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Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has been associated with the heightened incidence of fake and sensational news, which in turn has increased the spate of conflict in our country. This probably, is because the advances in ICT have made everyone a publisher. People now take to their social media and blogs and push out all

Chapter 2 Section 22 of the Nigerian Constitution 1999 gives the media the role of holding the government accountable. It states: The press, radio, television and other agencies of the mass media shall at all times be free to uphold the fundamental objectives contained in this Chapter and uphold the responsibility and accountability of the

There has been incessant outcry by Nigerians against brutality from men of the security forces. A few of those cases, which must be interrogated if the nation must move forward, are presented below. Death in NSCDC custody: Human Rights Lawyer, Ogele drags NSCDC to court Human rights lawyer, Morakinyo Ogele, has dragged Nigeria Security and

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) says it has arrested “three notorious persons” involved in the kidnap of Friday Okeregbe, the Channels Television reporter, who covers the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. Okeregbe was kidnapped on March 22 along Games Village in Abuja while on his way from his mechanic’s workshop.

Victim profiling is a bane of Nigerian security, where ordinary citizens get brandished and harassed at will. The role of the law enforcement agencies is to ensure that adequate security is provided for, and that laws and orders are strictly adhered to by members of the public. However, it has been a sad turn of

Armed men thought to be state agents arrested Jones Abiri, a Nigerian journalist, previously detained for more than two years, at a meeting with colleagues on Saturday, witnesses and watchdog groups told AFP.Two DSS (State Security Service) vehicles stormed the office of the Bayelsa Federated Newspaper Publishers’ Association in Yenagoa in Nigeria’s southern Bayelsa state

A free press contributes to the right of freedom of expression, thought and conscience, strengthens the responsiveness and accountability of governments to all citizens, and provides a platform and channel of political expression for a multiplicity of groups and interests. So, what are the crucial roles akin to an independent press and its impact? The