http://www.webremixed.info/ Aggregation of tags: media Webremixer http://allafrica.com/stories/200811200009.html Phesheya Sibiya, a cameraperson employed by the privately-owned Channel Swazi television station, was harassed and had his camera confiscated by a traditional group performing "sacred" rituals for King Mswati III. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:03:59 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811200009.html 2008-11-20T06:03:59Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811200007.html Police in Sudan arrested more than 60 journalists during a protest against media censorship, report the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and news sources. Riot police armed with canes and shields rounded up the journalists outside parliament on 17 November and took them to a police station. Those detained were subsequently released. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:46:48 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811200007.html 2008-11-20T05:46:48Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811191022.html The Government of the People's Republic of China has turned over to the Liberian Government, newly renovated and expanded facilities of the Liberia Broadcasting System. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:10:00 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811191022.html 2008-11-19T22:10:00Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811191021.html Reporters Without Borders condemns the attorney general's threatening remarks to journalists on 17 November. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:06:39 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811191021.html 2008-11-19T22:06:39Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190977.html THE frosty relations existing between the Enugu State governor, Mr. Sullivan Chime, and journalists in the state was not inevitable but avoidable. The tiff, reports say, arose from two botched attempts to honour the governor with an award which the journalists' union called Man-of-the-year, which a government spokesman claimed Chime did not want. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:14:31 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190977.html 2008-11-19T20:14:31Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29343 Reporters Without Borders condemns the attorney general's threatening remarks to journalists on 17 November. The senior official said journalists who criticise the government could be arrested. "After the political opposition movements, it is now the turn of journalists to be directly targeted under the facile and phoney charge of terrorism", the worldwide press freedom organisation said. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:11:04 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29343 2008-11-19T18:11:04Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190827.html The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has condemned what it calls "crude Gestapo tactics" by security agencies against editors of Abuja-based Leadership newspaper. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:07:48 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190827.html 2008-11-19T17:07:48Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190641.html President Umaru Musa Yar'adua has approved the extension of the Literacy by Radio project of the National Commission for MassLiteracy, Adult and Non-Formal Education (NMEC) to all the states and the Federal Capital Territory. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:08:36 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190641.html 2008-11-19T14:08:36Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190593.html Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has called on those it called 'overzealous security agents from the State Security Services (SSS) and the Nigeria Police' to leave the editors of Leadership newspaper alone, saying the on-going harassment of the editors can only damage the reputation of the Federal Government. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:35:45 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190593.html 2008-11-19T13:35:45Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190583.html THE African National Congress's (ANC's) powerful national working committee (NWC) yesterday blamed the media for what it called a sustained campaign to belittle ANC Youth League president Julius Malema. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:26:44 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190583.html 2008-11-19T13:26:44Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190579.html A YEAR after new satellite TV licences were awarded, MultiChoice's DStv is still the sole operator, and competition seems a distant dream. This raises the question: is the market regulated effectively? Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:26:41 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190579.html 2008-11-19T13:26:41Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190443.html A civil rights activist has condemned the clampdown on Leadership Newspapers and the arrest of its team of editors by security agents of the Federal Government, saying it is an infringement on the right for free press. Malam Shehu Sani, who is the Chairman, Socialist Front, noted that democracy in Nigeria cannot strive without a free press, adding that government's harassment of the media and clampdown on media houses negates the position of the administration and its stance on rule of law. Sani who said this in Kaduna yesterday added, "One of the strongest elements of a free and democratic society is a free press. A government that lays claim to democratic norms must be able to observe, protect and encourage a free press because it is a free press that energizes, mobilises and gives moral authority to democracy. The attack on the Leadership Newspapers by security agents is therefore condemnable and unacceptable. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:41:20 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190443.html 2008-11-19T11:41:20Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190441.html Zamfara State government has spent N68 million on two public address vans to boost information dissemination in the state. The Governor, Alhaji Mahmud Aliyu Shinkafi made this known while commissioning the vans in Government House Gusau. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:41:17 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190441.html 2008-11-19T11:41:17Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190439.html Thursday, November 13, Leadership carried an unusual full page advert by the Force CID of the Nigeria Police declaring Senator Usman Albishir wanted. The following day Daily Trust followed suit. Subsequently the Sun carried the same advert more than once. The police said it wanted Albishir for "Criminal defamation of character, conspiracy, intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace in Yobe State." Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:41:14 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190439.html 2008-11-19T11:41:14Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190281.html Since Lagos-based lawyer, Mr. Festus Keyamo, challenged the leadership of the House of Representatives under Hon. Demeji Bankole to explain its role in the approval given for the purchase of 380 Peugeot 407 cars for the oversight functions of the House committees, the House has not known peace. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:50:10 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190281.html 2008-11-19T10:50:10Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190232.html A Lagos lawmaker has called for the participation of more journalists in politics to ensure free flow of information and the passage of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:20:08 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190232.html 2008-11-19T10:20:08Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190096.html A new South African industry body, the Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB), was launched during the South Africa Radio Forum 2008, which took place at Johannesburg's Sandton Convention Centre on Friday, 14 November. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:20:39 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190096.html 2008-11-19T08:20:39Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190088.html A subaltern of the former Rwandan army stated Tuesday before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) that there were, in 1994, three types of road blocks in his country. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:41:48 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190088.html 2008-11-19T07:41:48Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190071.html The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned the arrest and detention of about 70 journalists on Monday, as they were demonstrating against the censorship practice and tactics employed by the Sudanese government. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:25:43 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190071.html 2008-11-19T07:25:43Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190070.html Reporters Without Borders has condemned three-month suspended prison sentences handed down for libel against the weekly "L'Evénement" journalists Moussa Aksar and Sani Aboubacar. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:25:41 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190070.html 2008-11-19T07:25:41Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190055.html On 17 November 2008, Swaziland's Attorney General, Majahenkhaba Dlamini, warned that journalists who report critically against the government would be viewed as supporting "terrorists" and arrested. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:14:46 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190055.html 2008-11-19T07:14:46Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190012.html For about a week, the publisher and editorial managers of the Abuja-based private daily "Leadership", have faced a series of harassments from both the State Security Service (SSS), Nigeria's intelligence police and the regular police. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:07:39 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190012.html 2008-11-19T06:07:39Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190011.html Reporters Without Borders condemns the two-month prison sentence which an appeal court in Saida (440 km southwest of Algiers) imposed on journalist Hassan Bourras on 28 October 2008 in addition to the fine of 40,000 dinars (460 euros) to which he was originally sentenced. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:07:36 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190011.html 2008-11-19T06:07:36Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181200.html After a series of consultative meetings, the general memberships and executives of the Mass Communication Students Association (MACOSA) and the Sierra Leone Reporters' Union (SLRU) have agreed to come up with the first ever presidential debate in the history of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ), according to a joint press release. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:55:12 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181200.html 2008-11-18T22:55:12Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181178.html Reporters Without Borders today expressed dismay after police in the semi-autonomous Puntland region in north-eastern Somalia, raided and shut down Radio Galkayo and arrested its head, Hassan Mohammed Jama. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:13:56 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181178.html 2008-11-18T22:13:56Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181177.html Reporters Without Borders welcomes the release of online journalist Emmanuel Emeka Asiwe, the editor of the Huhuonline (http://www.huhuonline.com) website, after a week of interrogation by the State Security Service, the domestic intelligence agency, but deplores its refusal to let him to go back to the United States, where he lives. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:13:54 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181177.html 2008-11-18T22:13:54Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29329 Reporters Without Borders today expressed dismay after police in the semi-autonomous Puntland region in north-eastern Somalia, raided and shut down Radio Galkayo and arrested its head, Hassan Mohammed Jama. "It is outrageous that police should raid a radio station and shut it down. Behaviour like this only reveals the weakness of the authorities and makes them enemies”, Reporters Without Borders said. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:22:03 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29329 2008-11-18T18:22:03Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181076.html The Action Congress (AC) has condemned the continued harassment of the publisher and some editorial staff of the Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:10:15 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181076.html 2008-11-18T18:10:15Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181062.html Two journalists from the Vanguard Newspaper stable, Messrs. Jimoh Babatunde and a photo journalist, Mr Kehinde Gbadamosi raised the Newspaper stake as they emerged winners at this year's Nigerian National Media Merit Awards (NNMMA). Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:01:54 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181062.html 2008-11-18T18:01:54Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181056.html Journalists in the country have been commended for their contributions to the growth of democracy and good governance. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:54:37 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181056.html 2008-11-18T17:54:37Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181055.html The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos, Nigeria, was yesterday shocked at the news of the invasion of the premises of the LEADERSHIP newspapers in Abuja and the seizure of working equipment including computers by State Security Agents. