Michael Allen, a local Gullah Geechee community advocate, has been named to an advisory panel of the London-based Guardian newspaper to help the publication report on communities affected by the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
La Repubblica Torino offers a new hint that Massimiliano Allegri will leave Juventus at the end of the season: 'The feeling is that the story is over.'
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday proposed an all-inclusive government in Ondo State as a solution to its post-primary election crisis. The terms of reconciliation initiated by the National Working Committee, NWC, included the reconstitution of the State Executive Council and appointment of local government caretaker committee to reflect diverse interests. 2. The Federal Government has ordered a comprehensive...
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is alarmed by the growing obstacles that Chad’s authorities are placing in the way of press freedom ahead of presidential elections on 6 May, including suspending a newspaper, preventing another from covering a political rally and banning interactive broadcasts.
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The Nigeria Immigration Service has placed former Kogi governor, Yahaya Bello on watchlist. The NIS called for Bello‘s arrest at any point of exit or entry into the country by security agencies. 2. President Bola Tinubu has approved system-wide policies to comprehensively overhaul the education sector to improve learning and skill development, increase enrolment, and ensure the academic security of the nation’s children....
By Matt Solomon Published: April 17th, 2024
Maurice Leon “Mel” Opotowsky, a former newspaper editor and tenacious free press advocate who was known for helping to advance 1st Amendment rights, has died. Opotowsky died April 18 at Claremont Manor retirement community, where he lived with his wife, Bonnie Opotowsky, according to their son, Didier Opotowsky. He said his father’s cause of death is not certain, and that he had Parkinson’s. He was 92. Opotowsky was a top editor at the Riverside Press-Enterprise when the paper brought two cases...
The National Chairman of the All-Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Umar Ganduje, has declared the party’s unwavering resolve to address the myriads of challenges facing Nigeria. Dr. Ganduje stated this during the grand finale of the APC’s campaign in Gombe, where the party’s flags were presented to the chairmanship candidates of the11 local government areas of
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Clark writes PDP acting chairman, alleges he’s working for Wike A former Federal Commissioner for Information and Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark has written to the Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Amb. Umar Ililya Damagum, alleging that he is
Washington, D.C., April 19, 2024—Iranian authorities must immediately release Kurdish-Iranian journalist Rasoul Galehban and drop any charges against him, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Monday. Galehban, the publisher and the editor-in-chief of Urmiye24 Kurdish News, was arrested by the Iran’s Cyber Police Unit in the city of Urmia, in West Azerbaijan province, on April
Congress MP Jairam Ramesh said that the diplomat, Akhilesh Mishra, was not expected to act ‘like a party apparatchik’ and attack the Opposition.
Grant confirmed the settlement on Twitter this afternoon.