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  • MRA Calls for Stronger Legal and Institutional Protections for Whistleblowers in Nigeria

    MRA Calls for Stronger Legal and Institutional Protections for Whistleblowers in Nigeria0

    Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has urged the Federal Government to take immediate measures to enhance legal and institutional protections for whistleblowers, acknowledging their role in revealing corruption, human rights abuses, and other misconduct. MRA stated that whistleblowers are essential for transparency, accountability, and good governance. In a Lagos statement for World Whistleblowers’ Day, MRA emphasised

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  • WEF Ranks Nigeria Low on Female Representation In Key Political Positions

    WEF Ranks Nigeria Low on Female Representation In Key Political Positions0

    The participation of women in political and leadership positions in Nigeria has declined, according to a recent global report by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on gender parity for key positions. The report rates Nigeria as one of the countries with the lowest levels of women’s participation worldwide. The World Economic Forum’s annual Global Gender

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  • Media Leaders Discuss Challenges to Effective Coverage in Democratic Governance

    Media Leaders Discuss Challenges to Effective Coverage in Democratic Governance0

    Over time, the tenets of democracy and good governance have been emphasised as incomplete without the media’s existence and participation in playing a strategic role in highlighting significant issues necessary to elevate a country to the standards of democratic strongholds. Despite the responsibility the media bears regarding the press and the high expectations placed upon

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  • Democracy: Media Operational Leaders Tasked on New Professional Approach

    Democracy: Media Operational Leaders Tasked on New Professional Approach0

    As Nigerian democracy and the electioneering process continue to encounter challenges leading to dwindling trust and public participation, key operational leaders in the media industry have been tasked with adopting a new approach to enhance professionalism and collaboration to bridge observed gaps in the country’s electioneering process. The top media executives and leaders, who are

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  • Who Will Rescue the PDP from Unending Travails and Troubles?

    Who Will Rescue the PDP from Unending Travails and Troubles?0

    “The evil that men do lives after them…” is a quote from the famous Shakespeare’s book, Julius Caesar. Yet, another quote from William Butler Yeats’ book, “The Second Coming,” says, “turning and turning in the widening gyre, the falcon cannot hear the falconer,” symbolising a situation spiralling out of control, entering a period of chaos

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  • Could President Tinubu’s Speech Meet the Standards for a State of the Union Address?

    Could President Tinubu’s Speech Meet the Standards for a State of the Union Address?0

    The National Assembly wants to institutionalise June 12 as the president’s annual State of the Nation Address. It will be delivered to a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives. The resolution came through a voice vote following a proposal by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, to the joint

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