The NUJ made the call against the backdrop of the information in the public domain that the Senate was proposing death sentence for the purveyor of hate speech that leads to the death of another.
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Njemanze made the call at the opening of a two-day workshop with the theme; “Journalism for Democracy in the Digital Age on Ethical Journalism’’ in Abuja on Thursday.
The dissolution followed a vote of no confidence passed on the executive at an emergency congress of the chapel.
The Chairman of the council, Dr Quasim Akinreti, made the promise when he led the union’s executive members to visit the quadruplets at Crystal Specialist Hospital, Akowonjo, Egbeda, Alimosho Local Government in Lagos State.
He said his administration was making efforts to settle the backlog of pension arrears owed state government pensioners before December 2018.
In a telephone interview, the spokesman for the 14 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Ohafia, Maj. Oyegoke Gbadamosi, said he was shocked to hear that military personnel invaded the secretariat of NUJ and attacked journalists.
“Even if the sacked staff officially belong to our union or not, the union would still stand for them.’’
Ogungbemi, a Lokoja-based journalist and publisher, was arrested and detained by the DSS on November 30 over alleged offensive publication in the November 23 to December 15, 2016 edition of the Policy and Lawmakers magazine
The state Chairman of the union, Alhaji Alhassan, raised the alarm in Gombe on Monday while briefing newsmen on the alleged assault of three journalists attached to the Nigeria Television Authority
This followed the failure of all entreaties to the state government and the Department of the State Services to secure the release of Ogungbemi
The communiqué noted that the current minimum wage was too meagre to accommodate the daily needs of workers and urged the Federal Government to review it upward
Rex Arum, the Chairman of the NUJ, Enugu State Council, who spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Enugu on Saturday, attributed it to weak financial standing of most journalists
NAN reports that the Games, sponsored by Med-view Airlines and supported by Big Cola Drinks, is scheduled for October 24 to October 29 at the National Stadium, Lagos
The Chairman of the occasion, Hon. Sani Zorro, who is the Chairman of Internally Displaced Persons in the House of Representatives, stated that journalism is like a battlefront irrespective of the beat
According to a statement issued on Wednesday by the Chairman and Assistant Secretary of Lagos NUJ, Deji Elumoye and Alfred Odifa, late Giwa is being remembered 30 years after his gruesome murder for what he stood for as a through bred professional journalist
No fewer than 57 journalists drawn from different media organisations, including the Ministry of Information, were on Wednesday in Lagos…
He lamented that Nigerian journalists faced difficulties in accessing vital information from security personnel due to the lack of synergy between the two parties
Odusile said having the database had become imperative to ascertain the exact number of journalists who are members of the NUJ in order to reposition the union and to enhance professionalism
The NUJ congress, presided over by the Acting Chairman, Kehinde Ayantunji, condemned in its totality the violent posture of some individuals who are claiming to be caretaker members of the union and urged the members of the public to disregard them
Aidokanya attended St Joseph Primary School, Effeye at Ipole and Community Secondary School, Ogboju at Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State