Tag: Journalists
Journalists protest against killing of colleague in Bayelsa
Journalists at Radio Bayelsa on Tuesday marched round Yenagoa to protest against the killing of their colleague, Famous Giobaro, the…
Arrest of journalists: NGE urges caution
The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has advised aggrieved persons and organisations to channel their grievances to appropriate authorities rather…
MRA tasks media owners to ensure journalists safety
The Media Rights Agenda (MRA), an NGO for protecting and promoting press freedom, on Thursday called on media house owners…
74 journalists killed worldwide in 2016
Seventy-four journalists and other media workers were killed worldwide in 2016, the majority of whom 53 died as a result…
Judge refuses to bar journalists
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday dismissed an application to bar journalists from covering the case of alleged…
US trains 300 Nigerian journalists
The United States Mission in Nigeria said on Thursday that it had in the last three years built the capacities…
NUJ threatens to boycott PDP, police activities over attack on journalists
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Rivers State Council has condemned the unwarranted attack on journalists who…
5 journalists jailed for blackmail in China
A court in central China’s Hunan Province on Monday, handed five journalists of a newspaper and its website, prison terms…
Southern Kaduna journalists behind rumours of fight with El-Rufai – Deputy
Architect Barnabas Yusuf Bala, the deputy governor of Kaduna state has dismissed talks of a fight with his boss, Governor…
Journalists have nothing to fear from FG – Minister
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said journalists in Nigeria have nothing to fear from the…
IPC decries growing attacks on journalists
The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos, Nigeria is concerned that journalists in Nigeria are still being subjected to various forms…
Saraki’s aide bribes journalists to kill CCT trial stories
An aide of Senate President, Bukola Saraki have reportedly handed over ‘brown envelopes’ to journalists covering their principal’s trial at…
Oshiomhole gives succour to 2012 accident victims
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state has given relief to seven of the journalists who were seriously injured…
Quacks destroying your profession, Obasa tells journalists
Eromosele Ebhomele @selemele2 Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, on Monday challenged media professionals to come…
Amaechi denies storming Saraki’s residence
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, former governor of Rivers State has denied reports by a section of…