June 5, 2017

PTCIJ Launches pressattackng to Monitor Attacks on Nigerian Journalists [2017]

The Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ), has launched a Press Attack tracker named pressattackng as part of its strategic vision of ensuring freedom of expression and its fight against press suppression.

pressattackng seeks to document and track threats and attacks on journalists nationwide. This tracker establishes a comprehensive method of documenting the oppression many human rights activists face with a tracking method that has never been done in Nigeria.

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Oyeleye Lateefah Abiola

Oyeleye Lateefah Abiola, has emerged the best overall student in her graduating class (Medicine) for 2017 – topping the class (a total of 564 students) with a percentage score of 95.6% at the National University of Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Oyeleye Lateefah Abiola is one of the 87 students sponsored by the Osun state government.

A statement from the Bureau of Communication and Strategy in the Office of the Governor, signed by its Director, Semiu Okanlawon, explained that the Deputy Governor of the state, Grace Titi Laoye-Tomori, is expected to lead a delegation from the state to attend the graduation ceremony at the end of the month.