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IPC CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION OVER DEATH OF JOURNALIST TITUS BADEJO

Editor June 21, 2021

Press StatementIPC CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION OVER DEATH OF JOURNALIST TITUS BADEJOFor immediate release, June 21, 2021The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos – Nigeria is calling for a thorough investigation over the gruesome murder of Titus Badejo, a former radio presenter with Naija FM, Ibadan, who was murdered by unknown gunmen on Saturday, in Oluyole area […]Read More

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MEMORANDUM ON THE NPC ACT AMENDMENT BILL

Editor June 21, 2021

ACCESS FULL MEMO HERE Submitted to: THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION, NATIONAL ORIENTATION, ETHICS AND VALUESOn The Proposed Bill For An Act to Amend The Nigerian Press Council Act TITLE: FOR A TRULY INDEPENDENT & MEDIA FREEDOM FRIENDLY NIGERIA PRESS COUNCILBy:International Press Centre (IPC) Media Rights Agenda (MRA) Centre for Media Law and […]Read More

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IPC CONDEMNS ASSAULT ON TWO JOURNALISTS IN ABUJA

Editor June 11, 2021

For immediate release, June 11, 2021. The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos – Nigeria decries the attack by operatives of the Department of State Services and the Police on Friday Olokor, a Senior Correspondent with The Punch Newspaper and Patience Ihejirika, a reporter with Leadership Newspapers in Abuja. IPC has confirmed that both were molested […]Read More

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MRA, IPC Condemn Federal Government’s Twitter Ban, Threaten to Lodge Complaints Before AU, UN Bodies

Editor June 7, 2021

Press Statement FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Lagos, Monday, June 7, 2021: Two non-governmental organizations, Media Rights Agenda (MRA) and the International Press Centre (IPC) today condemned the Federal Government’s indefinite suspension of Twitter in Nigeria and threatened to lodge a formal complaint before the appropriate agencies of the African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN) […]Read More

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2020 REPORT ON STATE OF ATTACKS ON JOURNALISTS

Editor May 11, 2021

SUMMARY The International Press Centre under a safety of journalists’ project supported by the Open Society Foundation (OSF) commenced the monitoring of attacks on journalists in September 2018 with the aim of providing safety advisory, issuing prompt alerts, and coordinating necessary activities on attacks/assaults on journalists and media outlets. To ensure effective implementation and coordination, […]Read More

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WPFD 2021: IPC TO HOLD WEBINARS AND CONVEY STAKEHOLDERS’ FORUM

Editor April 28, 2021

Press Release WPFD 2021: IPC TO HOLD WEBINARS AND CONVEY STAKEHOLDERS’ FORUM For immediate release: April 28, 2021 The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos will mark this year’s World Press Freedom Day (WPFD), with a two-part event starting with a webinar tomorrow, Thursday April 29, 2021, on ‘Safety, Security and Management of Trauma in Coverage […]Read More

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NBC’s Threat on Channels TV Unacceptable – IPC

Editor April 27, 2021

April 27, 2021Press StatementNBC’s Threat on Channels TV Unacceptable – IPCFor immediate release: Tuesday April 27, 2021 On Sunday April 25, 2021, several Nigerian and international media outlets reported that a tactical team of the Nigerian Army, the Police, and the Department of State Services (DSS), carried out a joint attack on the headquarters of […]Read More

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IPC DECRIES THREATS ON JOURNALIST JAAFAR JAAFAR’S LIFE

Editor April 22, 2021

PRESS STATEMENT For Immediate release, April 22, 2021The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos – Nigeria is disturbed about the reported threats on the life of Daily Nigeria publisher Jaafar who went into hiding because of fear for his life as unidentified persons, likely to be ‘hitmen’ had been stalking him both at his Abuja and […]Read More

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Call for Expression of Interest: Training on Safety, Security and Managing Trauma in Investigative Reporting

Editor April 19, 2021

The International Press Centre (IPC) invites entries from print, online and broadcast journalists in Nigeria across the six geopolitical zones to participate in a virtual capacity building program under its Enhanced Safety Awareness Programme. The project is supported by the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX), to promote safety reporting of the Covid-19 pandemic and […]Read More

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Media Monitoring Report of Health‐Related Issues (An analysis of trends in reportage of health and other related issues in December 2020)

Editor April 7, 2021

This report is a summary of the outcome of a one-month media monitoring of health-related issues in four newspapers, namely, The Punch, Daily Sun, Vanguard and Premium Times (published online only). The monitoring was conducted on health related media reports published in the aforementioned newspapers in December 2020, as a baseline components of the Media […]Read More

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