By Azuka Okwosa (Media/Society Reporter)

For reporting offensive social media visuals and inaccurate stories about the alleged shooting in Lekki lagos during last week's youth protests, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has slammed financial sanctions amounting to Three million Naira each on AIT, Channels and Arise News television stations.

By Chinwendu Agoha (Governance Reporter)

With prospects of more media houses facing violent attacks by angry youth protesters, the Nigerian Guild of Editors has called on the Federal Government to ensure sufficient security protection for vulnerable media houses across the country.

By Valentine Nnamani (Bureau Chief, South East)

IZUNWANNE, a body of senior journalists and editors of Southeast of Nigeria origin, has condemned the attacks on media houses in Lagos on Wednesday by suspected hoodlums said to have hijacked the youth protest against SARS.

By Musa Ubandawaki (Sokoto State Correspondent)

The Sokoto State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has risen from its monthly congress, held on Sunday October 18 with appeal to federal and state Governments to curb banditry in Sokoto state.

By Mohammed Munirat Nasir (Zamfara State Correspondent)

The Zamfara state council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), commiserates with the Zamfara state government over the death of the state chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Ibrahim Mallaha, who died in Germany after a protracted sickness.

By Rukayatu Abubakar (Society Matters Reporter)

Political friends and foes, including society's eminent dignitaries, gathered at the weekend to grace the highbrow wedding of Aliyu Atiku Abubakar, son of Nigeria's former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and Fatima Nuhu Ribadu, daughter of former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), Alhaji Nuhu Ribadu, as they become husband and wife.

By Chinwendu Agoha (MDA Reporter)

The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ), will accept all entries for its annual award for investigative reporting online for the first time.

By Valentine Nnamani (Bureau Chief, South East)

A coalition of over 30 civil society organisations (CSOs) and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), was on Tuesday, September 29, 2020 led by the South-East Social Accountability Network, SESAN in commendation for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC for the successes recorded in the anti-corruption fight in Nigeria and especially in the South-East.

By Chineze Ogbodo (NewsLeader Correspondent, Enugu State, Reports From Agbani)

Ozalla, otherwise known to the aborigines as Ozara, is a prominent town in Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State, South East, Nigeria. The name Ozalla is a colonial name given to it. The correct form "Ozara" is the most widely used by the natives in their Ozara dialect of Igbo language.

By Olusola Abisoye (Judiciary Reporter)

A senior journalist formerly with FRESH NEWS, Desmond Utomwen , who was allegedly brutalised by the police and the Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) while on official assignment sometime in 2009, has finally been given a hearing at the court of appeal on Tuesday.

By Abu Yaseer Shamsuddeen Yakaji

Gbagyi or Gbari (plural - Agbagyi) is the name and the language of Gbagyi/Gbari ethnic group who are predominantly found in Central Nigeria with a population of about 15million people. Members of the ethnic group speak two dialects.

By Chinwendu Agoha (MDA Reporter)

Mr. Gbenga Adefaye, General Manager/Editor-in-Chief of Vanguard Newspapers, Mr Gbenga Adefaye, has been appointed as Provost of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ), Ogba, Ikeja.