Report Update

CPJ letter to Nigeria President Buhari 0
- Report Update
- June 3, 2015
PRESS RELEASE. Nigerians have huge expectations about their future in the new dispensation of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. It is now more than ever the responsibility of journalists to uphold their constitutional responsibility to professionally provide the society with news and information that we all need to make sense of our democracy. The
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Make FOI implementation effective in anti-corruption war, group urges Buhari 0
- Report Update
- June 1, 2015
As Nigerians await the implementation of key policies that will enhance accountable governance under the new administration of President Muhammadu Buhari led government, a Lagos based freedom of expression advocacy group, Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has urged the President to make the effective implementation of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act a major pillar of
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2015 ELECTIONS: OUR ACHIEVEMENTS PROVED DOOMSDAY PREDICTIONS WRONG – PROF. JEGA 0
- Report Update
- May 21, 2015
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, has said that some predictions, especially in some international media organizations suggesting that the outcome of the recently concluded 2015 general elections may lead to the end of the country, have proven to be false due to the generally free, fair, credible and
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Coverage of 2015 Elections: Experts raise concern over hate speech but acknowledge robust coverage 0
- Report Update
- April 30, 2015
Though the 2015 general elections have come and gone, the review of the Nigerian media performance during the period is still continuing. One of such review took place in Lagos on Tuesday August 28 courtesy of the Nigerian Press Council and the Democratic Governance for Development (DGD) Project. The submissions made on the occasion suggested
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EXPECTATIONS FROM INCOMING GOVT: NIGERIANS SPEAK 0
- Highlights, Report Update
- April 27, 2015
As a new set of elected officials at state and federal levels are sworn in come May 29, 2015, Nigerians have re-affirmed demands for responsive governance that meets citizens’ development needs. Jacqueline Ogoh reports.
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INEC debunks rumours of electoral malpractices 0
- Report Update
- April 11, 2015
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has debunked rumours of electoral malpractices in the ongoing governorship and state assembly polls across the country. According to tweets shared via the Commission’s Twitter page, it urged Nigerians to verify reports before confirming it as true. The Commission confirmed as false, reports that security agents in Polling Unit:
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