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Your Vote is the Key to Government, Diplomat Charges Nigerian Women 0
- News
- March 10, 2020
A former Public Affairs Officer at the United States Consulate in Lagos, Nigeria, Dr. (Mrs) Atim Eneida George has charged Nigerian women to brace up for the inherent challenges in a democracy in order to maximize their full potentials and enjoy their rights. Speaking at a public forum on Voting Rights to commemorate Black History/Women’s
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IPC, MRA, Others Push for safety of Journalists at African Commission 0
- Analysis, News
- October 25, 2019
…Rights Organisations Raise Alarm Over Shrinking Spaces in African Countries The International Press Centre (IPC), Media Rights Agenda (MRA) Institute of Media and Society and Association for Development and Social Integration are among the African Freedom of Exchange (AFEX) members participating in the African Commission conference in Banjul aimed at creating an African Union Working
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2019: Women, Hate Speech and the Imperative of Nigerian Media Code of Election Coveragee 0
- Analysis, News
- October 9, 2018
In September 2018 alone, Civil Societies, media experts and development partners in Nigeria and South-Africa have held series of workshops and conferences on the menace of Hate Speech and its negative impact on Women’s political participation, particularly in Africa; and, experts were unanimous that gender-related hate speech is anti-development. In a conference held in Gaborone,
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Experts Review Code of Election Coverage Ahead 2019 Elections 0
- News
- March 8, 2018
Worried by the upbraid on media coverage during the last general elections, a panel of media experts are undertaking a review of the ‘Code of Election Coverage’ ahead of the 2019 general elections. Generally in agreement that there were glaring shortcomings in the media coverage of the 2015 general elections, the panel, however, rejected any
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Hate Speech on Hangman’s Noose?0
- Analysis
- March 3, 2018
The report by The Guardian on a new bill by the Senate, which prescribes that offenders of “hate speech” will die by hanging, must have sent the chill down many spines in a country where the government led by President Muhammadu Buhari has been stridently trying to convince the restive populace that it means well.
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Hate Speech: IPC Warns Against Proposed Bill…Wants Detained Journalist Released 0
- News
- March 2, 2018
The International Press Centre (IPC) Lagos-Nigeria has called on the Senate to drop the proposed hate speech bill that seeks to recommend death sentence for hate speech ‘offenders’. The bill which is being sponsored by Senate Spokesperson, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi proposes that anyone found guilty of any form of hate speech could face death
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