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Police Teargas Journalists During Cross River PDP Senatorials

September 7, 2020 4:17 am

Journalists in Cross River State have alleged that the men of the Nigeria Police tear-gassed them during the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Cross River North Senatorial primary election in Ogoja.

The Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, Cross River State Council, Comrade Victor Udu, who led a delegation to cover the event in Ogoja, condemned the mayhem that trailed the exercise.

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Udu said: “I have not seen anything near this scale before where the security men refused to recognise anybody, even when journalists identified themselves with their tags.

“The security men

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State Of The Nation - Journalists Call For Proactive Action Over Killings

State Of The Nation: Journalists Call For Proactive Action Over Killings

June 5, 2020 12:10 pm
The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has called on the federal government and the nation’s armed forces to arrest the increased killings by herdsmen across the country, particularly in Southern Kaduna and Boko Haram terrorists in the North-East.

In a communiqué issued by Shuaibu Usman Leman, National Secretary of NUJ at the end of its Central Working Committee, CWC, while appraising the performance of journalists and the state of the nation, decried the situation where law-abiding citizens have been rendered helpless and vulnerable to repeated attacks by armed gangs, thus disrupting their livelihoods and destroying properties unhindered.

“On security,

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Imo Journalists Stage Protest Against Incessant Attacks By Politicians

Imo Journalists Stage Protest Against Incessant Attacks By Politicians

June 4, 2020 4:50 am

Some journalists in Imo state on Wednesday took to the streets of Owerri, the state capital, protesting against incessant attacks on members of the profession by some politicians in the state.

The protest, according to report, was led by Kelechi Ugo who is the weekend editor of EDGE EXPRESS newspapers in Imo state.

Our correspondent in the state reported that the journalists numbering up to fifty stormed the state House of Assembly complex, demanding that the speaker, Chiji Collins addresses the issue of the member representing Obowo state constituency, Kennedy Ibeh whose aides recently beat up a journalist, Finian Chuks.

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50 Journalists Lose Job To Robots At Microsoft

50 Journalists Lose Job To Robots At Microsoft

May 31, 2020 3:58 am

About 50 journalists working with Microsoft are set to lose their jobs, as the American multinational tech giant reportedly moves to replace them with robots.

According to local media reports, those affected are contract employees working as curators for the company’s news website, MSN.

They perform functions such as selection of stories, headlines, pictures and other contents from news organisations for the MSN site.

The Seattle Times quoted unidentified insiders as saying the company has notified the affected workers that their services would no longer be needed beyond June 30.

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Arrest Of Warri Journalists - You Must Fish Out Your Squad – Group To IGP

Arrest Of Warri Journalists: You Must Fish Out Your Squad – Group To IGP

May 30, 2020 12:38 pm
The Human Rights Defenders Organization of Nigeria on Saturday said the IGP Squad (Monitoring Unit) who unlawfully arrested and detained five Journalists in Warri, Delta State must be fished out and prosecuted.

The group said if they are found guilty of any wrongs against the Journalists, they should be dismissed from the Police Force.

The National Chairman of the Human Right Defenders Organization of Nigeria, Mr. Casely Omon-Irabor Esq who was reacting to the unlawful arrests and detention of the Journalists argued that there are no “criminal liability” by law in civilized climes.

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World Press Freedom Day - Journalists Still Under Attack

World Press Freedom Day: Journalists Still Under Attack

May 3, 2020 2:45 pm

To mark World Press Freedom Day on Sunday, the One Free Press Coalition has called for the immediate release of all imprisoned journalists amid increasing threats to press freedom worldwide during the coronavirus pandemic.

Each month, the coalition, which comprises prominent news organisations and publishers, including Al Jazeera Media Network, brings to the public’s attention the 10 “most urgent” cases of journalists whose freedoms are being suppressed or whose cases are seeking justice.

Throughout the years, the campaign has highlighted the plight of Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist who was killed inside the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul in 2018, as

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IGP Drags Oyetola’s Deputy COS To Court Over $120k Fraud

Police Cash In On Call Data To Clamp Down On Journalists

February 22, 2020 10:18 am

Conversations and messages on mobile devices are no longer confidential . They have become tools in the hands of law enforcement agents in Nigeria for the purpose of apprehending journalists .

Investigation by the Committee To Protect Journalists , a non -profit organisation that promotes press freedom globally, shows that the growing trend of arrest , detention and prosecution of journalists across the country is being facilitated by information shared by telecommunications operators .

According to a report by Amnesty International titled , Indiscriminate Detention of Endangered Voices : Attack on Freedom of Expression in Nigeria , about 19 journalists …

China Biggest Jailer Of Journalists – Press

December 11, 2019 4:12 pm

At least 250 journalists are jailed around the world, with the largest number held in China, amid a growing crackdown by authoritarian regimes on independent media, a press watchdog group said Wednesday.

Many of those imprisoned face “anti-state” charges or are accused of producing “false news,” according to the report by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists which also cited Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Eritrea, Vietnam, and Iran for their jailing of journalists.

The press freedom watchdog said it counted at least 48 journalists jailed in China, one more than in 2018, as President Xi Jinping ramps up …

Fire

Students, Journalists Count Losses As Fire Guts Lodge

November 25, 2019 9:20 am

Students of the Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi, and two journalists are counting their losses after fire razed down their compound in Gwalameji area of Bauchi metropolis on Sunday.

Daily Sun learnt that the fire started around 1:30 pm from one of the rooms at Tinubu Lodge.

One of the occupants, a journalist, working with THISDAY newspaper, David Adenuga, said: ”It was like a dream, I couldn’t believe that everything in my room has gone, I lost all my belongings to the fiIre.

”There was no light that time, we still don’t know the source of the fire. The fire affected nine …

Boat

Bayelsa: Four Journalists Escape Death After Boat Capsizes

November 16, 2019 9:21 am
A boat conveying journalists across flooded parts of Sampou community on Nun River in Kolokuma Opokuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa capsized and threw the four occupants into the water.
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the boat was carrying four journalists covering the governorship elections, including its correspondent.

The journalists were returning from the polling station when the incident happened and left the victims submerged but the timely intervention of sympathisers rescued the journalists whose mobile phones, cameras and recorders were all completely drenched beyond repair.

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Oyetola Tasks Journalists On Ethics

November 3, 2019 4:19 am
• Osun NUJ Inaugurates Gov As Grand Patron Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola has appealed to media practitioners to hold firmly to the tenets and ethics of their profession by being fair, balanced, accurate and prompt in their reportage.Oyetola, who said this at the Dinner/Award Night of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ),Osun State Council, held at Leisure Spring Hotel, Osogbo, scored Nigerian journalists high in the reportage of the state.

The Governor maintained that Nigerian journalists, particularly those covering Osun, have demonstrated the height of professionalism by acknowledging and encouraging good governance through balanced and unbiased reportage of

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Senate Clerk Chases Journalists Out of Budget Session

Senate Clerk Chases Journalists Out of Budget Session

October 26, 2019 4:32 pm

The Clerk to the Senate Committee on Special Duties, Kabir Yaba Umar, yesterday evening chased journalists out of the budget defence session the committee had with management of the North East Development Commission and the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and IDPs.

Umar had earlier in the morning extended invitation to the Senate Press Corps to cover the Committee’s budget defence session with the two Commissions at Senate Committee Room 211 by 2p.m. and 4p.m. respectively.

Reporters from various media organisations got to the venue on schedule and started taking notes before Umar walked up to the reporters and ordered …

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