Tag: Journalist
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Police arrests ‘Journalists’ for buying rice with fake bank transfer
The Kano State Police Command has arrested two men, who claimed to be journalists, for allegedly defrauding a rice trader of N33,000. The 30-year-old suspects, Mujahid Kabir and Abba Imam, were alleged to have, on February 2, 2023, generated a fake bank transfer alert of N33,000 to buy a bag of rice at a Plaza…
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No excuse for Chinese police beating journalists – UK minister
British business Minister, Grant Shapps, said on Monday that there was no excuse for media covering protests to be beaten by police. Shapps said this when BBC earlier on Sunday alleged that Chinese police had assaulted and detained one of its journalists in Shanghai.
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INEC urge Journalist to abstain from sensational reportage
Mr Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has tasked journalists to avoid sensational reportage before and during the 2023 elections. Okoye made the call at a one-day workshop for journalists in the South-East organised by the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). The theme of the…
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Crude Oil Theft: Govt is helpless, top officials deeply involved, says renown journalist, Akugha, who reports in Niger Delta +photos
The executive producer of the acclaimed television and radio series, Inside The Niger Delta, Mamode Akugha says the Federal Government is helpless in the fight against oil thieves in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Over One billion US dollars worth of crude was stolen from Nigeria in the first quarter of this year.…
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Ben Obumselu memorial lecture: Prof Osundare, Adichie Chimamanda, Oloyede to deliver lectures
World renown author, Adichie Chimamanda, Professor Niyi Osundare , Dele Oloyede and others will deliver lectures at the fifth memorial anniversary of Late Ben Obumselu on Thursday. Obumselu’s children have organized a memorial lecture series, the first of which will be a virtual event in commemoration of his fifth memorial anniversary. It will be…
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Osinbajo declined Obasanjo’s offer to become AGF in 2005–Ogunsakin
Mustapha Ogunsakin, a veteran journalist, has disclosed that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo declined former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s offer to become Attorney-General of the Federation in 2005. Ogunsakin’s revelation, was made available to newsmen on Friday in Abuja, following mixed reactions over Osinbajo’s declaration to run for the post of president in 2023.
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Hoodlums attack radio,TV stations in Abuja, injure journalist
Hoodlums reportedly bombarded the premises of privately owned Liberty Television and radio station located in jabi, Abuja. It was gathered that a journalist Muhammad Sani Yusuf Nassarawa. who plies his trade with the out was injured by the rampaging hoodlums.
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Prince Emeka Obasi, an outstanding journalist – Ibori
Chief James Onanefe Ibori, the former Delta State Governor has described the death of Prince Emeka Obasi who died Tuesday 15th March as a great loss to the nation. He said that Emeka Obasi was not only a journalist but a man of many parts; an excellent and fearless reporter
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I’m still in office, no plans to resign yet – Malami tells journalists
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), on Thursday told journalists that he has no plans to resign yet as reported by media houses recently. The AGF made this disclosure at the annual media conference organised by the National Association of Judiciary Correspondents (NAJUC) held in Abuja.
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US journalist killed In Ukraine
As the hostilities between Ukraine and Russia rages on, Brent Renaud, a United States journalist, was gunned down in Irpin, a frontline northwest suburb of Kyiv, capital of Ukraine, on Sunday. Renuad was shot dead in the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia. The head of police in the Kyiv region said Renaud had been…