A private organization, Defend Trust Fund Campaign (DTFC), has unveiled plans to launch a nationwide movement to raise ₦100 billion for the empowerment of families of soldiers and other paramilitary personnel across the country. Addressing a press conference on Tuesday at the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Secretariat, Kaduna,...
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The Department of State Services (DSS), has released two reporters of Jay 101.9 FM, Jos, Plateau State, wrongfully arrested during the visit of President Bola Tinubu on Saturday. President Tinubu was in Plateau for the burial of mother of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwadta...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has urged journalists to uphold the ethics of their profession by shunning fake news and hate speech. Speaking through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Malam Dauda Iliya, Zulum emphasized the critical role of the press in strengthening democracy and fostering development. Governor...
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...
Former Chief Corporate Communications Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), Mr. Femi Soneye, has called on the Federal Government to support the Nigerian media with targeted incentives, including tax reliefs and import duty waivers on essential media tools. Soneye made the appeal in Abuja on...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) Zone 4, Zachariah Achinyan has assured of cooperation and strong collaboration with journalists to achieve more effective policing in the zone. The AIG, who disclosed this during a courtesy call on him by journalists in Benue State...
The recent experience of Mallam Yushau Shuaib, the respected founder of PRNigeria, at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, was not just shocking—it was profoundly disheartening. What was meant to be a prestigious engagement with Nigeria’s foremost policy institute became, for him, an ordeal marked...
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...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna– Kaduna State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has called on the State Government to sustain the momentum of its recently inaugurated Taskforce against urban crime, warning that growing criminal activities still pose a major threat to residents, journalists and the state’s fragile...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Abuja – The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) has awarded Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, with the prestigious media friendly award. The event was held on Saturday at the Shehu Musa Yar’adua Conference Centre, Abuja, to mark the 70th anniversary of the Union. Governor...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – The Commandant, Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Major General AK Ibrahim has said that Kaduna State, the seat of the Academy, is now safer than it used to be in terms of insecurity and other criminal activities. The NDA Commandant however, added that much needed...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Amnesty International has trained journalists in Plateau State on ethical, conflict-sensitive, and human rights-centered journalism, urging them to adopt safer and more inclusive storytelling practices in the face of Nigeria’s growing human rights concerns. The two-day training, held in Jos for members of the...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – A Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), known as Partnership Against Violent Extremism (PAVE) has called on Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kaduna State Council to partner with it in order to reduce and stop violent extremism in the society through public awareness and advocacy. Kaduna...
The Nigeria Union of Journalists, Bayelsa Council, has condemned the recent attack by gunmen on a private radio station, Rhythm 94.7Fm in Yenagoa. The NUJ Bayelsa Council Chairman, Comrade Tonye Yemoleigha, and the Secretary of Council, Comrade Stanley Imgbi, made their feelings known in a statement to newsmen on...
, By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- A former National Secretary of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Chief Jola Ogunlusi, has died, his family announced on Saturday in Lagos. In a statement signed by Mr Gbenga Aruleba, a family representative, Ogunlusi passed away in the early hours of Saturday at...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo, congratulates the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) on its 70th anniversary, reaffirming his administration’s unwavering commitment to press freedom and media independence. Governor Ododo commended the NUJ for its remarkable contributions to democracy, good governance, and national development...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – In commemoration of the World Glaucoma Day, eye specialists from the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH), Sokoto has taken an awareness campaign to members of the fourth estate of the realm in the state. The awareness campaign on eye care was held on Friday...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Health experts have raised concerns over the widespread neglect of oral health in Nigeria, warning that poor dental hygiene and lack of regular checkups are fueling preventable diseases. They linked the trend to low awareness, limited access to dental services, and the tendency to...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Wednesday elected new executives to run the affairs of the chapel for the next 3 years. Speaking before the election, the outgoing chairman of the chapel, Habibu Harisu, thanked members for the support and...