By Walter Duru, Ph.D LAGOS JULY 18TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The digital age has reshaped how we consume and disseminate information, with online media playing a crucial role in shaping public perception and opinion. Recognizing this, the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), with support from the Nigeria Digital Identification for Development (ID4D) Project, recently organized a two-day roundtable…
LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Bala Abubakar, has described online publishers as critical elements in the fight against all forms of criminality in Nigeria by virtue of their advantage of reach, penetration, speed and resilience. He made this known while speaking at the 2023 7th Conference of…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has charged online publishers to promote positive reports on Nigeria in the online news space, saying it is crucial to the socio-economic growth and development of the country. The minister stated this while addressing members of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP)…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers,GOCOP has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to rescind his government’s decision to suspend Twitter in Nigeria. GOCOP made this call in a statement signed by its President, Mr Dotun Oladipo and General Secretary, Mr Danlami Nmodu, mni on Monday. According to GOCOP, the suspension of Twitter…
LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Committee to Protect Journalists has enjoined online publishers in Nigeria to rise against the Cybercrime Act, noting that journalists publishing online are vulnerable to the various challenges confronting the entire Nigerian media community. Senior Researcher, Africa Programme at the CPJ, Jonathan Rozen, who made the call, added that the challenges confronting…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorochas is to host no fewer than two hundred online media practitioners made of bloggers and online publishers in Owerri, Imo State in the thirty six states of Nigeria. A flier made available to NewsRangers stated that the event organize by Online Media Practitioners of Nigeria (OMPAN) with…