Media professionals, Catholic faithful, friends and family members of former presidential spokesperson, Mrs Oluremi Oyo, on Tuesday in Lagos, honoured her with a thanksgiving service to mark 10 years of her death. Oyo, also a President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) and Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), died on...
· Aligns with government’s economic policies · Says media sustainability crucial to democracy, economic growth Arising from its four-day annual conference in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state capital, weekend, the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) aligned with measures so far adopted by the Federal Government to revive the economy; but said the path to total...
Protocols I am grateful to the leadership of ANEC, organizers of this conference, for inviting me to give this presentation at this very important event being held at this very important time in our national history. Conferences like this are important because they help shape the national conversation and help Nigerians distill fact from fiction,...
Historical context 1. NIGERIA’S MILITARY GOVERNMENTS AND ANTI-PRESS LAWSNigeria’s press laws in the past 63 years have undergone series of metamorphosis. Apart from the ones promulgated by the colonial governments and under the short-lived civilian government between 1960 and 1966, quite a number of such laws were ingrained in our statute books under successive military...
PROTOCOLS I would like to begin by appreciating the Nigeria guild of editors for inviting me as a guest speaker at this conference. It is a great honour which I immensely cherish. My interaction with the media community had always been with the reporters and correspondents on the business and economic desks. It is therefore...
Protocol “Every morning a lion wakes up, it knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve to death…It doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle, you better be running” Quote first attributed to Dan Montano in The Economist, but was popularised by Thomas Friedman in The World is Flat....
Protocol: It gives me great pleasure to be here today at the opening of the 19th All Nigeria Editors Conference, organised by the Nigerian Guild of Editors in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The Nigerian Guild of Editors is a body of the elite in the journalism profession and I feel honoured to be in the...
PROTOCOLS 1. Ladies and gentlemen of the Press, the custodians and members of the Fourth Estate of the Realm, let me on behalf of the Government and the people of Akwa Ibom State, thank you most profoundly for electing to hold the 19th All Nigeria Editors Annual Conference in our beautiful, serene and peaceful capital...
PROTOCOL: I consider it a privilege to share this interactive media forum with esteemed Editors in their 19th All Nigeria Editors Conference holding in our Sister-State, Akwa Ibom. The theme of the conference “Stimulating Economic Growth, Technological Advancement: Role of the Media” is not only contemporary issue of discourse but also suited for the implementation...
Introduction: This short paper has adopted the definition of Media professionalism as provided by ACE Electoral Knowledge Network. The network defines media professionalism as “the conduct of media coverage and activities according to high standards of ethics, accountability, legality and credibility, while exercising rights such as freedom of expression and information”. The ‘high standards of...
