By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has directed all State Councils of the union to mobilise members to withdraw their services and commence protests nationwide from Wednesday next week. The National Secretary of NUJ, Shuaibu Leman, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday,...
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The Kogi Government says all is set for the restoration of pumping of potable water to residents of Lokoja Metropolis soonest. Mr Abdulmumuni Danga, State Commissioner for Water Resources, made the pledged while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja on Tuesday. The Nigerian Union of...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Nasarawa State Council has constituted seven man electoral committee to conduct the forthcoming election of the union in the state. The development was made know in a communique issued at the end of the state congress meeting held...
The Kano State edition of a national sensitisation and capacity-building training programme for media professionals on the Nigerian Tax Ecosystem organised by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in partnership with Afropolitan Media Limited took place on Thursday 6 April, 2023. The workshop, held at the Nigeria Union of...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has implored media practitioners in Cross River to ensure accurate and balanced reportage ahead of the general elections. The state Chairman of the party, Mr Venatius Ikem, gave the advice in a press statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Calabar. Ikem, who...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has raised alarm over the rising cases of Gender Based Violence (GBV) and over 700 cases of sexual violations recorded between January and December 2022 in Borno State. The Chairperson, Communique Drafting Committee, Mrs. Fatima Zanna Mustapha stated...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The National President of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), ,Chris Isiguzo, has urged media practitioners to observe their professional code of ethics in the discharge of their social responsibility during the 2023 general elections. He also called on the media owners in Nigeria to...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged journalists to avoid rushing to publish news that are not properly verified and processed, under the breaking news syndrome. Mr Festus Okoye, the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education of INEC, gave the advice at a one-day training for...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Borno State Council in collaboration with British Council have organized a two day workshop on “Promoting Safety of Journalists In Post-conflict Era”, to prepare journalists on the post conflict developmental reportage. Speaking at the occasion which was held...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State, has condemned in totality recent skirmishes in some parts of the state, involving farmers and herders, which resulted in the lost of lives. Gov Sule made the condemnation when he interacted with both members of the state chapters...
The Ekiti branch of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) is lamenting the mass exodus of doctors from the state in search of greener pasture. The chairman, Dr Babatunde Rosiji, decried the rate on Wednesday in Ado-Ekiti when he paid a courtesy visit to the Nigeria Union of Journalists’ secretariat....
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – Kwara State Government is to upwardly review student Indigenes bursary award from five thousand naira to ten thousand naira. The state’s Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Dr. Afees Abolore- Alabi confirmed this while featuring on the 34th Edition Media Parliament organized by Kwara State Council...
By SUCCESS SOLOMON, Jos – The Director General, Plateau State Contributory Health Care Management Agency (PLASCHEMA) Dr. Fabong Jemchang Yildam has said Nigeria as a country is still very far from achieving the Universal Health Coverage UHC, due to low funding in the health sector, poverty, and lack of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has congratulated newly elected executives of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, in Borno State. The executives were elected on Saturday at the council’s triennial delegates conference, which took place at the Musa Usman Secretariat in Maiduguri. Zulum’s congratulatory...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists’ (NUJ) has elected new executive council members that run the affairs of the council in the next three years under the observation of the National President of the NUJ, Comrade Chris Isiguzo during the union 2022...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar Against the backdrop of medical tourism, The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), Professor Ikpeme Ikpeme has said that the desire of his administration is to provide first class infrastructural upgrade in the teaching hospital in line with the...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Former Special Special Adviser to President Olusegun Obasanjo on National Assembly Matters Senator Florence Ita Giwa on Sunday insisted that it’s the turn of Cross River South Senatorial District to produce the next governor in 2023. Senator Ita Giwa stated this on Sunday while...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Cross River State Command has said it would soon commence the clampdown of unregistered motorcycles, and tricycles in Cross River State. The State Sector Commander, Mr. Abdulahi Hassan disclosed this on Monday at the Ernest Etim Bassey Press...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The Nigerian Union of Journalist (NUJ) has pledged to sustain continuous partnership with the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) in combating crime in the society through objective reportage of police activities as well as public sensitisation on security measures. The NUJ Chairman of Cross River...