LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dr Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, has urged the media to test in court the extent of its constitutional right to obtain and disseminate information during elections. Agbakoba, a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, made the call at the GOCOP Conference held on Thursday at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, with…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian military has asked both international and local media to stop covering nationwide protests over heightened economic hardships under President Bola Tinubu’s government. Chief of Defence Staff, Christopher Musa, made the call for a media blackout on the protests during a press briefing on Friday. “For the media, I want to…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman of the Police Service Commission IGP (Dr.) Solomon Arase has charged Police Public Relations Officers (PPROs) across the state Commands and Departments of the Nigeria Police Force to ensure that they are accessible to the public including the media, adding that they must be “available and must take their calls”….
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Imo Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma and his Delta counterpart, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, have charged the Nigeria media to keep upholding the virtue of objectivity in their reportage of national issues. They spoke at the Political Economist Merit Awards ceremony in Lagos, Thursday, which was highlighted by the public presentation of a book…
LAGOS OCTOBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Governor òf Bayelsa State, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has said that Democracy in Nigeria cannot grow without a vibrant media. The Governor called on those in governance to tolerate contrary views and supposedly offensive reportage of events by the media in the interest of the society and growth of democracy…
LAGOS AUGUST 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Group under the aegis of Malcolm Omirhobo Foundation has condemned in strong term the Nigeria government attack on the media which suppose to the voice of the oppressed masses in the country. The Foundation is equally disturbed at the government wanton violation of the fundamental rights of Nigerians to move freely, associate…
By Amos Okioma LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Commander of Joint Military Taskforce in Niger Delta ( Operation Delta Safe), Rear Admiral Akinjide Akinrinade, says with the collaboration of security agencies and the media, the security of the Niger Delta region and indeed Nigeria could be further improved and every section of the region experience total…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government over what it perceives as an attempt to censor the media. This was revealed on Thursday in a statement by the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, who faulted the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, for urging the…
