Peoples Gazette
 Peoples Gazette logo | |
| Type | Online newspaper |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Peoples Gazette Limited |
| Managing editors | Samuel Ogundipe |
| Founded | 2020 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Abuja, Nigeria |
| Website | peoplesgazette |
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Peoples Gazette is a Nigerian online newspaper.[1] based in Abuja. It launched in 2020. The online medium is notable for Investigative journalism among other fields.
Launching
Peoples Gazette was launched in 2020 by Samuel Ogundipe, an investigative journalist who was arrested and detained by the Nigerian government for reporting undesirable stories about the Muhammadu Buhari administration.[2][3][4][5][6][7]. He left Premium Times[8] in 2020 to start his own paper. In one week of its launch, it reported groundbreaking exclusive reports that became issues of national discussion[9][10]
Attacks and Censorship
On January 26, 2021 the newspaper had its website blocked across all telecommunication networks in Nigeria, this blockage Peoples Gazette stated was based on a directive from the Nigerian government as a result of an unfavourable publication it wrote indicting the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Ibrahim Gambari of delegating his son to take over the duty of his office even without security clearance to do so.[11][12][13][14]
A forensic analysis conducted by Qurium Media Foundation in Sweden indicated that users in Nigeria were unable to access the domain of the newspaper because access to it was tampered with by telecommunication networks.[15]
The Committee to Protect Journalists and the Reporters Without Borders condemned the clamped down on Peoples Gazette describing it as an obstruction of citizens right to information and press freedom.[16][17]
Major breaking reports
Following the mass protest across Nigeria against police brutality in October 2020, named EndSARS which led to the Lekki Massacre, the paper was the first to report the disbandment of the brutal police unit known as SARS.[18] four hours before the announcement was officially made. The paper also exclusively reported the decision of the Nigerian government to clampdown on individuals who participated in the EndSARS protest by freezing their bank accounts through the Central Bank of Nigeria, notable newspapers such as The Punch Vanguard (Nigeria) Nigerian Tribune P.M. News cited it as the source for their publications.[19][20][21][22].
In March, 2021, the paper reported exclusively, the move by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to investigate the former governor of Lagos State and National Leader of the ruling All Progressive Congress, Bola Tinubu by writing to the Code of Conduct Bureau to demand for his asset declaration file which he submitted as governor of Lagos state. The report generated a nationwide discussion on attempts by some individuals within the Nigerian Presidency to entrap Bola Tinubu in other to ensure he doesn't contest for the 2023 presidential election, several newspaper like The Punch P.M. News Sahara Reporters Linda Ikeji cited the paper as the source of their publication.[23][24][25][26].
The platform also broke the story of the Code of Conduct investigation of the sacked Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Ibrahim Magu [27][28][29][30].
In April 2021, the platform published video, audio and transcript of the preaching of Nigeria's Minister for Communications and Digital Economy Isa Ali Pantami also known as Isa Pantami. In the publication series, the Minister pronounced his support for terrorist organisations such as Taliban and Al-Qaeda saying “Oh God, give victory to the Taliban and to al-Qaeda". Pantami called for all Muslim brothers in the country to embark on Jihad saying "jihad is an obligation for every single believer, especially in Nigeria" while expressing joy when unbelievers are killed saying “We are all happy whenever unbelievers are being killed, but the Sharia does not allow us to kill them without a reason.”[31][32]
The publications birthed the call by thousands of Nigerians on Twitter calling for the dismissal or resignation of the Minister.[33][34]
A notable columnist Farooq Kperogi has written several times in his column on Nigerian Tribune on the credibility of the news platform [35][36]
Awards and Nominations
In April 2021, One World Media longlisted Peoples Gazette for the Special Award, an award category that recognises outstanding reporting that informs the public, provides an outlet for local people’s voices, creates a space for critical information and holds those in power to account.[37]
The newspaper became the third of any Nigerian newspaper to be so nominated by the U.K based non-profit organisation.
References
- ↑ "Peoples' Gazette". ISSN.
- ↑ "2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Nigeria". United States Department of State. 30 March 2021.
- ↑ "HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS". United States Department of State.
- ↑ "Nigerian police detain journalist for not revealing source, paper says". Reuters. 14 August 2018.
