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Nigeria Is Unsafe For Journalists, NUJ Cries Out

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The Nigeria Union of Journalists, FCT Council, has warned that it was a dangerous time to be a journalist in Nigeria given the near-daily intimidation, harassment and detention of journalists in the country. In a statement by chairman of the council, Comrade Emmanuel Ogbeche, Tuesday in Abuja, he described as unfortunate and deeply troubling the conduct of operatives of the State Security Service also known as Department of State Security against journalists that had gone to cover a sit-out of activists demanding for the release of Omowole Sowore, detained publisher…

3 Fake Journalists Arrested in National Assembly Trying To Extort Petroleum Minister

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Three young men parading themselves as Journalists in National Assembly, have been arrested by the Nigeria Police. Ibrahim Bello, Joseph Andor and Balarabe Umar, were picked at the House of Representatives wing of the National Assembly Thursday afternoon, while attempting to extort money from the Minister of State for Petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva. Sylva, who was at the National Assembly for a budget defence for his ministry, was said to have asked for the Chairman of the Press Corps after a briefing. But one of the arrested persons suspiciously presented…

NUJ Condemns Closure of AIT, Others

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The Nigeria Union of Journalists reacted to the closure of AIT and other stations owned by Daar Communication PLC by the National Broadcasting Commission NBC In a statement jointly signed by NUJ President,Chris Isiguzo and National Secretary ,Shuaibu Usman Leman,the union statsd that action of NBC portends grave danger for Free Press and Independent Media. “Independent and Pluralistic Media in a democracy like Nigeria serve to promote democracy by their dissemination of authentic information and ensuring transparency in governance. We condemn this closure over allegations of breach of 2004 Broadcasting…

FG LAUNCHES NATIONAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST FAKE NEWS …. Enjoins media to lead Campaign

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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has launched a National Campaign Against Fake News, calling the phenomenon a time bomb that can detonate with deadly consequences if left unchecked.   Addressing a world press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, the Minister also described fake news as a global epidemic that could be worse than all the plagues that the world has recorded put together, a clear and present danger to global peace and security, and a threat to democracy.   He said the fake news phenomenon was…

NUJ Decries Brutalization of Journalists, calls For Prosecution Of Perpetrators

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Nigerian Union has again decried the continuing brutalization of journalists by uniformed men across the country   The union in a release signed by Secretary NUJ FCT Council Rafat Salami, said the unpatriotic act was becoming alarming, appearing to be a deliberate attempt to undermine the journalism profession, demean journalists, intimidate journalists into silence, and also an attempt to deny Press the opportunity to perform its constitutional duties as enshrined in Section 22 of the 1999 constitution and by implication putting our democracy in peril.   NUJ condemned the attack,…

WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY: GOV SANI-BELLO CHARGES MEDIA ON FAIR, BALANCED REPORTING

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Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani-Bello has acknowledged that the growth and development of democracy in Nigeria is essentially dependent on the level of freedom of the Press.   The Governor, who stated this in Minna to commemorate the 2018 World Press Freedom Day, said freedom of speech and information are a fundamental rights of individuals and cannot be trampled upon.   In the statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary Malam Jibrin Baba Ndace, the Governor also affirmed that the freedom of the Press is not negotiable in any…

WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY : Owing journalists their salaries is a Gross Violation of their rights—-Nuj

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As the World Commemorate World Press Freedom day, the FCT Council of the Nigerian Union of Journalists NUJ has called on all media organization to make payment of salaries a priority and where such media organisations feel they are unable to do so, should consider merger with other media houses or risk running out of business. The union in a release jointly signed by the FCT Council Chairman, Paul Ella Abechi and the Secretary, Rafat Salami stated that media owners who have deliberately and criminally refused to pay the salaries…

NUJ Urges FG to declare state of Emergency on media industry

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The Secretary of the FCT Council of the Nigerian Union of Journalist (NUJ),Rafat Salami, has called on the Federal Government to declare state of emergency on the media industry in order to check the maltreatment of journalists. She made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. Salami, who participated in the recent convention of the Muslim Media Practitioners of Nigeria, described the nonpayment of salaries by most media owners as unfortunate. “It is a threat to the survival of democracy. “It…

MMPN Holds 2nd National Convention In Abuja, as Sultan Sa’ad , Fashola, Ministers, Others Make Guest’s List

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The 2nd national convention of the Muslim Media Practitioners of Nigeria (MMPN) will hold in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital between Friday 27th and Sunday 29thApril, 2018. According a statement issued by the National President of Muslim Media Practitioners of Nigeria (MMPN), Alhaji Abdur-Rahman Balogun, the formal opening of the convention is Saturday 28th April at the National Mosque Conference Hall, Abuja by 10am. The theme of the convention is titled “2019: Our Role”. Balogun said the theme was carefully chosen in view of the developments that will herald 2019. The Convention formal opening…

Osun redeploys NAWOJ, SWAN chairpersons to schools, PDP kicks

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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…