As part of its plan to strengthen its position in Africa’s movie market, French media giant, Canal+ Group, has acquired Nigerian production studio, ROK film studios from VOD company IROKO TV. ‘Netflix of Africa’ brings Nollywood to world Canal+ Group has been…
Twitter went down on Thursday across major parts of the world including the US and the UK as users reported being unable to access the platform on web and mobile devices. The site began experiencing major issues at 2:46pm EST,…
The Nigerian media landscape is set to be buoyed by the addition of a new practical oriented and professionally focused election reporting book authored by Lanre Arogundade, the Director of the International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos. The book, titled, ‘Media…
Eight people were killed in a series of brutal crackdowns on demonstrators in four countries in West Africa where a total of 152 freedom expression violations were recorded in 2018. Four demonstrators were killed in Guinea, two in Togo with…
Gender audit of major newspapers in Nigeria by Journalists for Christ (JFC) International Outreach in commemoration of the 2019 International Women’s Day confirms that only very few women occupy top editorial positions in the country. JFC calls for conscious efforts…
FACT-CHECKING no doubt has become an important area of journalism globally and is increasingly taking centre stage across many newsrooms. In Nigeria, not only are major news agencies releasing fact-checks on a regular basis, establishing fact-check desks and empowering their…
The Nigeria Union of Journalists(NUJ) Osun State Council has condemned the attack on its members at Olomilagbala, Bolorunduro, Ilesa East Local Government, on Monday in totality, describing it as uncivilised and barbaric. Five Journalists, namely : Shitu Abdulfatai of the…
... “An acknowledgement of the dangers of being an environmental journalist in the south of the world”
Ahead of the rescheduled general election, the International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos has released contacts of Saftey Alert Officers for journalists under threat while performing their duties to contact in various zones of the country. The contact details of the team…
Nineteen female journalists have been inducted as Fellows of the ReportWomen! Female Reporters’ Leadership Programme, organized by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism. They were inducted at the Fellowship Award Ceremony held on Tuesday, 5 February 2019 in Lagos where…
