Kalu who is the publisher of The Sun and New Telegraph titles, also extolled the virtues of the new president.
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Odusile disclosed this Saturday in Jos, Plateau State, while addressing delegates and members of the Plateau State Council on his ambition to run for a second term as President of the union.
The President, Nigeria Union of Journalists, Comrade Abdulwaheed Odusile, has commended the Nation’s Judiciary on the judgement quashing a criminal case levelled against a Bayelsa State-based journalist, Jones Abiri, by the Department of State Services.
The Chairman of the Lagos State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Dr. Qasim Akinreti, has emerged the Director General of the campaigns coordinating committee for the reelection of Abdulwaheed Odusile as the National President of the union.
Odusile spoke while inaugurating the seven-man committee, explaining that the interest of NUJ is to ensure justice for all and that the NUJ will not shield anybody who is found to have erred.
The President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Abdulwaheed Odusile, has petitioned the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on the incessant attacks on Nigerian journalists by the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris.
Presenting NPO’s position at a public hearing in Abuja, its President, Nduka Obaigbena, said the bill was seeking to position the Press Council to usurp the powers of the courts by assuming extra-judicial powers
The Sultan made the call on Saturday in Sokoto when national officials of the Nigeria Union of Journalists paid him a courtesy visit in his palace
The Confab, themed: “Hate Speech Vs Free Speech,” was organised by the Peace and Security Network in collaboration with the Centre for Information Technology and Development
Speaking on Monday when he led members of the executive of the Union on a courtesy visit to congratulate the Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Otunba Gani Adams, on his new status, Odusile said the leadership of the association considered it imperative to pay the courtesy call to identify with him and rub minds on the current issues in the country.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, gave the reassurance on Tuesday in Abuja at the opening of a two-day training workshop for the media and stakeholders on: “Conflict-Sensitive Reporting and Safety of Journalists.”
Odusile made the call at a memorial lecture in honour of a veteran journalist, Senator Adamu Augie, as part of the celebration of NUJ Press Week and Award Night of Kebbi State Council on Saturday in Birnin Kebbi.
Odusile made the call at the quarterly meeting of Zone B of the NUJ hosted by the Lagos State Council in Lagos on Friday.
At the resumed hearing of the suit filed by the Nigeria Union of Journalists in Lagos State, the court fixed February 23, 2016 for all further hearing on the motion
Odusile said: “Quackery is something that is of major concern to us in NUJ and one of the ways we want to fight it is to have a proper register of journalists in Nigeria
The President of the NUJ, Waheed Odusile, made the position of the Union known when he spoke at a parley between Buratai and the media
Buratai spoke on Saturday while responding to questions at a special congress of the FCT Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists
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
Odusile, who made the call while reviewing the one-year administration of the All Progressives Congress-led government in Abuja on Saturday, said the President needed to act quickly to address the untold hardship being faced by Nigerians
He also tasked the NUJ president to dedicate his tenure to enhancing professionalism in the continent so as to contribute to the enthronement of good democratic culture in Africa