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Prof. Nze & KOK (MFR): Illuminating the Media Law Landscape

June 26, 2023 4:06 am

If there’s something the entire world should be looking to make peace with right now, it is the realisation that there is a relationship between the field of media and that of law that is held together by freedom of speech. When that realisation completely sets in, it could mark the turning point of most of the issues the world is currently bedeviled with.

Imagine the ease there would be in life when there is a provision for free speech, a chance for everyone to freely, without fear or favour, air their opinion in various aspects of life. This …

Dying Reading Culture And The Bleak Future Facing Nigeria

January 9, 2023 2:49 am

As cliché as this might sound, the popular saying ‘if you want to hide something from a black man, put it in a book’ couldn’t be any truer. Interestingly, and sadly too, Nigerians take this even further as they wouldn’t even read a single page, let alone talk of an entire book. This sad reality has not only made Nigerians and Nigeria lose a lot of progressive opportunities but has caught international attention and made Nigeria the laughing stock once again.

When we emphasise about the dying reading culture in Nigeria, there are two ways to look at it. …

Give Up Social Media For Some Time, Read – Chimamanda

October 9, 2022 4:57 am

Popular Nigerian multi-award-winning writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has called on youths to give up social media for some weeks, and channel their efforts toward imbibing the culture of reading.

The novelist made this disclosure yesterday while speaking at the at the Harvard Centre Honors, Massachusetts, US, where she received W.E.B Du Bois Medal honour.

Adichie said, ‘And so for you young people, I just want to make a very small suggestion, how about you give up social media for you know, two weeks, three weeks, a month, and read, read, read.’