Okon made the statement in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar, the Cross River capital city Tuesday in commemoration of the 2022 World Press Freedom Day.
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The development is amidst the raging invasion of Ukraine by Russia, which dated back to February 24, 2022.
Lawan commends the Fourth Estate of the Realm in Nigeria for doing a great job in holding the mirror to the society, speaking truth to power and insisting on government being accountable to the people.
The President made the recommitment on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day, observed every year on May 3.
Tomori, who is the Station Manager, of Orisun 89.5 FM, Oke-Tase, Ile-Ife, Osun, stated this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria in Ile-Ife, Osun on this year’s World Press Freedom Day.
The governor commended the role of the media in the development of the society.
In his goodwill message to mark the World Press Freedom Day, Saraki said journalists are critical stakeholders in the Nigerian project.
Lawan noted that May 3 is set aside every year to remind governments around the world of their obligation to facilitate and respect press freedom, and also to remind journalists the need to respect the ethics of their profession.
The Nigeria Union of Journalists has urged Journalists to observe ethical codes of the profession in their reportage as the world celebrates this year’s World Press Freedom Day.
As Journalists in the country join their colleagues globally to mark the 2020 World Press Freedom Day, the Governor of Niger State, Abubakar Sani Bello, has commended the role being played by the press in Nigeria, even as they are exposed to various hazards.
On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, celebrated every May 3, President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated the commendation he extended to the Nigerian media in his last two broadcasts to the country, applauding the good work they have done and are still doing as the nation confronts COVID-19.
Even though the attention of the world was focused on the role of the media in elections and democracy on the World Press Freedom Day, the shadow of last year’s murderous attacks on free speech still loomed large.
The Nigerian Press Council on Friday in Abuja urged media professionals to uphold ethical journalism in their daily reportage to enhance and sustain the image of the profession.
President Muhammadu Buhari has saluted Nigerian journalists as they join their professional colleagues across the world to mark World Press Freedom Day.
Prof. Jennifer Thomas, former CNN producer and current Assistant Professor of Broadcast Journalism at Howard University in Washington, DC, will visit Lagos from April 29 to May 3 to help the United States Consulate General mark this year’s World Press Freedom Day.
Sabi, who is also the sponsor of Anti-hate Speech Bill, made the call at a workshop organised for journalists by the U.S. Embassy on Friday in Abuja to mark the 2018 World Press Freedom Day.
The Consul General of the United States of America in Nigeria, John Bray, made this known on Thursday in Lagos at a 2018 World Press Freedom Day event
In a statement issued on Thursday by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Turaki Hassan, Dogara decried rising violence and killings across the country as threat to press freedom and democracy.
The theme of the 2018 celebration is: “Keeping Power in Check: Media Justice and The Rule of Law”
According to the Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, Zeid was selected to receive the 2018 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano Press Freedom Prize.