The Coalition for Whistleblower Protection and Press Freedom (CWPPF) vociferously condemns the intimidation and harassment of the Daily Trust journalist, Eyo Charles by former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode. In a viral video, the former spokesman to former President Olusegun Obasanjo was captured verbally assaulting a Daily Trust reporter on the 20th of August during…
New Broadcast Code as Albatross to Freedom of Speech in Nigeria
By Judex Okoro In any democratic dispensation, the media plays a significant role of traditionally informing, educating, and entertaining the society. Besides, in every sane clime, the media holds those in position of authorities accountable to the people; the media protects citizens’ rights and privileges to ensure that leaders don’t transform into dictators overnight by trampling…
Press Freedom on a Darkling Plain in Nigeria
By Jide Jimoh Once reputed as the freest press in Africa, the Nigerian Press is sliding down on a quick pace as one of the worst. The litany of the subterfuge against the press in Nigeria is reaching a crescendo during this administration of President Muhammadu Buhari and the ruling party. It is like a…
Eminent Environmentalist, Nnimmo Bassey, Mentors Makoko Children, Fetes Fisherfolks
Nigeria’s leading environmental activist, Nnimmo Bassey, was recently at Makoko, a Lagos fishing community and Nigeria’s largest informal settlement, raising the hopes of community members, old and young, for brighter days amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Bassey, director of the Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) and a 2010 recipient of the Right Livelihoods Awards (aka…
EiE Invites Citizens to Hack Nigeria’s Operating System (OS)
Press Release “There is an urgent and massive need for moral and spiritual reconstruction: the kind which will help to demolish morbid desire for naked power and domination and ensure justice, equity and fair play for all.” – Obafemi Awolowo (Nationalist and First Premier of the Western Region) 2020 is the 60th anniversary of Nigeria’s…