ethics

Disdain For Rule Of Law And The Avoidable Strife In Senegal

Disdain For Rule Of Law And The Avoidable Strife In Senegal

Senegal is on fire, and it seems nobody is taking active measures to quench the fire. From Dakar, the fire is spreading throughout the country and even across the borders, and the rule of law seems to have gone out of the window, as well as respect for human life.

Following the jail sentence of Senegal’s prominent opposition leader and the head of Patriots of Senegal for Work, Ethics, and Fraternity (PASTEF), Ousmane Sonko on May 31st, demonstrations have broken out, leaving over a dozen people dead and hundreds of people injured.

Sonko was initially charged with rape and …

Oyetola Tasks Journalists On Ethics

• Osun NUJ Inaugurates Gov As Grand Patron Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola has appealed to media practitioners to hold firmly to the tenets and ethics of their profession by being fair, balanced, accurate and prompt in their reportage.Oyetola, who said this at the Dinner/Award Night of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ),Osun State Council, held at Leisure Spring Hotel, Osogbo, scored Nigerian journalists high in the reportage of the state.

The Governor maintained that Nigerian journalists, particularly those covering Osun, have demonstrated the height of professionalism by acknowledging and encouraging good governance through balanced and unbiased reportage of