The Minister stated this when he hosted some senior executives of the Centre for Media and Society in Abuja.
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The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has emphasised the importance of a free and vibrant media landscape to the success of democracy, expressing the government’s commitment to ensuring press freedom.
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) on Monday called on Governor Peter Ndubuisi Mbah of Enugu State to immediately discontinue the harassment and intimidation of journalists in the state, saying the ongoing attacks on the media by his government in violation of the Constitution amount to a breach of the oath he took on becoming Governor just two months ago, particularly his pledge to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution.”
This position was contained in a statement by the General Secretary of the Guild, Dr. Iyobosa Uwugiaren, on Tuesday.
Abubakar made the promise when he engaged members of the Nigerian Guild of Editors on the polls in Lagos State.
Fayemi made the assertion on Thursday evening at a dinner organised by the Catholic Bishop of Ekiti Diocese, Most Rev. Felix Ajakaye.
These fines, the Editors’ body said on Saturday, are punitive, arbitrary and against press freedom.
In a statement on Monday, the non-governmental organisation said the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day presents the government and other stakeholders in Nigeria the opportunity to take action to improve on the country’s appalling record of repression of the media and journalists.
Ojigho gave the hints in Abuja at a three-day training organised by Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, a German foundation, for some journalists across the country, titled: “Freedom of the Press and the Codes of Conduct for Nigerian Journalists and Media Houses.”
The Federal Government says it will not muzzle the press as it performs the important work of providing the public with reliable and quality information.
Coalition for Whistle-blower Protection and Press Freedom has said it is alarmed at a press statement by Tony Nwulu wherein he reiterated earlier threats made against its member and Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of OrderPaper Nigeria, Oke Epia.
The Chairman, Board of News Agency of Nigeria, Malam Wada Maida, has been elected on the Executive Board of the International Press Institute, a global network of Editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom.
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the 2019 elections has condemned the invasion of the offices of Daily Trust newspapers on Sunday by operatives of the Nigerian Army, Police and other security agencies as an attack on Nigerians as it affected press freedom.
Reporters will be the guests of honor at the New Year’s Eve party in New York’s Times Square on Monday, in what organisers said was a celebration of press freedom after an unusually deadly year for journalists at US news outlets.
Ban told the UN Correspondents that he would miss his exchanges with them as he will complete his 10-year service as the world’s top diplomat on December 31, 2016
President Muhammadu Buhari has said his administration will uphold press freedom. The President, who was represented by his Special Adviser…