Every May 3rd is World Press Freedom Day (WPFD). It is a day set aside to remind governments of their commitment to press freedom. The day also presents media professionals the opportunity to re-evaluate issues around press freedom and ethics.
Nigeria dropped by 5 places in the latest Press Freedom index published by the Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
No fewer than 239 people were killed and 44 others kidnapped in separate violent incidents across the country, mostly by armed non-state actors, Premium Times reports.
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) FCT Council has enjoined public institutions and those financed with public finances to adhere to the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act.
President Muhammadu Buhari has warned bandits against pushing their luck too far by believing his administration lacks the capacity to crush them.
As the world Celebrates Press Freedom Day, President Muhammadu Buhari has restated his commitment to freedom of the press, urging media professionals to wield freedom responsibly, and without licentiousness.
Nigeria's security challenges has recently included a new front. The trend has seen no fewer than 21 police stations attacked, resulting in the death of at least 18 police personnel between January and April 2021 across the South eastern part of Nigeria.
Unhappy with the recent wave of attacks on Custodial Centres of the Nigeria Correctional Service NCoS, the Federal Government has ordered personnel of the Service’s armed squad to shoot-at-sight any internal and external aggressor.
The Senate at plenary on Tuesday, had a heated debate on a Bill for an Act to provide for the National Livestock Bureau to ensure protection, control and management of livestock, traceability registration and cattle rustling in the country.
A disability inclusion and gender rights activist, Joel Nwokeoma has come out to clear the air about controversies surrounding the life and rise of amputee hawker, Mary Daniel.
Unknown gunmen in the early hours of Wednesday attacked the Divisional Police Headquarters, Adani in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State.
The Senate Committee on Public Accounts, has given the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed; Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) Ahmed Idris and the National Security Adviser, (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno (rtd), till next week Tuesday to explain the rationale behind secret withdrawal of =N=7.5bn from government coffers.
The Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NGF, yesterday assured that issues surrounding the implementation of financial autonomy for the judiciary and legislature at the state level will be completed by May.
The Kaduna state government has declared that it will not accede to the demands of criminals who have continued to abduct citizens for ransom, among other security challenges confronting the state.
In what seems like solidarity, some Nigerians have raised about N500,000 to compensate an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Sunday Erhator, for his professional conduct and restrain when assaulted by a traffic offender, Victor Ebhomenyen, in the Oniru area of Lagos state.
