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NIGERIA`S MEDIA WATCHDOG
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MEDIA REVIEW September 2004 | In the News |
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The Press and the Ibori trial
 In recent times no case has generated as much publicity and interest as the suit challenging the eligibility of the Governor of Delta State, James Onanefe Ibori to contest the 2003 gubernatorial election.
The suit, instituted by two members of the ruling People’s Democratic Party in Delta, Dr. Goodnews Agbi and Mr. Anthony Alabi, is contesting that Ibori stands disqualified being the person that was convicted in 1995 by the Bwari Upper Area Court in Abuja for negligent conduct and breach of trust. The Governor, on the other hand, is saying at no time was he convicted in such court or any other court.
The plaintiffs anchored their petition on a 1995 case in which one James Onanefe Ibori was arraigned over the disappearance of building materials - zinc asbestos valued at N110, 000. The said Ibori was after summary trial, sentenced to six months’ imprisonment and a fine of N500... | Read more
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Headline News
- APCON Clamps down on deceptive advertising
What do these press adverts have in common? The Bora Extra Special Offer by The Volkswagen Centre; Millionaire Marketing Drive by Reagan Renaissance Ltd.; Exchange Your Old Pots For New Ones by Tower Aluminium and the Legend advertisement series by Nigerian Breweries Plc.
- Arowolo leaves Financial Standard
The chairman editorial board of the Financial Standard Newspaper, a business publication, Mr. Ayo Arowolo has resigned. His resignation followed disagreement between him and the paper’s management over the ownership of MoneyWise, a widely read column in the paper. Arowolo was until December 2003, the publication’s founding managing editor and CEO.
- International Press Centre relocates …
International Press Centre (IPC), a Lagos based media non-governmental organisation, has relocated to a more spacious and easily accessible location. IPC is now at 11, Osideolu Court, Dideolu Estate, First Gate Bus-stop, Ogba.
- Frustration sets in
The September 4 assault on the premises of Insider Weekly magazine demonstrates government’s inability to constructively enagage the paper’s management. It also shows frustration at the irreverence of the weekly.
An eyewitness identified as Mr Emeka, a member of the Rhema Chapel that occupies the floor below the magazine, told Media Review that the smashing of doors and glasses aroused the attention of people in the compound. “I was having my morning devotion, when I started hearing the sound of breaking glasses.”
- JAAIDS Calls For Entries
Journalists and media organisations that are interested in participating in the 4th edition of the Red Ribbon Awards have up till November 1 2004 to submit their entries. The awards was instituted by the Journalists Against AIDS [JAAIDS] to honour outstanding journalists, media organisations, NGO’s and AIDS activists that have contributed to improving the quality of discourse and action on the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Nigeria.
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 OKIJA: The Press Feast
Okija in Ihiala local government area of Anambra state has been described as a community with a “large rural setting.” Which means Okija is not a community that routinely gets any mention in the urban-driven press much less a negative one. But not any more. Okija is now in our lexicon and presently crawling with some of Nigeria’s brilliant police officers.
The transformation from a sleepy village not known to most Nigerians outside the southeast to a household name and the hub of a high-powered police investigation began with the raiding of the Ogwugwu Isi -Ulu shrine August 4 by the police. Their findings were shocking...| Read more
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 From Otokoto to Okija
Joe Achuzia, the secretary general of the Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohaneze, must take the trophy for the man with the most diabolical sense of humour. At a time when many Nigerians, including his kinsmen, were shocked at the shocking discovery of 20 human skulls and 50 corpses at the Ogwugwu shrine in Okija, Ihiala local government area of Anambra state last week, the man perfunctorily dismissed it...| Read more
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 Government needs the brightest and the best
According to a recent report, a staff audit carried out by the Federal Ministry of Finance revealed that 70% of the staff of the Ministry, which can be regarded as the nation’s life line, are unqualified. An astonishing 44% are secondary school certificate holders; 26% had only primary school education and 124 or 8% had relevant qualification for the positions they hold. Yet alarming as that report is, the Federal Ministry of Finance is not an exception in this respect. As far back as 1992, a survey of State Water Corporations carried out in all the then 30 states revealed that only 2% of the staffs were qualified for their job.
Given the low quality of the manpower employed in the public sector is it therefore surprising that the results have been so disappointing? A cardinal principle of life to which lawyers draw our attention states that you can’t give what you don’t have. Unintelligent or badly educated people cannot be expected to perform like the brightest and the best...|Read more
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