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Editorial Policies

Table of Content

  1. Diversity Policy
  2. Editorial standards and ethics
  3. Hate speech and bullying
  4. Safety and inappropriate content
  5. Verification / Fact Checking Policy
  6. Unnamed Sources Policy
  7. Corrections policy
  8. Actionable Feedback Policy

Diversity Policy

News Nigeria or NewsNGR is a newspaper dedicated to the objective coverage of Nigerian Politics and Current affairs. It delivers timely, well-written, original and unbiased content.

We are an independent news organization focused on serving the Nigerian audience and the world at large with verified news reports.

We strictly adhere to the principles of journalistic integrity.

News Editorial standards and ethics

    News Nigeria’s ethical code is based on the willingness of it being accurate, fair and complete, and for its contributors to act with honesty, transparency, and independence, including independence from conflicts of interest.

Hate speech and bullying

  1. Politicsnigeria.com News content must not incite hatred and/or discriminate against people on the basis of their race, ethnic origin, religion, disability, age, nationality, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, etc.
  2. Our content must not harass, intimidate or bully a person.

Safety and inappropriate content

  1. Politicsnigeria.com news will not post articles that threaten or advocate for harm to oneself or others.
  2. Politicsnigeria.com news will not post content that contains graphic sexual text, image, audio, videos, or games.
  3. We will not publish articles that contain non-consensual sexual themes or promote a sexual act in exchange for compensation.
  4. We will not publish any content containing child sexual abuse.
  5. Politicsnigeria.com news commits to not posting any adult themes within family content.
  6. We will not post any articles containing malicious or unwanted software.
  7. Politicsnigeria.com news will not post any content that promotes illegal activity, or infringes on the legal rights of others.

Verification / Fact Checking Policy

Under News Nigeria’s policies and guidelines, material from anonymous sources may be used only if:

  1. The material is information, and not opinion or speculation, and is vital to the news report.
  2. The information is not available except under the conditions of anonymity imposed by the source.
  3. The source is reliable, and in a position to have accurate information.

News Nigeria strictly follows two statements contained in The SPJ Code of Ethics on anonymous sources:

Reporters can not take information from anonymous sources without the approval of from News Nigeria news editorial team. We use information from anonymous sources to tell important stories that would otherwise go unreported.

Unnamed Sources Policy

Corrections policy

News Nigeria believes in transparency and honesty. Therefore, Politicsnigeria.com will correct mistakes promptly. Fullness and freshness of information represent two inescapable values in the online journalism world, and News Nigeria believes that accuracy is equally essential; we ensure expediency in making corrections when needed.

News Nigeria is dedicated to informing its readers when it has made a mistake (however big or small), conveying the error’s severity, and providing the correct information as soon as the mistake is brought to attention.

When an error is detected within an article, News Nigeria immediately works to find the correct information and clearly display the corrections wherever possible within the article. The corrections will include:

  1. The correct information.
  2. What was originally published that was incorrect.
  3. The date (and time, if available) when the change took place.
  4. The process to report errors from within articles is made easy to understand, by providing an email address and form to contact us at the beginning of each article.

Actionable Feedback Policy

News Nigeria is committed to engaging with our readers and taking action based on their suggestions, complaints, and other feedback.

If you have a suggestion, criticism, complaint or compliment, you can contact us at info@newsngr.com.ng and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

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