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Sedition: Government’s Tool for
Media Repression
The Nigerian government is increasingly relying on the law of sedition
for repressing the media at both the federal and state levels. The trend
is to arrest and detain journalists with the understanding that bail
will be a very long shot away.
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Reports Say Violence against
Journalists Hit Extreme Levels in 2007
Major freedom of expression groups which monitor global media situation
are in agreement that in 2007, violence against journalists hit extreme
levels and labeled it as one of the deadliest years for journalists and
media workers worldwide in a decade.
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NIGERIAN NEWS
Newspapers Proprietors Tango in Court with Broadcasters
The Newspapers Proprietors Association of
Nigeria (NPAN) on February 19, 2008 brought a motion before the Federal
High Court in Lagos presided over by Justice Abubakar Mustapha seeking
to join more broadcasting organizations in the pending suit it initially
filed in 2001 challenging broadcast stations which broadcast daily
review of the contents of newspapers and magazines.
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INTERVIEW:
Broadcast Media's Daily Reviews of Print Stories Worsen the sales of
Newspapers and Magazines –
Comfort Obi (NPAN General Secretary)
Stakeholders Advocate for the Enactment of Community Radio Legislation
Community radio stakeholders have called on
government to review relevant policy documents and laws in order to
create an enabling legal environment for the establishment and operation
of community radio in Nigeria.
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Daar Group Seeks Funds From Capital
Market to Expand Operations
Daar Communications Ltd, owners and operators of Raypower FM radios and
Africa Independent Television (AIT) has gone to the Nigeria capital
market to seek for funds to expand its operations. The group was
recently granted two new broadcast licences: a Direct To Home
(Satellite) Licence, and a Network Licence.
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WSIRA
Trains Journalists to Sharpen their Investigative Reporting Skills
The practice of Investigative journalism
received afurther boost recently when the Wole Soyinka Investigative
Reporting Award (WSIRA) on February 9 and 10, 2008 stepped up efforts at
sharpening journalists’ skill by retraining journalists.
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Obasanjo’s Eight Years as President were the Worst Era for Private
Broadcasting - Chief Aleogho Dokpesi
Chief Aleogho Raymond Dokpesi, Chairman of Daar Communications Ltd,
owners and operators of Raypower FM radios and Africa Independent
Television (AIT) has revealed that the Obasanjo years as President of
the Federal Republic of Nigeria constituted the worst era so far for the
nation’s private broadcasters and the broadcast industry.
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AFRICAN NEWS
WiPC Launches Campaign to Decrminalise Defamation Laws in Africa
The
Writers in Prison Committee of International PEN (WiPC) has stepped up
campaigns to get African leaders to decriminalize defamation legislation
in order that the guarantees of freedom of expression in the continent
may meet international standards and practices and not suppress the
media and freedom of expression.
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GLOBAL NEWS
IFEX Members Criticize New Arab Charter for Satellite TV
Several member organizations of the
International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) including the
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), the Arabic Network for
Human Rights Information (HRInfo), and ARTICLE 19
have criticized the new Arab "charter" for satellite TV saying it will
restrict independent news and information for people across the Middle
East and North Africa. Full Story...
Report Assesses Global Anti-Corruption Mechanism and Accountability
Global Integrity (GI), an international organisation that tracks global
governance and corruption trends has released a report that rates how
countries fare on issues of government accountability and preventing
corruption in the year 2007. Full
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Media Groups Fight Philippine Government Harassment with Lawsuits
The power in unity was displayed in the Philippines when more than 100
journalists filed two lawsuits to halt government threats against the
media and prevent future arrests of journalists covering emergency
situations, according to a report from two groups: the Center for Media
Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) and the Southeast Asian Press Alliance
(SEAPA). Full Story...
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
Wole
Soyinka Awards for Investigative Reporting Call for Entries
Interested Nigerian professional journalist or team of journalists (full
time professional or freelancers) are eligible to apply for the
forthcoming Wole Soyinka Awards for Investigative Reporting.
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Knight International Journalism
Awards Seek Nomination of Outstanding Journalists
The
Washington-based nonprofit organization, the International Center for
Journalists (ICFJ) is seeking nominations for the 2008 Knight
International Journalism Awards which recognize international
journalists who demonstrate an extraordinary devotion to the craft by
upholding the highest journalistic standards despite overwhelming
challenges. Full Story...
Young Journalists/Filmmakers
Sought for Metropolis TV Programmes
Metropolis, a new multimedia project, initiated by Hivos and the VPRO, a
media organization from The Netherlands is seeking young filmmakers and
journalists with proven track records, who would like to contribute to
its programmes, producing and directing short features about events in
their countries. Full Story...
2008 AfrComNet Awards for Excellence
in HIV/AIDS Communication in Africa
Eligible and interested individuals and organisations are encouraged to
apply for the second Annual Awards for Excellence in HIV and AIDS
Strategic Communication in Africa instituted by the African Network for
Strategic Communication in Health and Development (AfriComNet).
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Entries
are now invited for the 2008-9 Commonwealth Short Story Competition.
There is no entry fee or form. Only the winners will be notified and
entries will not be acknowledged or returned.
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ATTACKS
Newspaper Editor alleges
threat by Police
The management of a Lagos-based daily ‘The Nation’ newspapers in Lagos
on February 21, 2008 alleged that its editor, Mr. Gbenga Omotosho was
being harassed by policemen whom the legal adviser of the media house,
Ms. Folake Adeoye said came from Ekiti State in South-west Nigeria.
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Community Youths Attack Media
Workers over report
Mr. Chido Okafor, a reporter with the Lagos based daily, ‘The Guardian’
newspaper and Mr. Peter Alele, the advert representative of the daily
were on February 20, 2008 subjected to humiliation in Warri, a
metropolis in Delta State in the Niger-delta area, South-south Nigeria
over a report on the Warri stadium.
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Journalist Arrested and Detained
for Investigating Murder
Mr. Tunde Raheem, the Ondo state
(South-western Nigeria) correspondent of the private daily The Sun
newspaper was on February 6, 2008
arrested by the Police in the neighbouring Ekiti State while
investigating a murder case. Full
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