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World Press Freedom Day 2022: IPC Reiterates Urgency of Stakeholders’ Collaboration to Safeguard Press Freedom

Editor May 3, 2022

Press Release World Press Freedom Day 2022: IPC Reiterates Urgency of Stakeholders’ Collaboration to Safeguard Press Freedom For immediate release: May 3, 2022 The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria on the occasion of this Year’s World Press Freedom Day (WPFD), 2022 joins the global community to raise concerns about press freedom violations. IPC prompts the […]Read More

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2nd IPC & ACSPN Webinar Series For Journalists

Editor April 30, 2020

April 22, 20202nd IPC & ACSPN WEBINAR SERIES FOR JOURNALISTS *Theme: Humanising Covid-19 Reporting* The programme:Date: Friday May 1st, 2020Time: 12pm – 2pm Remarks:Lanre Arogundade, Executive Director for IPC.Prof. Ayo Ojebode, Head, Department of Communication and Language Arts, University of Ibadan, for ACSPN EU Ambassador (tentative)1st presentation: Deepening our Covid-19 Reporting: Challenges and Prospects by Mr. […]Read More

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Global Media Community Frowns at Obstacles Militating Against Free Press

Editor May 4, 2018

Issues of protection of journalists, the defense of digital and Internet rights and demand for end to impunity for acts of crime against journalists have dominated the celebration of this year’s World Press Freedom Day (WFPD) 2018 holding in Accra, Ghana. With the theme: “Keeping Power in Check: Media, Justice and the Rule of Law.” […]Read More

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Press Freedom Day- Panelists Want Digital Rights and Freedom Bill Signed

Editor May 4, 2018

To mark this year’s World Press Freedom Day, a gathering of media professionals at a conference in Lagos has stressed the need for journalists working online to understand the provisions enshrined in the Digital Rights and Freedom Bill in order to enhance the performance of their work. The panelists frowned at the indifference of many […]Read More

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Press Release “World Press Freedom Day” IPC to launch NJIRI; calls for prompt Presidential assent of the Digital Rights and Freedom Bill

Editor April 27, 2018

To mark the 2018 World Press Freedom Day (WPFD), the International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria has announced the launch of the “The Nigerian Journalists Internet Rights Initiative (NJIRI)”, which is scheduled to take place on May 2 2018. Director of IPC, Mr. Lanre Arogundade said in a statement that “The Nigerian Journalists Internet Rights Initiative […]Read More

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World Press Freedom Day 2018

Editor April 24, 2018

Every year, 3 May is a date which celebrates the fundamental principles of press freedom, to evaluate press freedom around the world, to defend the media from attacks on their independence and to pay tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in the exercise of their profession. World Press Freedom Day was proclaimed by […]Read More

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