NAWOJ calls for stiffer action against Female Military Officer over dehumanisation of Female Corps Member

The Nigeria Association of Women Journalist’s (NAWOJ) in a statement signed by its National President,Ladi Bala condemned in the strongest terms, the dehumanisation of a female Corps member,Ezeiruaku Ifeyinwa Fidelia by a female military officer, Lt Chika Viola Anale at the 13 Brigade Headquarters,Calabar, Cross River state capital. “It is appalling that the deliberate act of barbaric infringement on the human right of the NYSC Corps member -Ezeiruaku Ifeyinwa Fidelia by a female Army officer did not only negate professional ethics of the Nigerian Army, the act is also disgraceful,…

NAWOJ condemns Zarbamari massacre,calls for collaborative action against killings

The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) has condemned in strong terms the barbaric killing of innocent rice farmers in Mafa Local Government Area of Borno State. NAWOJ in a statement issued in Abuja by its National President Ladi Bala noted that the senseless killing of innocent Nigerians in any part of the country is totally unacceptable and MUST be checked and stopped decisively. NAWOJ particularly expressed concern that it was equally saddened by the increasing spate of insecurity and constant threat to lives of Nigerians across the country and…

AGENDA SETTING FOR THE JOURNALISM PROFESSION: A CASE FOR THE NEW NAWOJ LEADERSHIP By Yunusa Abugi

By etymological attribution, Reverend Henry Townsend is often ascribed ‘the founder of journalism in Nigeria’ largely due to the efforts of missioners (the Calabar Presbyterian Mission Printing Press of 1846) at spreading evangelism on in Nigeria through handbills and tabloids ‘Iwe Irohin Fun Awon Ara Egba’ by Townsend in November, 1859, transiting to the likes of Herbert Hesse Macauley, Dr. Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe (the West African Pilot in 1937), Chief Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo, (The Nigerian Tribune, 1949, Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola and many other prominent names that immediately comes to…

Osun redeploys NAWOJ, SWAN chairpersons to schools, PDP kicks

The Osun State Government has redeployed the Chairperson of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, Mrs. Motunrayo Ayegbayo and the chairman of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, Mr. Adeyemi Aboderin, to schools. Our correspondent gathered that the two journalists, who were working with the Osun State Broadcasting Corporation were redeployed to the classrooms in a letter issued by the Office of the Head of Service in the state. The development was a subject of discussion among journalists in the state on Sunday as the Osun State Council of the…

NPO Proscribes Beat Associations

The umbrella media body, the Nigeria Press Organisation (NPO), has proscribed Beat associations by journalists. NPO is made up of the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria (NPAN), the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) and the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE). The NPO, in a statement on its behalf yesterday by Mr. Feyi Smith, the executive secretary of the NPAN, said it “viewed with concern, the continued proliferation of Beat associations across the industry”. The statement added: “This development constitutes a drawback on the laudable objective of media houses deploying reporters…