by Sydney Smith on Nov 06, 2012
Nigeria’s PM News Retracts Article Accused of Libeling Governor’s Wife
Nigerian governor Abiola Ajimobi is suing PM News' publisher for N1 billion (about $6.4 million) over its Oct. 30 article...
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by Sydney Smith on Sep 12, 2012
Nigerian State Government Accuses Newspaper of Libel, ‘False’ Story
The government of Nigerian state Ogun's Information and Strategy commissioner Alhaji Yusuf Olaniyonu claims that an Aug. 9 Compass Newspaper's...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 25, 2012
Nigerian Govt says Advertorial has Fake News, Complaining to Press Council
Three Lagos, Nigeria government officials including Lagos' attorney general questioned an advertorial published in the Nigerian Tribune, national newspaper Leadership...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 23, 2012
Nigerian Newspaper Attacked, Says Attack was Retaliaton for Running Story Govt Didn’t Like
Nigeria's National Union of Journalists president Muhammed Garba weighed in on "recent attack on the Kano regional office of Media...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 22, 2011
Nigerian Journalist Accused of Libel
Nigerian journalist and National Accord editor Olajide Fashikun has been arrested and accused of libel over his reports about the...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 14, 2011
Nigerian Journalists Must Make Tough Ethics Calls Before Publishing
Nigerian newspaper The Daily Independent published an analysis about "coping with the demands of responsive journalism." According to the Independent's...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 11, 2011
Nigerian Journalist Defends His Ethics, Reported Governor Patrick Yakowa Has Cancer
Nigerian journalist Ismail Omipidan wrote Jan. 3 defending his journalism ethics and his report that a Nigerian governor has cancer....
by Molika Ashford on Jan 23, 2010
“One-way ticket” error continued in Detroit Terror Suspect Flight 253 Stories
TPM recently called out dozens of media outlets for continuing an unsubstantiated story that Umar Abdulmutallab--the man who allegedly tried...