By Sumaila Ogbaje, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) It used to be enough for a journalist to be the first person at a scene, the one who got the quote, the one who filed before the deadline. But in Nigeria today, the battle for credibility has moved far beyond the newsroom. It now begins and often ends on WhatsApp, X, TikTok, and a thousand other digital spaces where rumors outrun reporters and outrage travels faster than fact-checking. That was the sobering message at a recent seminar organized by the Premium Times Academy and conflict scholars, where media veterans and researchers…

In the heart of Bengaluru, a political storm was brewing, one that centered on the most fundamental right in a democracy: the right to vote. The state’s Chief Minister, DK Shivakumar, had transformed the area outside the Chief Electoral Officer’s office into a stage for a high-stakes protest. His demand was urgent and unambiguous: take criminal action against those allegedly attempting to systematically purge thousands of names from the electoral rolls. For an entire day, he and a phalanx of cabinet ministers and party officials held their ground, their presence a powerful symbol of the gravity they attached to the…