Take Ethics and Safety Seriously on voting day, IPC urges Journalists

How FOI can advance transparency and good governance – tweet conference panelists 0
- News, Press Release, Report Update
- April 29, 2016
-Story Melody Akinjiyan and Victor Osungboun- The issue was ‘the use of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by media and civil society’ to promote transparency in governance. The setting was the conference hall of the International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria in Ogba area of Lagos while the event was a media tweet conference organized by IPC
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IPC decries growing attacks on journalists 0
- Press Release
- April 18, 2016
The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos, Nigeria is concerned that journalists in Nigeria are still being subjected to various forms of attacks, mostly in the course of their professional duty. The outcome of an on-going monitoring of safety of journalists being undertaken by IPC with the support of the Open Society Foundation shows that at
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MFWA holds West African Conference on Media and Participatory Governance 0
- Highlights, Press Release, Report Update
- March 11, 2016
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is organising the West Africa Conference on Media and Participatory Governance. According to the Executive Director of MFWA, Sulemana Braimah, the 3-day conference holding in Ghana will run from March 15 to 17, 2016. The conference will bring together about 100 participants from across West Africa. These include representatives
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LAGOS COMMUNITIES DECRY POOR INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT 0
- News, Press Release, Report Update
- January 20, 2016
Communities in Lagos state have cried out over the poor state of infrastructural development, calling on the state government to come to their rescue. Speaking at a media parley organized by the International Press Centre, IPC, Lagos with the theme “Solution-driven Reporting of Poor Social/Living Conditions in Lagos Rural Communities” supported by the World
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International Best Practices in Transparency in Government and the role of the media.0
- Culture, Format Previews, Press Release, Report Update
- January 19, 2016
On Tuesday January 12, 2016, Frank Sellin, Deputy Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Consulate General Lagos at a Media tweet-a-thon organized by the International Press Centre with support of the Public Affairs Section, U.S Consulate General, Lagos noted that corruption thrives when government fails to reveal information about what is being done, advising that government should endeavour
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IPC launches Media & Transparency Watch Project 0
- Press Release, Report Update
- January 11, 2016
Press Release, The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria, has commenced a one-year Media and Transparency Watch project designed to ensure that the Nigerian media serves as effective catalysts of transparency and good governance. The project is being supported by the US Consulate-General, Lagos-Nigeria, to enhance the reporting of transparency issues through regular sensitization and exchange
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