Kassim Afegbua, former Special Adviser on Media to the immediate past Governor of Edo and APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, has defected with thousands of his supporters to the PDP.
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The Federal Government on Thursday admonished the media to stop denigrating the person of President Muhammadu Buhari through their platforms.
Journalism, the Fourth Estate of the Realm and the society’s watchdog, is a profession that has paid its dues in nation building and that continues to play the inevitable surveillance function so that the country for which generations of men and women have laboured to build would not go on its knees.
Biu made the call on Wednesday during a luncheon organised by the command for Defence Correspondents.
Saidu Adamu, the Counsellor to Governor Nasiru El-Rufa’i on Information and Communication, made the commitment at an interactive session with journalists held at the NUJ Secretariat in Kaduna.
These critical issues formed discussions at the just-concluded 67th General Assembly and 2018 International Press Institute World Congress held in Abuja for the very first time in the history of Nigeria and attended by some 330 participants and 65 speakers from 37 countries.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, noted this in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja, to mark the 2018 World Press Freedom Day with the theme; “Keeping Power In Check: Media, Justice and the Rule of Law”.
They have, however, called on the nation’s media owners and practitioners to walk the fine balance between openness on the one hand and national security on the other.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, gave the admonition at a press briefing in Lagos on Sunday.
The Spanish media reported Ronaldo offered a “blank cheque” to the Treasury in the wake of the organisation seeking an eight year jail term for former Real Madrid player, Xabi Alonso, for an alleged fraud of around eight million euros.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the court’s registrar, simply identified as Yomi, told journalists that he would forcefully order them out of the courtroom.
It also stressed the need for community based approach in the ongoing counter insurgency operations in the northeast.
Saraki gave the advice on Thursday when a delegation from the International Press Institute led by its Director, Barbara Traori, paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja.
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the call while declaring open a Workshop on Hate Speech titled: “Hate Communication in Nigeria: Identifying it’s Roots and Remedies”.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the appeal in Abuja on Tuesday when he received a delegation from TVC Communications, owner of TV Continental.
The Real Madrid forward, who denies any wrongdoing, had been expected to make a statement after attending court proceedings in Pozuelo de Alarcon – the suburb where he lives – on Monday.
”Various people have been quoted in the media on what the President-elect will do or will not do once he assumes office. The truth is that these people do not speak for the President-elect, hence the need for the media to clarify such issues with the Chairman of the party, its National Publicity Secretary or the Spokesman of the Buhari Campaign Organization. These officials are always available to clarify issues,” it said
Jonathan, who absorbed herself of any involvement in the PDP chairmanship, said people should use this reason to share love
The assembly took the decision after deliberating on a letter from the Nasarawa State Broadcasting Service, demanding N10 million monthly as against N500,000 for live coverage of the assembly’s sitting
But the opposite seems to be the case, especially with the current administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, in which several instances of press antagonism from the armed security operatives have assumed frightening dimension