Misogyny, Free Press and Nigerian Women: A Call for Introspection, by Nafisat Bello   Over the years, women in Nigeria and other parts of Africa have been branded by unfair definitions that have kept them at the base of the ladder. For so long, our women...

Nigerian Women in the Eye of a Misogynistic Press: A Call for Action, by Rahma Oladosu   Despite the realities of contemporary society, the traditional functions of the media include to inform, educate and entertain. As time passed by, the roles of mobilisation, setting agenda and...

Empowering Media and CSOs: CISLAC Conducts Training on Freedom of Information Act   The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), Nigeria’s National Chapter of Transparency International (TI), recently organized a one-day training for media and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) focusing on the use of the Freedom...

Corruption In The Media: Who Will Investigate The Investigators?, by Aondover Eric Msughter   As enshrined in the 1999 Constitution, specifically section 39 subsection 2, the media have been empowered with freedom of expression. Section 22 of the same Constitution also guarantees the media with the...

NBC's Mandates and Media Freedom, by Godsgift Onyedinefu     This is no time to unnecessarily conflate issues that border on national security. There is a huge difference between sanitizing media operations and muzzling the media. The two are not the same, except we want to play...

African Risk Capacity, Centre for Disaster Protection Seal Deal on Disaster Risk management Systems     The African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group and the Centre for Disaster Protection  have entered into a partnership agreement to mutually promote technical collaboration on capacity building, research, and advocacy through...