Press Release A coalition of media and civil society group will on Thursday, November 7, hold a colloquium to address the shrinking media and civic space in Nigeria and attack on journalists, media organizations and civic activists. The event holds at NECA House, Ikeja, Lagos, at 4:00p.m. Coming barely a week after the International Day…
Wole Soyinka Centre invites entries for investigative reporting award, introduces online application for select categories
The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) invites entries from Nigerian professional journalists or team of journalists, full-time or part-time, for the 14th edition of the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting. The centre has introduced online application option for some categories of the award for this edition. The award, which is an annual…
#Behindthescene: Launch of Union of Campus Journalists (UCJ) UNIZIK
By Chiamaka Okafor @MackieOkafor This program had been scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on August 8, 2019 and serious planning was ongoing. We had paid for the venue, gotten a receipt and a permit to use the hall for our program. We invited everyone we could invite, the governor of the state (Anambra), the commissioner for…
Book on Premium Times publisher, Dapo Olorunyomi, for launch on Monday
Press Release A book of essays in honour of frontline journalist, Dapo Olorunyomi, will be unveiled on Monday, May 27, at the Shehu Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja. Mr. Olorunyomi, who was among the team that founded the hard-hitting TheNews/Tempo magazines in the 1990s, is the publisher of foremost online newspaper PREMIUM TIMES. The book, edited…
Press freedom in Nigeria, violent extremism, rule of law and the media
Press Release Abuja, Nigeria, May 1, 2019 – His Excellency Senator (Dr) Bukola Saraki, President of the Nigerian Senate, and Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives, His Excellency Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, are billed to speak at a two-day conference on Press Freedom in Nigeria hosted by the Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism…