The family of Oluwakemi Oyeteju James has announced the burial programmes for the late businesswoman and wife of eminent journalist and former Editor of Ovation International Magazine, now Senior Special Assistant (Lagos Liaison) to the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Michael James. According to a statement by James on Sunday,...
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Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu, has reaffirmed the critical role of journalists in strengthening democracy and promoting accountability, describing them as indispensable partners in the pursuit of good governance. The governor made this known on Thursday night while hosting members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Sokoto State...
Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani has cautioned journalists to be vigilant against what he described as “latter-day activists,” accusing some politicians of attempting to undermine Nigeria’s democracy when government policies do not favour them. The governor gave the warning on Thursday night after hosting journalists to an Iftar, the...
Another cameraman with the Bauchi State Television Authority (BATV), Kabiru Ahmed Ilaleh, has died from injuries sustained in a recent ghastly road accident in Bauchi State. He was 56 years old. Kabiru died in the early hours of Sunday, March 1, 2026, at the New Surgical Complex of the...
North East Development Commission (NEDC), has donated equipment to journalists who were involved in a motor accident during an inspection tour in Bauchi State. Receiving the items, the National President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Comrade Alhassan Abdullahi, appealed to the Commission to pay the health insurance...
Within the next several years, the invisible architecture of Nigeria’s democracy faces a quiet but existential threat. For decades, the local press served as the bedrock of our national identity, but today, that foundation is being hollowed out by unregulated global digital gatekeepers. Led by Lady Maiden Alex-Ibru, the...
SOS Children’s Villages Nigeria, a humanitarian organization has organized a three-day capacity-building workshop for media professionals with a focus on child rights law, alternative care guidelines, and child protection. The training whuvh was funded by the European Union (EU) was held at the Amada International Hotel in Maiduguri. The...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has expressed his profound condolences to the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) over the death of seven journalists in a fatal road accident on Monday. The Governor conveyed his deep sympathy through his Special Adviser on Media, Dauda Iliya, at Jalo Waziri...
Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, CON, on Tuesday led a state government delegation to funeral prayers for journalists who lost their lives in a tragic auto crash, while also visiting survivors receiving treatment at the Federal Teaching Hospital (FTH), Gombe. The victims were among journalists and media workers...
Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Benue State Council has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to step up its fight against corruption, particularly among public office holders. Speaking when the Acting Zonal Director of the EFCC, Makurdi Command, ACE Effa Imo Okim, paid him a courtesy...
Kaduna State Government, in collaboration with the Global Peace Foundation Nigeria (GPFN) and the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kaduna State Council, has trained 30 journalists on conflict-sensitive and peace-oriented reporting. The one-day capacity-building workshop, held in Kaduna, focused on enhancing the role of the...
Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has assured the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) that the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu remains an ally of the media, and is committed to protecting and advancing the journalism profession in the country. The Vice President recalled that President Tinubu has long...
In a bid to promote gender-inclusive governance and amplify female participation in politics, particularly at the grassroots level, the European Union (EU), in collaboration with development Research and Projects Centre (dRPC), has organized a capacity-building workshop for journalists and media professionals in Maiduguri, Borno State. The four-day training, held...
Executive Secretary of the Borno State Primary Healthcare Development Board (BOSPHCDB), Professor Mohammed Arab Alhaji, has called on media organizations to play a pivotal role in promoting the state-wide Measles and Rubella (MR) integrated vaccination campaign. The initiative aims to sensitize, advocate, and mobilize communities on the importance and...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has launched the Benue Alia Palm Project with the distribution of improved palm seedlings to Benue journalists. Performing the ceremony on Monday at the NUJ house in Makurdi, Governor Alia, who noted with confidence his desire to partner...
Respected Ghanaian journalist and publisher, Ben Asante has died. The renowned war correspondent passed on August 12 in Accra after a prolonged illness. Asante reported and commented extensively on politics and social development across Africa for over fifty years. Asante was one of the frontline journalists during the Liberian...
In an unusual style of book review, Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, presents ‘Demonstration of Craze: Struggles and Transition to Democracy in Nigeria,’ the memoirs of acclaimed journalist, editor and civil rights activist, Abdul Oroh. The author and the book reviewer are most unsparing of the dramatis personae who violated citizens’ rights or...
Chief James Aiyepeku, father of murdered photojournalist Ayobami Aiyepeku, passed away on Tuesday, August 12, in Lokoja, Kogi State, following a stroke believed to have been triggered by the trauma of his son’s brutal killing on July 22. Timothy Aiyepeku, the elder brother of the late journalist, shared with...
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, has categorically stated that President Bola Tinubu has never instructed him to lie, arrest, or harass any journalist over unconstructive criticism or reportage. Idris made this assertion while receiving a delegation from the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) led by...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Veteran journalists in Cross River State have thrown their weight behind the Archibong Bassey-led executive of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) state council, urging members to support their re-election bid ahead of the July 16th Council Election. Comrade Anietie Akpan, a former Bureau...