The World Summit on the Information Society

The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) was a pair of United nations -sponsored conferences about information, communication and, in broad terms, the information society that took place in 2003 in Geneva and in 2005 in Tunis.
Find out the latest developments on WSIS and also briefly discuss in your own words the feasibility of the eleven WSIS action lines.

Lecturer: Obanua Ada Sonia

2010 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize.

The Chilean journalist, Mónica González Mujica, has been named laureate of the 2010 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. Find out:
1. Why she merits this honor
2. With succinct reasons, If Nigeria still has journalists of her caliber
3. list 7 other previous laureates of this award including the Nigerian laureate.
4. Why the Nigerian laureate bagged the award.

LECTURER: ADA SONIA OBANUA

Freedom of Information

The Federal republic of Nigeria should remove impediments to the freedom of media organizations to publish news and information even when it is a government classified information or matter as long as these information are factual, objective and of consequence to a majority of the citizens of the nation.