Court has adjourned Nnamdi Kanu’s trial… EKO HOT BLOG reports that a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, adjourned further proceedings in the case against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, till Wednesday. The adjournment followed Kanu’s complaints that the Federal Government failed to promptly serve him the … Read more
DSS and Police have attacked journalists during Nnamdi Kanu’s trial in court. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Operatives of the Department of State Services and members of the Nigeria Police Force have once again engaged in a show of force by harassing and pursuing journalists who assembled at the Federal High Court to cover the … Read more
Journalists and Fans get tested for Covi-19 ahead of Eagles game with Egypt EKO HOT BLOG reports that the organizers of the AFCON are not leaving any stone unturned, in having a covid-19 free torunament. In a video shared by an online platform, journalists and fans were seen being screened for the Covid-19 virus ahead … Read more
Two Haitian journalists burned alive by gang EKO HOT BLOG reports that according to the Haitian Security Forces (HSF), two Haitian journalists were slain by a gang who set them on fire and burnt them alive in the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince, on Thursday. The murder of the journalists, who were reporting the security situation in … Read more
There were sporadic gunshots as hoodlums attacked OAU VC, journalists and others. EKO HOT BLOG reports that there were sporadic gunshots as hoodlums on Monday attacked attacked the Vice-Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Prof Eyitope Ogunbodede, some management staff and journalists. The incident occurred at about 2:55pm during a visit to a hostel … Read more
By Kayode Shopekan A United States Ambassador to Nigeria Mary Beth Leonard has stated that the Brown Envelope Journalism is destroying the practice in Nigeria EKO HOT BLOG reports that U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard has described journalists who go after ‘Brown Envelope’ as the bad apples destroying the practice. Speaking during a … Read more
Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), Minister of Works and Housing under President Muhammadu Buhari has called for the provision of a contingency fund in Nigeria’s budget to cater for emergency situations. EkohotBlog reports that Fashola expressed this after the Federal Executive Council meeting (FEC) on Wednesday. He said to journalists that the Federal Road Safety Corps … Read more
The United Nations chief urged countries to fulfill their obligations toward preventing and prosecuting cases of enforced disappearance, a “cowardly practice” which the coronavirus pandemic has made even more difficult to combat. The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria and other governments to stop enforced disappearance. In a … Read more
Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello has called on Nigerian journalists to set the agenda for politicians to ensure that only credible Nigerians, devoid of bias were elected into political offices. Bello made the call during the Gala Night at the end of the maiden GYB Seminar for Nigeria’s Political and Crime Correspondents on Saturday in … Read more
Save the Children International (SCI), an NGO has urged journalists to create awareness on government’s social protection programmes among citizens. Mr Kayode Ajumobi, National Programme Manager of Child Development Grant Programme (CDGP), a Social protection programme under the SCI made the call during a three-day Social Protection Awareness Training for media in Kaduna, Eko hot … Read more
Fifty journalists and media workers were killed in the line of duty in 2020, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Tuesday. According to the watchdog, majority were killed in countries that are not at war, indicating an increase in the targeting of reporters investigating organised crime, corruption or environmental issues. It highlighted murders in Mexico, India, … Read more
The Commissioner for Information and Strategy in Lagos State, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso on Saturday said journalists across the country deserve medals and awards like other frontline workers. Omotoso who spoke in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital requested that journalists be appreciated like nurses and doctors for the critical role they played during the lockdown occasioned … Read more
As the second face of the gradual lockdown commences, the Nigerian Police headquarters said on Tuesday that Journalists and essential workers are exempted from the lockdown but not the curfew. Recall President Muhammadu Buhari had declared a curfew from 08:00pm and 06:00am from May 4, while easing the lockdown, saying, “All movements will be prohibited … Read more
President Donald Trump stormed out of his White House news conference Monday following combative exchanges with reporters Weijia Jiang of CBS News and Kaitlan Collins of CNN. Jiang, a Chinese American, asked Trump why he was putting so much emphasis on the number of coronavirus tests that have been conducted in the United States. “Why … Read more
The management of the national assembly has barred journalists from gaining entrance into the complex of the national assembly to cover proceedings as lawmakers resume Plenary session on Tuesday, According to Daily Post, police who hide under that pretext of enforcing an ambiguous directive from the information unit of the National Assembly, harrassed journalist … Read more
A Turkish court on Friday issued jail terms to six journalists from an opposition newspaper accused of links to the group blamed by the government for the 2016 failed coup, a lawyer told AFP. The court in Istanbul sentenced journalists from the Sozcu daily including columnist Emin Colasan and editor-in-chief Metin Yilmaz to prison terms … Read more
-The Permanent Secretary Lagos State Ministry of Information and Strategy, Mrs Bolanle Ogunmola, calls on on journalists to ensure government information is verified before its dissemination to the public -She noted that the release of inadequate information by journalists gives adequate room for rumours and fake news -She encouraged members of the media to always … Read more