Tag: journalists
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Photos: DSS produces Nnamdi Kanu in court for trial amidst heavy security; bars journalists, associates, others from entry
The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has been brought to court by officials of the
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IPOB distances self from alleged planned attacks on journalists in South East
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has described as fallacious statement credited to one Petrus Obi, alleging plans by the group to attack journalists in the South East. The group explained that it had nothing against the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) and would continue to support and defend them, stressing they have been on…
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Seven journalists killed, 300 violations recorded under Buhari-led govt
A 2021 press freedom report has revealed that the media industry recorded seven unresolved killings, 300 violations, affecting about 500 journalists, media workers, and media houses in Nigeria under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. The report released by the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) in collaboration with the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ),…
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Stop decorating politicians with awards, challenge us to perform better, Wike charges journalists
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has challenged journalists to hold government officials accountable, rather than give them awards on the basis of “friendship”. The governor stated this on Friday when the national leadership of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) paid him a courtesy visit at the government house in Port Harcourt, the Rivers…
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NUJ shames Fani-Kayode, mandates journalists to shun his press conference in Uyo
The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Akwa Ibom chapter has directed its members to boycott a press conference planned for Femi Fani-Kayode, a former minister of aviation. In a statement on Friday, the chapter asked journalists not to attend any activity organised by the former minister. Fani-Kayode announced his arrival in Uyo, the Akwa…
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Panic in Akwa Ibom as several govt house Journalists test positive for COVID-19
About 15 journalists, serving in Akwa Ibom State Government House Press Corps, are suspected to be COVID-19 positive even as 11 of them have been moved to the isolation centre at Ibom Specialist Hospital, Uyo. It was gathered that the problem started when a cameraman in the crew exhibited symptoms akin to those of the…
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SERAP writes Trump, seeks travel ban for governors jailing journalists, others
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to the US President, Donald Trump asking him to exercise his constitutional powers pursuant to the Presidential Proclamations 7750 and 8697 to instruct the US Secretary of State and US Ambassador in Nigeria to temporarily ban Nigerian state governors and other senior public officials…
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Nasarawa: Abductors demand N5m for release of journalist’s wife
Suleiman Abubakar, the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Chairman, Correspondents’ chapel, Nasarawa State has said that the gunmen, who attacked him and abducted his wife, Yahanasu demanded for N5 million for her release. Abubakar told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lafia that the abductors had on Wednesday evening attacked him, his…