for Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, will be attended by over 400 media executives and senior editors.
The Nigerian Guild of Editors has expressed worry over the insecurity in parts of the country and commended governors of the South East geopolitical zone for the ongoing initiatives to collectively address the challenge in the area.
The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has advised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu – as Chairman of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), to persuade the sub-regional body to adopt diplomatic channels in handling issues arising from the seizure of power by the military junta recently in Niger Republic.
In a press statement issued in Lagos on Thursday, and signed by its President, Eze Anaba and the General Secretary, Dr. Iyobosa Uwugiaren, the professional body of editors in Nigeria, said that its decision was informed by a deliberate programme to nurture a culture of appreciation.
Obi congratulated Anaba and others elected into the National Executive Committee of the Guild on Friday.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated the newly elected President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), Eze Anaba and wished him and other newly elected officials of the guild a most fulfilling and productive tenure in office.
Eze Anaba of Vanguard Newspaper and Bolaji Adebiyi of Western Post are contesting for the post of the Guild’s president.
The decision was reached at the end of a media roundtable organised on November 14, 2022 by the practitioners.
Joined in the suit as Defendant is Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture.
He made the appeal on Thursday at a workshop organised by the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), themed: “Journalist and Digitalisation: the imperative of Good Corporate Governance” at Ikeja, Lagos State.
The meeting, supported by the United States of American Embassy in Nigeria, was convened in continuation of an ongoing initiative
He said this when he led members of the Guild to inspect projects of Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State.