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The statement described the attack on the media outfit that went to cover the Labour Party campaign rally in Ikere as disheartening

The people whose property were confiscated were alleged to have defied the state sanitation laws by refusing to participate in the sanitation programme

A statement signed by Suleiman Abubakar and Isaac Ukpoju, the chapel’s Chairman and Secretary respectively, said the decision was reached after exhaustive deliberation on the incident at congress

The protest was organised by the Lagos State Chapter of the National Association of Women Journalists, in collaboration with the Nigeria Union of Journalists

The statement said: “Today (May 3) marks another World Press Freedom Day, as an essential ingredient to the existence of democracy and fundamental human goal

It is pertinent to say that nations have developed from the philosophy of absolutism where both private and public owned media existed to service the government of the day, to a more rational and free society where media can check the excesses of government

The AU’s special rapporteur on freedom of expression and access to information has called for the repeal of criminal defamation laws on the continent

Muhammed, who spoke at a news conference in Abuja on Monday, also urged the government to address the issue of poverty and insecurity

The seven members of the executives were sworn in after the chapel election held at its secretariat

Wabara, a veteran journalist, was arrested at his residence in Lagos on March 28, allegedly on the orders of Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State

Nahaya was in Minna to inaugurate the newly-elected executive members of NAWOJ in the state when a man (name withheld) said he was instructed by the state Chairman of the NUJ, Iliya Garba, to ask everybody out of the secretariat

Dazyem said this was particularly so with the coverage of the local council poll in the state, held two weeks ago

Adesina said in the statement: “The death of Mr Toyin Obadina, Deputy Editor, Saturday Newswatch from the guns of suspected armed robbers is not only agonising and horrendous, it is quite sickening

The National Vice-President, Zone “F” of the NUJ, Seiyfa Uzaka, made the call in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State

The statement said that the ban was necessary in order to reduce the spate of road crashes involving the commercial motorcyclists in the last few years in the state

The Niger State Government had indicated its preparedness to ban commercial motorcycle operations from January 2, 2014 because of hazards traceable to the operators

“Already, the drawings for the structure and bill of quantity are ready

In its statement of claim, the NUJ alleged that Ogunsola had assaulted Uwalaka on August 9, 2012 at the premises of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja

Olagoke, who is also the Commander of the Order of Melchizedek, made this remarks at the commencement of annual press week of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Oyo State council

Three journalists, Kafayat Odunsi, Adolphus Okonkwo and Tunde Oluwanike, died on August 2 while on an official trip