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Lawmakers buckle, suspend media censorship bill, reject Onochie

Lawmakers buckle, suspend media censorship bill, reject Onochie
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NUJ declares 3-day mourning in honour of late veteran, Suleiman Yakubu

NUJ declares 3-day mourning in honour of late veteran, Suleiman Yakubu
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NIGERIANS MUST RESIST INCREASING ASSAULT ON PRESS FREEDOM

The plan to muzzle the press is wrong and counterproductive At a period when Nigerians are seeking ways to salvage their country from its present travails, the wilful courting of dictatorship cannot be a route to national salvation and healing. That unfortunately seems to be the preferred destination choice for the current administration. From inserting controversial clauses in the electoral bill to circumscribe transparent elections to a desperate plot to plant a partisan presidential attack dog in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), it is obvious that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has scant regards for democratic ethos. However, the real concern is the crude attempt to tamper with fundamental freedoms, going by proposed bills to regulate the print and electronic media via a dubious press code and licensing regime that would register or delist journalists based on the whims of some politicians.

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Nigerian Newspapers In Joint Front-Page Protest

Nigerian newspapers have jointly published the same front page as part of a campaign by the country s media industry to oppose two media bills that they see as undermining press freedom in the country. Alongside the words information blackout is an image of what appears to be a child with jail bars replacing the mouth. The Nigerian Press Council (NPC), and National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) bills list fines of up to 5m naira ($12,100; £8,700) for journalists and media houses who do not “ensure truthful, genuine and quality services”. If the bills become law, those convicted could be jailed for up to three years.

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Press Bills: No institution is above law – Gbajabiamila

He spoke in Abuja at the Second Dinner/Award Night organised by the House of Representatives Press Corps, with the theme ‘Recognising Good Governance and Legislative Excellence in the Face of Adversity’. The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) and the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria (NPAN) had, in a joint release on the front pages of major national dailies on Monday accused the National Assembly of planning to achieve “information blackout” with the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission and the Nigerian Press Council (NPC) Act Amendment Bills. Parts of the proposed amendments will empower the minister of information to issue licenses to print and broadcast media, and penalise journalists and media organisations for offenses already covered under the country’s penal and criminal codes.

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