Lanre Arogundade

IPC to Enhance Capacity for 20,000 Journalists in 52 months 0
- News
- March 19, 2018
Not less than 20,000 Nigerian journalists and other media professionals would have their capacities enhanced over the next 52 months through specialised trainings and resources being put together by the International Press Centre, Lagos with funding from the European Union Support for Democracy and Governance in Nigeria (EU-SDGN) component 4b project. NUJ President, Alhaji Waheed
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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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IPC welcomes withdrawal of frivolous petitions bill 0
- Highlights, Press Release, Report Update
- May 18, 2016
The International Press Centre (IPC) Lagos-Nigeria welcomes the withdrawal of the Frivolous Petitions (prohibition) Bill 2015 and the suspension of all further consideration of the proposed law by the Nigerian Senate. Director of IPC, Mr. Lanre Arogundade said in a statement today that it was heartwarming that the Senators finally saw reason that a law
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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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Communiqué of a one-day multi-stakeholders’ parley on ensuring credible and violence free state-level election in Lagos State 0
- Report Update
- April 5, 2015
INTRODUCTION: A one-day multi-stakeholders’ parley on ensuring credible and violence free state-level election in Lagos State was held at Women Development Centre, near Pen Cinema, Agege, Lagos on Wednesday, April 1, 2015. The multi-stakeholders’ parley was organized by the International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria under an election and democratic governance project tagged: Strengthening Citizens’ Engagement in
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IPC decries attacks on journalists during National Elections 0
- Press Release
- March 30, 2015
The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria has condemned the various incidents of attacks on journalists by security operatives and political thugs during last weekend’s presidential and national assembly elections. IPC said its monitoring of media coverage of the elections revealed that the following violation of journalists’ rights and press freedom occurred between Saturday and Sunday: Perez Brisibe
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