As Nigeria joined the rest of the world to mark World Press Freedom day yesterday, I thought it wise to do a little work on my...
It proposes a fine of N150,000 or three years imprisonment for any offender and accords the government the carte blanche to shut down the internet –...
Towards the end of 1918, history records that the Great War (WWI) was coming to its end in Europe. Germany had officially surrendered and all countries...
COVID-19: Media Freedom in Kenya and why it’s important to protect it now more than ever Media across the world is regarded as a Fourth Estate...
“Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.” – Thomas Jefferson. The history of the press in...
This story readily comes to mind. That of a fierce and fine Nigerian journalist, Dele Giwa, who faced several assaults from the Nigerian government for always...
Under fire over the wickedly role he has played in the illegal arrest and detention of Agba Jalingo; Governor Ben Ayade of Cross Rivers State has...
After writing the foreword and a fairly long article in Testimony to Courage: Essays in Honour of Dapo Olorunyomi, I wanted to be excused from delivering this...
The shocking arrest and detention of Ayoola Babalola in Ibara Prison over his publications on a campus newspaper in which he is the editor, is only...
Court judgements are not the same as justice. Talk about court judgements, we have them in abundance in Nigeria. On a daily basis, our courts churn...