https://www.chidoonumah.com Informed commentaries, news and progressive analysis of topical events in Nigeria, Africa and around the world Tue, 25 Aug 2020 04:49:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://www.chidoonumah.com/new-broadcast-code-as-albatross-to-freedom-of-speech-in-nigeria/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-broadcast-code-as-albatross-to-freedom-of-speech-in-nigeria https://www.chidoonumah.com/new-broadcast-code-as-albatross-to-freedom-of-speech-in-nigeria/#respond Tue, 25 Aug 2020 04:49:55 +0000 http://www.chidoonumah.com/?p=12706 By Judex Okoro In any democratic dispensation, the media plays a significant role of traditionally informing, educating, and entertaining the society. Besides, in every sane clime, the media holds those in position of authorities accountable to the people; the media protects citizens’ rights and privileges to ensure that leaders don’t transform into dictators overnight by trampling […]]]> https://www.chidoonumah.com/new-broadcast-code-as-albatross-to-freedom-of-speech-in-nigeria/feed/ 0 https://www.chidoonumah.com/coalition-for-whistleblowers-protection-and-press-freedom-condemns-gov-umahis-attack-on-journalists-and-media-houses/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coalition-for-whistleblowers-protection-and-press-freedom-condemns-gov-umahis-attack-on-journalists-and-media-houses https://www.chidoonumah.com/coalition-for-whistleblowers-protection-and-press-freedom-condemns-gov-umahis-attack-on-journalists-and-media-houses/#respond Fri, 24 Apr 2020 18:12:12 +0000 http://www.chidoonumah.com/?p=12556 Press Release The Coalition for Whistleblowers Protection and Press Freedom condemns the blatant intimidation, harassment and continuous attack on journalists and media houses by Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State. CWPPF condemns the illegal banning of the correspondents of The Sun newspaper, Chijioke Agwu, and the Vanguard Newspaper, Peter Okutu, from entering Government House and […]]]> https://www.chidoonumah.com/coalition-for-whistleblowers-protection-and-press-freedom-condemns-gov-umahis-attack-on-journalists-and-media-houses/feed/ 0 https://www.chidoonumah.com/keeping-power-in-check-on-the-shrinking-media-and-civic-space-in-nigeria/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=keeping-power-in-check-on-the-shrinking-media-and-civic-space-in-nigeria https://www.chidoonumah.com/keeping-power-in-check-on-the-shrinking-media-and-civic-space-in-nigeria/#respond Sun, 26 Jan 2020 23:08:56 +0000 http://www.chidoonumah.com/?p=12456 By Odia Ofeimun After writing the foreword and a fairly long article in Testimony to Courage: Essays in Honour of Dapo Olorunyomi, I wanted to be excused from delivering this lecture at the Lagos presentation of the book. But, I happen to like the idea of a special fare for our ‘city by the lagoon’, […]]]> https://www.chidoonumah.com/keeping-power-in-check-on-the-shrinking-media-and-civic-space-in-nigeria/feed/ 0 https://www.chidoonumah.com/mil-and-the-challenge-of-new-media-technologies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mil-and-the-challenge-of-new-media-technologies https://www.chidoonumah.com/mil-and-the-challenge-of-new-media-technologies/#respond Sun, 27 Oct 2019 12:10:29 +0000 http://www.chidoonumah.com/?p=12373 By Chido Onumah & Olunifesi Suraj Introduction Information rules the world today. More often than not, the type of information we receive affects our choices, our relationship with others, the quality of life we live, the kind of influence we have on others, the extent to which others influence us, the kinds of activities we […]]]> https://www.chidoonumah.com/mil-and-the-challenge-of-new-media-technologies/feed/ 0 https://www.chidoonumah.com/call-for-nominations-unesco-supported-gapmil-global-media-and-information-literacy-awards-2019/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=call-for-nominations-unesco-supported-gapmil-global-media-and-information-literacy-awards-2019 https://www.chidoonumah.com/call-for-nominations-unesco-supported-gapmil-global-media-and-information-literacy-awards-2019/#respond Mon, 19 Aug 2019 00:12:27 +0000 http://www.chidoonumah.com/?p=12313 The UNESCO-led GAPMIL (Global Alliance for Partnerships on Media and Information Literacy) is calling for nominations for the GAPMIL Global Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Awards 2019. The Awards will recognize significant work and contributions in the field of MIL, and will honour individuals or organizations who have demonstrated excellence and leadership in integrating MIL into their […]]]> https://www.chidoonumah.com/call-for-nominations-unesco-supported-gapmil-global-media-and-information-literacy-awards-2019/feed/ 0 https://www.chidoonumah.com/behindthescene-launch-of-union-of-campus-journalists-ucj-unizik/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=behindthescene-launch-of-union-of-campus-journalists-ucj-unizik https://www.chidoonumah.com/behindthescene-launch-of-union-of-campus-journalists-ucj-unizik/#respond Tue, 13 Aug 2019 20:35:16 +0000 http://www.chidoonumah.com/?p=12305 By Chiamaka Okafor @MackieOkafor This program had been scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on August 8, 2019 and serious planning was ongoing. We had paid for the venue, gotten a receipt and a permit to use the hall for our program. We invited everyone we could invite, the governor of the state (Anambra), the commissioner for […]]]> https://www.chidoonumah.com/behindthescene-launch-of-union-of-campus-journalists-ucj-unizik/feed/ 0 https://www.chidoonumah.com/rosa-luxembourg-foundation-supports-africmils-political-education-project-in-nigerian-universities/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rosa-luxembourg-foundation-supports-africmils-political-education-project-in-nigerian-universities https://www.chidoonumah.com/rosa-luxembourg-foundation-supports-africmils-political-education-project-in-nigerian-universities/#respond Fri, 20 Jul 2018 18:20:33 +0000 http://www.chidoonumah.com/?p=11706 Concerned about the quality of political education on campuses across the country, the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) in partnership with the Centre for Critical Thinking and Resourceful Research in Africa (CECTRRA), is organizing a series of roundtables to raise political awareness among students in tertiary institutions under its Political Education Project […]]]> https://www.chidoonumah.com/rosa-luxembourg-foundation-supports-africmils-political-education-project-in-nigerian-universities/feed/ 0 https://www.chidoonumah.com/combating-fake-news-and-the-emotive-pathway-to-self-destruction/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=combating-fake-news-and-the-emotive-pathway-to-self-destruction https://www.chidoonumah.com/combating-fake-news-and-the-emotive-pathway-to-self-destruction/#respond Fri, 20 Jul 2018 17:18:31 +0000 http://www.chidoonumah.com/?p=11703 By Jibrin Ibrahim Over the weekend, I participated in facilitating a workshop by CITAD and its indefatigable executive director Y. Z. Ya’u for young people on understanding and responding to fake news and hate speech, which have become some of the most serious problems of our time. In 2016, Oxford dictionaries have picked post-truth as […]]]> https://www.chidoonumah.com/combating-fake-news-and-the-emotive-pathway-to-self-destruction/feed/ 0 https://www.chidoonumah.com/africa-education-ministers-adopt-integration-of-media-information-literacy-at-pace-2018-conference/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=africa-education-ministers-adopt-integration-of-media-information-literacy-at-pace-2018-conference https://www.chidoonumah.com/africa-education-ministers-adopt-integration-of-media-information-literacy-at-pace-2018-conference/#respond Wed, 23 May 2018 17:01:03 +0000 http://www.chidoonumah.com/?p=11589 The Pan-African High-Level Conference on Education (#PACE2018), was held by UNESCO in collaboration with African Union and the Government of Kenya on 25-29 April 2018 in Nairobi, Kenya, with the theme “Bridging Continental and Global Education Frameworks for the African We Want”. CMIL-Kenya participated in the conference where Executive Director, Wallace Gichunge, made a presentation […]]]> https://www.chidoonumah.com/africa-education-ministers-adopt-integration-of-media-information-literacy-at-pace-2018-conference/feed/ 0 https://www.chidoonumah.com/applications-nominations-open-for-2018-unesco-international-literacy-prizes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=applications-nominations-open-for-2018-unesco-international-literacy-prizes https://www.chidoonumah.com/applications-nominations-open-for-2018-unesco-international-literacy-prizes/#respond Thu, 26 Apr 2018 23:40:19 +0000 http://www.chidoonumah.com/?p=11541 Applications for Nominations: 5 June 2018 Entities to Submit their Nominations: 17 June 2018 The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is calling for applications and nominations for the 2018 UNESCO International Literacy Prizes, which this year will award outstanding programmes and individuals who promote literacy around the world within the theme of […]]]> https://www.chidoonumah.com/applications-nominations-open-for-2018-unesco-international-literacy-prizes/feed/ 0