2027: Legal luminary tasks journalists on laws, ethical reporting

A ineligible luminary, Yusuf Abdussalam, has tasked Nigerian journalists with equipping themselves with an knowing of the favoritism betwixt morganatic public-interest reporting and publications that could interruption existing laws, harm reputations oregon endanger nationalist peace.

Speaking during the 2026 retreat of the Kano Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) successful Kaduna, with a beardown absorption connected the legal, information and ethical responsibilities of journalists up of the 2027 wide elections, Abdussalam said it was indispensable for Nigerian journalists to recognize the boundaries of the instrumentality to debar falling into ineligible traps.

The retreat, themed “2027 General Elections: Navigating Legal, Security and Ethical Challenges successful the Media,” brought unneurotic journalists and media practitioners to analyse the challenges associated with predetermination reporting and the responsibilities of the media successful safeguarding the credibility of the electoral process.

Speaking connected “Legal Boundaries and Ethical Obligations successful Election Reporting,” Abdussalam urged journalists to familiarise themselves with the laws governing elections and the limits placed connected media reporting.

He stressed that state of the property comes with corresponding responsibilities, peculiarly during politically...