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The two-day workshop on 2011 General Elections: Expectations from the Media organized by the Nigerian Press Council (NPC) in collaboration with the International Republican Institute (IRI) was held at Hamdala Hotel, Kaduna on March 22-23, 2011. One hundred and eighteen participants drawn mostly from the print and some electronic media in the northern states appraised […]

In an effort to sanitize and enhance the practice journalism profession which has now been corroded by the activities of fake and quack journalists, the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Zone H in Collaboration with the Nigerian Press Council (NPC) today, Wednesday April 7, 2010 organised a one-day Media Round Table in Abuja with the Theme: ‘’Checking

A two-day seminar on the theme “Towards Vision 20:2020: Cultivating a Responsible Press and Responsive Governance”, organized by the Nigerian Press  Council in furtherance of its statutory functions of sensitizing and fostering the attainment and maintenance of high professional standards  by the Press,  took place in Abuja Thursday 19th – Friday  20th November, 2009.  

Concerned by the worrisome development of poor remunerations for journalists, the NUJ, NPC and other stakeholders met at the Metropolitan Hotel, Calabar, from 14th-15th October, 2008 and brainstormed on the possibility of having an acceptable standard conditions of service for working journalists in Nigeria.   At the end of highly interactive and exhaustive sessions, the

A three-day workshop on Curriculum Guidelines for improved Journalism Education in Nigeria, organized by the Nigerian Press Council, mainly for Heads of Mass Communication Departments in Nigerian media training institutions was held at the Peninsla Resort, Lagos – Epe Express Road, Ajah, Lagos from October 4-6, 2007. 2.0      The Workshop was to domesticate the UNESCO

A three-day workshop on “Challenges of the Media Industry in Nigeria” organized by the Nigerian Press Council (NPC), was held at The Peninsula Resort, Ajah, Lagos State, from 13th to 16th September, 2006.   The event was the tripartite series of workshops organized by the Nigerian Press Council in its desire to enhance the moral

A four-day workshop on Reporting Politics and the Economy: The Responsibilities of the Mass Media was held at the Peninsula Resort, Epe Express Road, Ajah, Lagos state from 18th to 21st October, 2005. About 200 participants attended the workshop which was organised by the Nigerian Press Council as part of a series of such training

A three – day workshop on the Line Editor as a Gate Keeper was held at the Peninsula Resort, Epe Express Road, Ajah Lagos from 9th to 12th April, 2006.  About 150 participants attended the workshop which was organized by the Nigerian Press Council (NPC), as the second part of a tripartite series of training

NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON DEMOCRACY AND THE MEDIA ABUJA SHERATON HOTEL AND TOWERS, MAY 21-23, 2000   One hundred and twenty participants were registered for the workshop.  They were drawn from the media, academia, government, NGOs and international organizations.   The Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, represented by the Hon. Minister of Information Prof. Jerry Gana,