By Patrick Obia and Maxwell Effiong Association of Cross River Online Journalists (ACROJ) has urged the Federal Government of Nigeria and Cross River State Government to drop all charges against journalists standing trial for doing their job. The union of online journalists practicing in Cross River State made the call in a statement issued by
By Premium Times The ECOWAS Court of Justice has fixed June 29, 2021 for judgment in a suit challenging the “unlawful” arrest and prosecution of a Nigerian journalist and publisher, Agba Jalingo, under the cybercrime, terrorism and criminal code laws. The suit was instituted by a civil society group, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project
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Last week, precisely 27 March 2021, Professor Florence Obi, the Vice Chancellor of UNICAL, gave a very good account of her leadership after holding a very beautiful convocation ceremony. On the occasion, the VC revealed that, 22 graduands bagged first class honors in their various fields out of the 4,955 total graduands. Among these graduands,
By Jonathan Ugbal Nigerian Journalist, Agba Jalingo who risks a death sentence if convicted of alleged acts of terrorism and treason over a newspaper publication will join other panelists virtually on May 1, 2021 to discuss capacity building for public defenders of press freedom. The panel discussion which will hold in Namibia is part of
A legislative constituency project is any project that is conceived, designed or executed within a legislative constituency with the collaboration, input or influence of the legislator(s) representing that particular constituency in the legislature. Such projects are however funded from public money. At the dawn of the Fourth Republic in Nigeria, there was the quest by
I have few thoughts deluging the carapace of my mind I want to share with you as you prepare for leadership. No one ever became a great leader merely because he/she was a youth. Though most great leaders attained their strides in their youth, it was their dexterity and capacity to provide solutions that endeared
I really will want to go straight to the point and tell you what our team found out in Abuochiche. But let me quickly address additional concerns raised by the Hon. Member in his response. 1. That I am being used by politicians under the guise of journalism to fight him. But you see ehn,