PRESS STATEMENT Editorial comment: NGE replies The Nation newspaper’s editorial board, says it failed journalism * Demands apology The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has demanded an apology from The Nation newspaper’s Editorial Board over an editorial accusing journalists of failing journalism, insisting that the newspaper’s editorial board fell short of professional standards...
PRESS RELEASE NGE Calls for Electoral Reforms, 50% Presidential Threshold, Timely Election Dispute Resolution The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has called for far-reaching constitutional and electoral reforms to strengthen Nigeria’s democracy, including the introduction of a 50 per cent threshold for presidential elections and the resolution of electoral disputes before the...
What My Presentation is about Democracy is about representative leadership whose legitimacy derives from votes freely given to determine choice of d electorate Not a discourse by a social scientist who uses quantitative analysis to measure apathy in electoral democratic processes Assessing What amounts to enthusiasm or apathy by the electorate not within...
1. Introduction Terrorists’ attack may be directed at a person, institution or community, but the psychological target is the larger public. Terrorist organisations seek publicity because publicity extends the reach of an attack far beyond its immediate victims. Through news reports, photographs, videos, manifestos, threats and statements, they create fear, project strength, recruit...
1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. Setting the Scene: Preamble I am very confident that my audience here today is made up of people who are knowledgeable about much (most likely all) of what I will say in this presentation. Consequently, this will make this presentation brief and pleasurable for me. **Although the topic of this presentation is...
National Security Journalism THE CORE PROBLEM IN 3 SENTENCES Terrorists need three (3) things from media: Fear, Fame, and Funding. In a poor market, media needs three (3) things from terrorists: Clicks, Access, and Scoops. That intersection is where journalists become tools. This master class teaches you how to break that transaction. 2. 10...
INTRODUCTION I am sincerely grateful to the Nigerian Guild of Editors for not only inviting me to take part in this year’s All Nigeria Editors Conference, but to also deliver a keynote address on the theme of the conference, namely “The Ballot, the Media and the Task of Keeping Democracy Alive.” I am all the...
Protocols… President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, members of the Guild, distinguished editors, ladies and gentlemen… It is a great pleasure to welcome you to Enugu. And I confess that standing before more than 300 of Nigeria’s editors is not necessarily the most comfortable position for a governor to find...
1. Distinguished editors, publishers, and custodians of the public conscience; representatives of government and civil society; my fellow traditional rulers; ladies and gentlemen. 2. I am deeply humbled to join you today as the chairman of this auspicious conference. I want to begin by thanking all of you for inviting me to sit among you....
President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, Mr Eze Anaba; distinguished editors; ladies and gentlemen. I had looked forward to being with you in Enugu today. Unfortunately, other pressing responsibilities of state have made that impossible. I am, however, delighted to send this message of goodwill to a community that remains indispensable to our national...
