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October 2022 in Africa: A free expression roundup produced by IFEX’s regional editor Reyhana Masters, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.

PREMIUM TIMES received recognition for its promotion of public interest journalism and innovative development.

Nigeria is planning a census in 2023, 16 years after the last exercise.

“The pending bill called ‘Older Persons (Rights and Privileges)’ would offer the most comprehensive legal framework ever available for older persons in the country, addressing among others, the social and economic challenges triggered by ageing," a UN expert says

The Pension Reform Act 2014 provides that pensions should be increased after every five years or whenever there is an increase in the salaries of active workers.

Nigeria's National Senior Citizens Centre Act mandates the state to direct its policy towards ensuring “that old age care and....”

Ms Ileyemi was selected alongside nine other journalists from various media organisations across Nigeria, out of 293 applications.

When President Muhammadu Buhari and stalwarts of the now-ruling All Progressives Congress travelled from state to state canvassing for votes in late 2014

After so many years of contextual reporting of how Nigeria’s fragile economic state has been affecting various sectors of the same economy, senior media managers rose from a unique workshop of their own at the weekend in Lagos...

Being the oldest genre of literature, poetry has a wide spectrum that can accommodate many other forms of ...