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PCNI trains 40 media users on countering hate messages
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Why We Detained Journalist For Two Years Without Trial – Nigerian Govt
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Nigerian Press Council Bill 2018: Throw It Out, Publishers, Editors, NUJ, Other Media Stakeholders...
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General Police Radio to tackle herders/farmers clashes, others -IGP
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This is sequel to the inauguration of the 16-man board...
Nigerian journalist refuses to reveal source during detention
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on 8 March 2018.
Tony Ezimakor, a journalist with the Daily Independent newspaper in Nigeria, has been released,...
NUJ condemns attack on Journalists in Ondo
The Nigeria Union of Journalists in Ondo State has condemned the attack on some of its members covering the APC parallel congress in Akure.
Secretary...
That outrageous hate speech bill
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Hate speech offenders to die by hanging in Senate’s new bill
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Lagos, Nigeria
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