Tag: Journalist
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Just In: Nigerian Journalist, Lanre Arogundade arrested by DSS
The State Security Service, DSS has detained another Nigerian journalist over yet undisclosed reasons at the airport in Lagos on Thursday. Lanre Arogundade posted on social media update on Thursday afternoon
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Gov Massari can never order arrest of any journalist – Cttee of friends
The committee of friends to Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Bello Massari on Monday said he is too polished to have ordered the arrest of any journalist. The committee under the aegis of Katsina Massari Friends Adffair, KEMFAD, in a statement condemned the story linking him to an arrest the governor never ordered. “They argued…
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Ogun journalist petitions CP over herdsmen invasion on farmland
A journalist with Platform Times Newspaper in Ogun state, Fatai Ilyas, has petitioned the state Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, over the alleged invasion of his farmland by some suspected Fulani herdsmen. Ilyas in the petition dated 21st October, 2021 said that the suspected Fulani herdsmen invaded his six acres vegetables farm situated at Awowo…
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3 Italian Euro 2020 journalists positive for coronavirus
Three Italian journalists covering their country’s national team at Euro 2020 have tested positive for the coronavirus, two days before Italy take on England in the final at Wembley. As a result a scheduled press conference with defender Leonardo Bonucci took place only digitally at the team’s training camp in Florence. Media reports said the…
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Zidane explodes against journalist: You’re a disgrace
Former Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has exploded at a journalist when preparing to attend the Segunda Division promotion playoffs. Zidane was walking to the stadium to see son Luca Zidane’s Rayo Vallecano against Girona when he was asked by GOL journalist Sergio Quirante about his open letter to Real Madrid fans. “Sir, how are…
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Why l switched to food hawking, 26-year-old journalist reveals
Twenty-six-year-old Miss Ugonma Johnson had always wanted to write. She loved writing so much as a child that she began to dream of becoming a journalist. The Ilaje, Ebute Meta, Lagos, resident recalled telling her mother she would take care of her with earnings from writing. The young woman, however, gave up hope of becoming…
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Unlawful barricade: Court orders NNPC to pay N10.6m to veteran journalist
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday, ordered the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to pay N10.6 million to veteran journalist, Geoffrey Anika, as damages against unlawfully blocking the highway. The blockage was said to have caused a ghastly motor accident involving Anika in 2012. Anika, is currently a traditional ruler in Atta Kingdom in…
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Tony Momoh: Eight things you should know about the charismatic journalist turned politician
The news of Tony Momoh‘s passing spread through nooks and crannies of the country like wide fire yesterday. Since the news broke, tributes have been pouring in for the charismatic Edo Prince. However, being the silent achiever that he his, not many Nigerians know much about his humble beginning and exploits in the journalism field…
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Gunmen kill radio journalist in car ambush
An Afghan radio journalist was shot dead Friday in a car ambush in the central province of Ghor, officials said, the fifth media worker to be killed in two months. Besmullah Adel Aimaq, editor-in-chief of Voice of Ghor radio, was killed en route to Firoz Koh city, the capital of Ghor province, said governor’s spokesman…
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China jails journalist for reporting COVID-19 breakout from Wuhan
A Chinese court on Monday sentenced citizen journalist, Zhang Zhan, to four years in prison for her live stream reporting of COVID-19 breakout from Wuhan. Zhan, who was detained in May, was convicted on charges of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” in her coverage of the chaotic initial stages of the outbreak, the Hong Kong…