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23 Jan
Media professionals have continued to express satisfaction with recent court ruling nullifying provisions of Broadcasting Code empowering National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to impose fines on broadcasters.
1 Dec
Twelve years after enactment of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, participants at a two-day workshop, which held in Ibadan, Oyo State, recently, have described the Act as a powerful tool of information gathering for journalists ...
11 Nov
Media Rights Agenda (MRA), yesterday, called on Federal and state governments as well as law enforcement and security agencies to take adequate measures to protect journalists and other media workers during today’s off-cycle elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states, saying their ‘’role in providing information about the electoral process is critical in ensuring free, fair and transparent elections.
2 Nov
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) and journalists in southwest have said in order to engender better and more impactful reporting of various issues, particularly those relating to transparency, accountability, good governance and development, stakeholders should put more effort and resources into providing continuous training for journalists. They urged that journalists should be trained in areas such…

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Former President Muhammadu Buhari has extended birthday greetings and goodwill to President Bola Tinubu, wishing him good health and long life for the country to benefit from his “excellent leadership” on his 72nd birthday. Buhari commended the President for making “sustained efforts to overcome the many problems of the country” while wishing him many happy…
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Spotify, a global streaming platform, says Nigeria’s Podcast listenership and gospel music streams have increased from 2022 to 2024 by 482 per cent and 1228 per cent respectively. Phiona Okumu, Spotify’s Head of Music, Sub-Saharan Africa, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, said this was in celebration of Easter. Okumu said “the growth…
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Traders in Ochange and landlords of the neighbourhood Fegge, the headquarters of Onitsha South Local Council Area of Anambra State have warned desperate politicians to stop discrediting the good work of the State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo. The protest is a follow-up to a viral video that claimed that a portion of a road constructed…