Tag: NUJ

NUJ FCT condemns NTA’s harassment of reporter by NRC MD

Aminu Imam
NRC MD

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), FCT Council, has condemned  the harassment and intimidation of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) journalist, Ladi Bala, by the MD of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Kayode Opeifa. A statement issued by the Secretary of  te NUJ Council, Jide Oyekunle, described the harassment, intimidation and verbal abuse meted out on NTA’s Transport reporter, Ladi Bala, on August 27, 2025, while performing her professional and legal duties covering the aftermath of the train derailment along the Abuja-Kaduna rail line as unacceptable. It also described the…

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Oil Industry: Appointment of Soneye as NNPCL Chief Corporate Communications Officer apt NUJ

Aminu Imam

The Nigerian Union of Journalists, (NUJ), has described the appointment of Femi Soneye as the Chief Communications Officer of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited, (NNPCL), as apt, given the transition in the oil industry. This was stated in a statement by the National Secretary of NUJ, Shu’aibu Usman Leman. The Union commended the Group Chief Executive Officer of the NNPCL, Mele Kyari, for the choice of Soneye, saying he has global expertise and experience in journalism, information and communications. According to the statement, The NUJ National Secretariat lauds the…

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INEC tasks media on ethics ahead of Kogi guber poll

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Tuesday tasked media practitioners to ensure ethics in their reportage, ahead of the November 11 Kogi governorship election. Professor Mahmud Yakubu, the Chairman, INEC, said this at a meeting with Kogi media executives in Lokoja as part of preparation for the election. Yakubu, through his media aide, Rotimi Olakanmi, said that the appeal became imperative because of the reoccurring cases of fake news in the media in recent times. As stakeholders, the media should refuse the temptation to move away from facts as…

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Fuel Subsidy Removal: “Nigerians are suffering” – NUJ tells FG

Aminu Imam

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), has appealed to the Federal Government to give quick attention to the hardship Nigerians are going through as a result of the subsidy removal that has led to a sharp rise in the price of fuel. The NUJ President, Chris Isiguzo, made the call during the Perennial Delegate Congress of the NUJ, Nasarawa State Council in Lafia, the State capital, yesterday. Isiguzo, who was represented by comrade the Vice-President of NUJ, Zone-D, Kris Astaka, said that the Federal Government needs to redouble its efforts…

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Election: Clerics, NUJ caution Journalists against sensationalism, devisive reportage

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Stakeholders at NUJ conference in Makurdi

Rev. Fr Patrick Alumuku, Director of Communication, Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, has urged media practitioners to shun sensational reportage that would compromise security before, during and after the general elections. Alumuku made the appeal at a zonal conference organised by Zone D of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), on Thursday in Makurdi. The conference was on The Role of the Media in enhancing peaceful election and democratic participation. Alumuku who is also the Director Catholic Television of Nigeria, said the call was imperative in view of the nexus between…

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2023: Media fairness not totally achievable – Expert

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Dr Saeedat Aliyu, the Acting Director, University Relations, Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, has advised journalists to exhibit high degree of fairness in the coverage of the 2023 general elections. She however noted that media fairness was not totally achievable because of obvious reasons. Aliyu gave the advice on Wednesday at the grand finale of the 2022 Press Week of the Kwara TV Chapel of the Kwara Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Ilorin. Aliyu, who spoke on the theme: Press Freedom: A panacea for sustainable democratic process,…

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NUJ reacts, blasts NBC over revocation of licenses of radio, TV stations

Aminu Imam

…Says action ‘hasty, ill-timed, ill-advised, reckless‘ The Nigerian Union of Journalists, (NUJ), has described as hasty and ill-advised the decision taken and announced on Friday by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), to revoke the licenses of 52 broadcast stations nationwide over-indebtedness to the Commission. Recall that the NBC, early yesterday announced that it had revoked the broadcast licences of Silverbird TV, AIT, Raypower FM, and Rhythm FM amongst others, over their failure to renew broadcast licences. The affected stations, according to NBC, are said to owe arrears of licence fees…

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2023; NUJ President tells journalists to report only facts

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The National President, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Chris Isiguzo, has tasked journalists to uphold their watchdog responsibility as the 2023 general elections draw nearer. The NUJ president made the call in Bauchi on Monday, during a book launch entitled My Journey written by Mr Shuaibu Leman, the National Secretary of NUJ in marking his retirement as a civil servant. According to him, journalists should be circumspect and disseminate only factual account of events. Political actors are already on a rampage somewhat. They are everywhere saying so many things. The…

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2023: Kaduna journalists under attacks by political thugs, politicians lament

Aminu Imam

Some politicians in Kaduna State have lamented that some politicians, directly and indirectly, sponsor miscreants to attack journalists while covering political assignments, especially towards the 2023 general elections. Heavy attacks on journalists by thugs at different coverage of political events in recent times gave credence to these ugly incidents in the State capital. According to reports, one of the journalists had his car stolen, and others were molested, and beaten by thugs at coverage of political events in recent times. Unfortunately, security men appeared to have turned their backs on…

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NUJ urges Buhari to arrest worsening insecurity

Aminu Imam

Worried by renewed attacks on rural communities by armed bandits, the Nigeria Union of Journalists, (NUJ), Niger State Council chapter, has appealed to the Buhari-led administration not to abandon Niger State to armed bandits, whose sustained encroachments is causing more harm and untold hardship to the entire citizens of the State. The journalists in the State also demanded that President Buhari lives up to his statutory responsibility of protecting the lives and properties of the citizenry by flushing out armed bandits that have taken over some local government areas just…

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