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:54:36 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181055.html 2008-11-18T17:54:36Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181047.html The Nigerian media industry received knocks over the weekend as the Kano State governor, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, criticised the industry in strong terms claiming it is not living up to its responsibilities. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:54:10 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181047.html 2008-11-18T17:54:10Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181028.html As days of the locusts continue unabated these times are tough and could be summed up as a trying period for the President Umaru Yar'Adua administration in Nigeria. Under legitimacy burden arising from the worst general elections in any democracy; coupled with lack of vision and programme of action to move the country forward, President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has now directed both necessary and unnecessary energy, time and scarce to combating the Nigerian press. No where in the world has the triumph of might over right ever succeeded; Yar'Adua's current game-plan invasion of the media and arrest of its editors with a view to disintegrating their collective will and values can only endanger our democracy and further plunge it into a bottomless pit of infamy. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:51:35 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181028.html 2008-11-18T17:51:35Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181006.html Kano State governor Mallam Ibrahim Shekaru has called on President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua to forgive Leadership Newspapers whose chairman and editors were harassed by the State Security Service. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:25:37 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181006.html 2008-11-18T17:25:37Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181002.html Operatives of the State Security Service (SSS) in Abuja are crippling the operations of LEADERSHIP Newspapers Group Limited by the daily invitation of its key officials. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:25:29 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181002.html 2008-11-18T17:25:29Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180963.html The chairman/editor-in-chief of the LEADERSHIP Newspapers Group, Mr Sam Nda-Isaiah, and the editor of this paper, Ms Lara Olugbemi, were yesterday invited for questioning and then held incommunicado by officials of the State Security Service (SSS) in Abuja. Up until press time, they had not been released. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:59:55 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180963.html 2008-11-18T16:59:55Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180950.html The federal government has called on the media to promote peace and understanding among all faiths to prevent defamation of religious and cultural values. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:57:19 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180950.html 2008-11-18T16:57:19Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180890.html The Nigerian Proprietors Association of Nigeria(NPAN) yesterday held it's Annual General Meeting, AGM at Sheraton Hotels & Towers, Ikeja, Lagos calling for a speedy passage of Freedom Of Information bill, FOI even as the Lagos state Governor, Mr.Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN has called for the reform of the media sector in the country to effectively position it as the country's watchdog and compass for economic development. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:09:51 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180890.html 2008-11-18T16:09:51Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180840.html The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) yesterday visited the corporate headquarters of LEADERSHIP Newspapers Group in solidarity over President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's decision to drag the newspaper to court for libel. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:34:03 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180840.html 2008-11-18T15:34:03Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180816.html Senator Usman Albishir has described as ridiculous publications in some media outfits which suggested he had been declared wanted by the police authorities. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:20:22 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180816.html 2008-11-18T15:20:22Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180756.html Our lead story in last LEADERSHIP WEEKEND edition entitled: "Yar'Adua, Sick Again", has understandably caused a lot of pains in some quarters. We have already admitted in our statement on Sunday that portions of the story did not meet the high standard we set for ourselves as a newspaper and have since apologised to the president and his family . Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:34:45 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180756.html 2008-11-18T13:34:45Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180755.html Ah! So our President is flesh and blood after all; believe me, there were times when I used to think that if the State Security Service (SSS) needed a code name for Malam Umaru, brick wall would do nicely. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:33:43 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180755.html 2008-11-18T13:33:43Z http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29324 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:02:59 GMT http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29324 2008-11-18T12:02:59Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180483.html For the second time in a year, Referees bowed in shame to Sports Journalist after they were defeated 3-1 at the Parade ground on Sunday. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:12:05 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180483.html 2008-11-18T11:12:05Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180466.html Men of the Nigeria Police, yesterday, forced their way into the corporate headquarters of Leadership newspapers in Abuja and made away with some computers. During the raid, senior editors of the paper were harassed by the policemen before taking away the editor of the paper, Mr Abdulrasaq Bello Bakindo, and the weekend editor, Mr Lara Olugbemi. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:03:44 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180466.html 2008-11-18T11:03:44Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180382.html There seems to be no end to the hounding of the editors of Leadership Newspaper by the State Security Services (SSS) over a publication two weeks ago in the newspaper to the effect that President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua was ill. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:33:21 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180382.html 2008-11-18T10:33:21Z