asks Governors to implement N70,000 new minimum wage The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to intensify media and voter enlightenment ahead of the coming November 16 Governorship Election in Ondo State. It also criticised the delay by state governors in implementing the N70,000 new minimum wage. These […]
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In recognition of her commitment to the journalism profession in Ondo State and her contribution to local government development, the Special Assistant on Media to the immediate past Governor of Ondo State, Mary Olumuyiwa Agidi, was honored this weekend with the Ose Firewall and Outstanding Journalist Award. The honor was bestowed on her as part […]
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Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has condoled journalists in the state and the family of a departed member of the state chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Mr. Funsho Ojo. Ojo, who was until his passage the state correspondent of the Nigeria Pilot Newspaper, died in the early hours of Thursday following a […]
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New executives of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) Ebonyi state chapter have emerged. The new leadership led by Mrs. Nkechinyere Oginyi, who won unopposed would pilot the affairs of the association for the next three years. The election was held at the Dr. Sam Egwu Press Centre, Abakaliki. Addressing the newly elected Exco, […]
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Members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Ekiti State Council have elected a new set of executives that will pilot the affairs of the union for the next three years. At the election conducted on Wednesday at the union’s press centre in Ado Ekiti, Kayode Babatuyi of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria emerged […]
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The celebration of this year’s annual Press Week of the Ondo State council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists will kick off on Sunday November 26. The week-long event is themed: “Place Of The Media In Times Of Socio-Economic Predicaments & Ondo State Politics”. A statement by the Chairman of the council’s press week committee, […]
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NIGERIAN Tribune on Wednesday lost one of its editorial staffers, Tijani Adeyemi. The deceased, who covered the Senate, gasped for breath and gave up the ghost before he could be conveyed to the Clinic of the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. His remains were subsequently interred at the Gudu Cemetery […]
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A non-governmental organisation, Excellence Community Education Welfare Scheme (ECEWS) has urged journalists to refrain from unprotected sex. Aimed at promoting access to quality healthcare and education, ECEWS conducted free tests on HIV, Syphilis, malaria, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C for journalists at the NUJ Correspondents’ Chapel, Osogbo In an interview after the blood examination, one […]
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Nigeria Union of Journalists, Osun State Council will on Wednesday hold its 2nd Quarterly Intellectual Discourse at the NUJ Press Centre, Iwo/Ibadan Road, Osogbo by 10 am. A statement by the Chairman of the Union, Comrade Wasiu Ajadosu and Secretary, Comrade Adeyemi Aboderin indicates that the Rector, Osun State College of Technology, Esa Oke, Dr […]
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Egyptian authorities have arrested journalist Karim Asaad after his fact-checking service had published articles accusing officials of involvement in smuggling cash, weapons and gold to Zambia, the publication said Sunday. Asaad was apprehended at his home in Greater Cairo early Saturday following questioning over coverage of the case, said a statement from independent website Matsada2sh. […]
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