Elections, Governance & People With Disabilities: Changing The Status Quo

Communique of media engagement forum with female candidates from the South-west 0
- Report Update
- January 29, 2015
INTRODUCTION The 2-day media engagement forum with female candidates in the south west on deepening understanding and improving the use of conventional and new/social media for campaigns & other electoral activities was held in Ibadan on Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th January, 2015. The media engagement forum was organized by the International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria,with the support
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INEC Accredits Eighty Nine Groups To Observe 2015 General Elections 0
- Report Update
- January 23, 2015
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has accredited eighty-nine local and international groups to observe the 2015 General Elections scheduled for 14th and 28th February. The groups were accredited sequel to their compliance with the requirements and guidelines issued by the Commission. The Commission warned that any observer groups other than those accredited by, and listed by it,
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Upping Media Reportage Ahead 2015 Elections 0
- Report Update
- December 31, 2014
Zeroing in on media performance and x-raying how the media performs its information dissemination, watchdog and social responsibility roles while reporting elections is not the kind of event that is unexpected as 2015 beckons. This was precisely what happened at the fifth media tweet-a-thon organized by the International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria, recently. The issue
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IPC To Hold Media Tweet-a-thon 0
- Press Release
- December 10, 2014
The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria will hold a media tweet-a-thon with the theme: “Report of baseline survey of newspapers coverage of electoral issues ahead 2015 elections: Matters arising and lessons” on Thursday, December 11, 2014. According to Mr. Lanre Arogundade, Director of IPC, the tweet-a-thon with hashtag #Media4Elections is a monthly activity supported by UNDP DGD III aimed at promoting active
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Elections, Governance & People With Disabilities: Changing The Status Quo 0
- Report Update
- December 1, 2014
Well meaning Nigerians including stakeholder groups; the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), civil society organizations, political office holders, politicians, political parties and the general citizens, have been urged to support and include People With disabilities (PWDs) in development plans, and especially creating enabling facilities and conducive environment for them to actively participate in the 2015 general
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Communiqué of a 2-Day South-East Media Workshop on Election Reporting 0
- Report Update
- November 17, 2014
INTRODUCTION The workshop was organized by the International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria, with the support of the Democratic Governance for Development (DGD lll) Project of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), for journalists from the South Eastern States of Ebonyi, Enugu, Imo, Abia and Anambra. In attendance were about twenty male and female journalists from
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