Again, Presidency Alerts Nigerians on Smear Campaign Plot Against President Buhari

NigeriaPoliticsPress * MediaAgain, Presidency Alerts Nigerians on Smear Campaign Plot Against President Buhari

PilotnewsJanuary 29, 2021

ABUJA  — The Presidency has alerted the nation of another orchestrated smear campaign against President Muhammadu Buhari, using some online newspapers and blogs. Mr. Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman, who raised the alert in a statement in Abuja on Friday, said the campaign was designed to further exacerbate tension in the land, by portraying the president as pandering to ethnic and other primordial tendencies. According to him, this narrative is contrary to Buhari’s pledge to...

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Nigerian Human Rights Activist Omoyele Sowore Released on Bail

ColumnsLaw & JusticeOpinionPress * MediaNigerian Human Rights Activist Omoyele Sowore Released on Bail

PilotnewsJanuary 28, 2021

In Nigeria, causation of arrests and release are murky, and the rumor mill operates overtime. Some Nigerians are suggesting that Omoyele Sowore was released because the authorities are aware of the stronger human rights emphasis of the Biden administration and wanted to start off on the right foot with the new administration. Sowore is a well-known Nigerian human rights activist and strong critic of the Buhari administration and of Nigeria’s political economy in general. He...

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NEWS ANALYSIS: China or US Free Speech Template for Nigeria?

NewsPress * MediaUnited StatesNEWS ANALYSIS: China or US Free Speech Template for Nigeria?

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)January 11, 2021

Free speech is one of the fundamental human rights, universally recognized and protected. Like the rest of the countries of the world, the Nigerian constitution provided for the protection of this law as a result of its importance and relevance to uphold personal liberty and democracy. However, the right to free speech is not absolute anywhere. There are recognized restrictions and exceptions to the right. Some of which are the law of defamation, incitement. As...

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Sowore Appears in Court in Handcuff for Organizing Protest Against Bad Governance

Law & JusticeNewsPeoplePress * MediaSowore Appears in Court in Handcuff for Organizing Protest Against Bad Governance

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)January 5, 2021

A human rights activist and SaharaReporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, has on Tuesday, appeared at the Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, wearing handcuffs. Reports said that the court presided over by Chief Magistrate Mabel Segun-Bello, would be hearing the bail application filed by Sowore and four other activists. Sowore was holding a book when he arrived at the court alongside four other detained activists. The West African Pilot had reported that Sowore,...

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Sowore Had His Crossover Night in Unknown Police Custody for Organizing Protest

Law & JusticeNewsPress * MediaSowore Had His Crossover Night in Unknown Police Custody for Organizing Protest

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)January 1, 2021

The Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, and other activists have spent the wee hours of the New Year in police custody for holding a protest in Abuja. Before his arrest, Sowore has sent out a series of tweets calling on Nigerians to join him on a protest against the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. He tweeted, “How about a crossover protest/uprising tonight? Anyone willing to participate? Pick up a candle and a placard showing...

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Northern Governors Mourn Nda-Isaiah

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PilotnewsDecember 12, 2020

The Northern Governors’ Forum (NGF) has expressed shock over the death of Mr. Sam Nda-Isaiah, founder and Chairman of Leadership Newspapers. This is contained in a condolence message by the chairman of the forum and governor of Plateau, Simon Lalong, on Saturday in Jos. Lalong, in the message issued by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr Makut Macham, described the death as “shocking and devastating.” He said the death of Nda-Isaiah is a ...

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Ndah-Isaiah’s Death, Huge Loss to Media Industry, Nigeria – Orji Kalu

BusinessNewsPeoplePress * MediaNdah-Isaiah’s Death, Huge Loss to Media Industry, Nigeria – Orji Kalu

PilotnewsDecember 12, 2020

Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu, has described the demise of the publisher of Leadership Newspapers, Mr Sam Ndah-Isaiah, as a huge loss to the media industry and Nigeria at large. Kalu in a statement on Saturday in Abuja extolled the virtues of the deceased. He stressed  that the late chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was a patriotic statesman and detribalised Nigerian with passion for a prosperous and united Nigeria. He lauded...

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Mohammed Idris, Blueprint Publisher Now NPAN Scribe As Trust Chair Leads New Team

NewsNigeriaPress * MediaMohammed Idris, Blueprint Publisher Now NPAN Scribe As Trust Chair Leads New Team

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)December 9, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent _____ Amid dwindling economic fortunes, the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria (NPAN) has called on the federal government to make concerted effort towards  reviving the newsprint factories in Nigeria to boost the newspaper industry. NPAN made the call Tuesday in a  communiqué  after its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Lagos, during which new executive members were elected. Those elected include Chairman Trust Media Limited, Malam Kabir A. Yusuf, (president); while Chairman Guardian Press Limited, Lady Maiden Ibru,...

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Rescind Unconstitutional Fines Against Channels, AIT, Arise TV Within 48 Hours or Be Sued

NewsPress * MediaRescind Unconstitutional Fines Against Channels, AIT, Arise TV Within 48 Hours or Be Sued

Beloved John (Staff Writer)October 27, 2020

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has demanded that the National Broadcasting Corporation to withdraw the N3m fine imposed on each broadcast stations over the coverage of the #ENDSARS protests in the country. On Monday, the group gave the NBC 48-hours to reverse the decision or risk legal actions NBC had imposed a #3M fine on Arise Television, Channels Television and African Independent Television for their coverage of the protest especially the killing of protesters...

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Gov Fintiri Visit Yola AIT Office, Declares Commitment to Partner with the Station

NewsPoliticsPress * MediaGov Fintiri Visit Yola AIT Office, Declares Commitment to Partner with the Station

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)October 24, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa state has declared the state government’s commitment to partner and support African independent Television AIT Yola. Fintiri stated during a courtesy call to the head of Africa independent Television AIT yola office. The  governor represented by the state commissioner of information and strategy, Comrade Umar Garba Pella  said they were  in a television station to register state government sympathy  and concern over the recent...

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