- ↑ "Nigerian journalist freed on bail after citing letter from police chief, paper says". Reuters. 17 August 2018.
- ↑ "Nigerian journalist freed on bail after citing letter from police chief, paper says". Business Insider. 17 August 2018.
- ↑ "#FreeSamuelOgundipe: Court don give Premium Times tori pesin bail". BBC. 17 August 2018.
- ↑ "Former PremiumTimes journalist, Samuel Ogundipe joins GazetteNGR". Vanguard Newspaper. 16 September 2020.
- ↑ "Southern, Middle Belt Leaders Tackle Buhari over Lopsided Recruitment By DSS". This Day. 30 September 2020.
- ↑ "Lopsided recruitment: Southern, Middle Belt leaders blast DSS D-G". Vanguard Newspaper. 30 September 2020.
- ↑ "Clampdown on Peoples Gazette as telcos block access to news website". Guardian Newspaper Nigeria. 26 January 2021.
- ↑ "Online newspaper accuses Nigerian govt of disrupting access to its website". Premium Times. 27 January 2021.
- ↑ "Nigerian Government Blocks Peoples' Gazette Website Over Critical Media Reports". Sahara Reporters. 28 January 2021.
- ↑ "Nigerian newspaper changes web address after alleged government censorship". Premium Times. 29 January 2021.
- ↑ "NIGERIA ATTEMPTS TO SILENCE THE INVESTIGATIVE MEDIA PEOPLES GAZETTE BY ORDERING BLOCKING". Qurium. 2 February 2021.
- ↑ "Nigerian news site deliberately blocked, expert report confirms". Reporters Without Borders. 8 February 2021.
- ↑ "Nigerian news website Peoples Gazette blocked, threatened with legal action". Committee to Protect Journalists. 5 February 2021.
- ↑ "#EndSARS EXCLUSIVE: IG Adamu prepares to announce immediate scrapping of brutal police squad". Peoples Gazette. 11 October 2020.
- ↑ "CBN obtains order to freeze #EndSARS promoters' accounts till January". Punch Newspaper. 13 November 2020.
- ↑ "CBN secures order to freeze accounts of 20 #EndSARS protesters". Vanguard Newspaper. 6 November 2020.
- ↑ "CBN obtains court injunction to freeze #EndSARS protesters' bank accounts". Nigerian Tribune. 6 November 2020.
- ↑ "CBN freezes accounts of youths linked with #EndSARS". P.M News. 7 November 2020.
- ↑ "EFCC deepens Tinubu probe, demands asset declaration form from CCB". Punch Newspaper. 3 March 2021.
- ↑ "Plot to nail Tinubu before 2023 thickens as EFCC steps up probe". PM News. 2 March 2021.
- ↑ "EFCC Deepens Tinubu Probe, Demands Asset Declaration Form From CCB". Sahara Reporters. 3 March 2021.
- ↑ "EFCC asks CCB to produce Tinubu's asset declaration form as probe deepens". Linda Ikeji. 3 March 2021.
- ↑ "More woes for Magu as CCB invites suspended EFCC boss". Punch Newspaper. 13 November 2020.
- ↑ "Code of Conduct Bureau summons Magu". Premium Times. 14 November 2020.
- ↑ "CCB Invites Magu". Daily Trust. 14 November 2020.
- ↑ "Suspended Acting EFCC Chairman, Magu, Invited By CCB Over Alleged Assets Fraud". Sahara Reporters. 14 November 2020.
- ↑ "Pantami is my friend, but he can't be defended". Nigerian Tribune. 17 April 2021.
- ↑ "Isa Pantami: The Nigerian minister haunted by extremist views". BBC. 23 April 2021.
- ↑ "#PantamiResign: Pressure mounts on Buhari to sack communications minister". Punch Newspaper. 17 April 2021.
- ↑ "I don't hate Christians or support terrorists – Pantami". The Nation Newspaper. 17 April 2021.
- ↑ "Tinubu's missing asset declaration and perils of pecuniary journalism". Nigerian Tribune. 13 March 2021.
- ↑ "Ibrahim Gambari's new insidious assault on the media". Nigerian Tribune. 30 January 2021.
- ↑ "One World Media Awards Longlist 2021". One World Media.
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