By Banji Ayoola Shocked by the death of their former colleague and ace photographer, Remi Aye, former staff of Owena Press Limited, publishers of The Hope newspapers, owned by the Ondo State Government, have appealed to Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, to save them untimely death as happened to Aye. In an open letter signed on […]

By Banji Ayoola A former top civil servant in Ondo State, and now a cleric, Mr Wale Josiah, has stressed the urgent need for journalists in Nigeria to have a health insurance scheme in place to fall back on in their hours of critical need especially after retirement from active service. While responding on Friday […]

By Banji Ayoola Remi Aye, a former Head Photographer of The Hope newspapers, who has been battling for survival since Tuesday, has passed on. He died about 8.30 this morning, at his Oda, near Akure country home according to his son, Ayo. He called on phone shortly after and sadly said briefly: “Daddy mi ti […]

Lanre Arogundade at the DSS office at International Airport Lagos on Thursday, February 11, 2022 The Executive Director of the International Press Institute based in Lagos and former President of the National Association of Nigerian Students, Mr. Lanre Arogundade, was arrested by officials of the Department of State Services on Thursday. Though the security outfit […]

DIRECTOR of the International Press Centre, IPC, Lanre Arogundade, was reportedly detained, yesterday, by officers attached to the Department of State Services, DSS. According to Arogundade, he had just arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, in Lagos, from The Gambia, when he was detained by DSS operatives around 3:30 pm. The IPC director, who […]