Media Twitter ban: Threat to freedom of Press —NUJ, Stakeholders

By: Ade Adeleke “….We’ll wake up one day, FG would have banned all Nigerians from all social media platforms including; Facebook, Whatsapp, others…..” The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) 3rd National Conference today commenced in Port-Harcourt, the Rivers State capital with a theme: “The Media, Insecurity And National Unity”. Addressing participants and declaring open the…

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Twitter ban: Nigeria in danger of becoming rogue nation —IPC, MRA warn

Two non-governmental organizations, Media Rights Agenda (MRA) and the International Press Centre (IPC) today condemned the Federal Government’s indefinite suspension of Twitter in Nigeria and threatened to lodge a formal complaint before the appropriate agencies of the African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN) if the Government does not immediately rescind the ban. They…

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105 Medical Doctors resign in Ondo

By: Oluwatosin Adesola The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, Ondo State Chapter has raised alarm over massive resignation of members from the state government’s workforce, saying 105 doctors have left the state service in the last one year. The Association in a press statement, signed by the NMA State Chairman, Dr. Stella Adegbehingbe and State Secretary,…

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