Tag: Media Freedom
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World Press Freedom Day: NGE raises alarm over state of media freedom in Nigeria
As the world marks the World Press Freedom Day today, the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has said that the inalienable right to access and disseminate information through an independent press is under attack, and called for urgent need to protect the media, adding democracy is in danger when a free press is threatened.
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Jonathan Foundation advocates media freedom, responsible journalism
The Goodluck Jonathan Foundation (GJF) has called on governments in Africa to ensure press freedom in their countries and urged practitioners to use information as a tool for national development. The Foundation emphasised that the continent will be better when information is used for public good and not as weapons of destruction and disintegration. The…