Bandits in their large numbers, late Saturday night, stormed the Danhonu community in the Millennium City of Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State and abducted two journalists reporting for  Blueprint Newspapers in the state. The reporters – Alhaji AbdulGafar Alabelewe of The Nation, and AbdulRaheem Abdu (Blueprint) – were kidnapped alongside their wives and children. LEADERSHIP reports that Alhaji …

No fewer than 40 journalists in southwest states have been trained by the International Press Centre (IPC) about information disorder and how to deploy tools to fact-check. The journalists were drawn from several media organisations in Lagos, Osun, Ekiti, Ondo, Oyo, and Ogun states to participate in a 2-day training tagged “Credible Elections and Democratic Governance: Capacity Building on Combatting …

Al Jazeera on Sunday said two of its Palestinian journalists in the Gaza Strip were killed in an Israeli strike on their car, in what the Qatar-based media network claimed was a “targeted killing”. Hamza Wael Dahdouh and Mustafa Thuria, who also worked as a video stringer for AFP and other news organisations, were killed while they were “on their …

The Department of State Security Services (DSS) in Sokoto State has charged journalists to focus more on solution-oriented and developmental journalism as part of efforts to address security challenges in the state. During a courtesy visit by the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Sokoto State Council, the DSS Director in the state, Mr Fatai Olawuwo stressed the importance of thorough …

United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), in collaboration with National Orientation Agency (NOA), on Wednesday in Lagos, commenced training of selected youths and journalists in the South-West zone on digital learning platforms. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the two-day training is tagged: “Media Dialogue on Digital Learning Platforms.” UNICEF Communication Specialist, Mrs Blessing Ejiofor said that the programme was …

The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Information and Strategy, Mr Olumide Sogunle has pledged the ministry’s unwavering support to the Lagos Information Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) for the seamless discharge of its mandate. This was as he congratulated the executive and members of NUJ, Lagos Information, for hosting the 17th edition of the annual Ramadan …

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is being honoured in earnest as a group of writers and journalists have decided to publish a book about him. According a press statement, 25 prominent journalists and writers from across the country came together to write a book on Prof. Osinbajo. Titled Osinbajo Strides: Defining Moments of an Innovative Leader, it is scheduled to be …

Media rights groups have called for South Sudanese authorities to release six journalists detained over a video reportedly showing President Salva Kiir urinating on himself. The staff at the state-run South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation were arrested on Tuesday by agents from the National Security Service, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, citing media reports and other sources familiar with …