By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The Director-General of Plateau State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency (PLASCHEMA), Dr. Agabus Manesseh, has unveiled significant progress in healthcare accessibility, with over 277,862 beneficiaries enrolled in the social health insurance scheme since its establishment in 2019. Speaking at a media interface focused on...
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By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia, has gotten an award as the “Advocate of the Masses and Human Rights”, at the 2024 Press Freedom and Good Governance Awards Night and Dinner, organized by the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ). The ceremony was...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of Benue State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has said that it would boycott the activities of Benue State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB). This was contained in resolutions after an emergency congress of...
The FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike, has described the Nigerian media as a beacon of hope in the quest for national development. Wike stated this in Abuja on Thursday at the 2024 National Security Conference, organised by the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), in collaboration with the New...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Osun State Government has tendered unreserved apologies to the Ogun State chapter of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) for the reported unruly conduct of some security men at the Joga-Orile chieftaincy event. Spokesperson to the Osun State Governor, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, gave...
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Mallam Isa Gusau, a veteran journalist and a dedicated Special Adviser on Communication and Strategy to the Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum. Mallam Isa Gusau was a respected member of the Borno State Correspondents’ Chapel...
By AISHA NANA, Bauchi – The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Bauchi State Council, has expressed delight over the award of The 2023 Media-Friendly Governor by the National Secretariat of NUJ, on Governor Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed at the Second Annual Milestone Recognition of Media Icons in Nigeria,...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Chairman , Cross River State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists,(NUJ), Comrade Gill Nsa, has charged the state government to give priority attention to the entertainment industry due to its vast economic potentials. Nsa gave the charge when the leadership of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has emphasized the importance of a free and vibrant media landscape to the success of democracy, expressing the government’s commitment to ensuring press freedom. Alhaji Idris stated this while receiving executive members of...
Sen. Abdul’aziz Yari (APC- Zamfara) on Sunday donated N1 million and 30 bags of assorted grains to the family of the late veteran journalist, Hamisu Danjibga, who was murdered recently in Gusau. Yari announced the donation while condoling members of the state’s Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria...
Edo State Council of the Nigeria union of Journalists (NUJ) has honoured the immediate past Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, with an Excellence Award for his achievements in government and contributions to national development while he served for three and...
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has criticised Gov. Chukwuma Soludo- led administration in Anambra for allegedly shutting down the state-owned National Light newspaper. The Chairman, NUJ Anambra Council, Dr Emeka Odogwu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Enugu that the latest move by the...
Road sweepers in Edo, on Monday, took to the street of Benin City to protest against the payment of N17,820 as salary by the State Waste Management Board. The sweepers, who were majorly women, in their numbers, stormed the secretariat of the Edo council of Nigeria Union of Journalists...
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Akwa Ibom Council, has barred its members from covering the activities of the Akwa Ibom House of Assembly with immediate effect. The directive is contained in a communique issued at the end of its Wednesday’s state Congress held at its Secretariat on Information...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Nigeria Union Journalists (NUJ), Borno State Council has Congratulated Mallam Isa Umar Gusau and Hon Baba Sheik Haruna on their reappointment as Special Adviser SA Communications & PR Strategy and Senior Special Assistant SSA on Media respectively to his Excellency Governor Babagana Zulum....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has directed all State Councils of the union to mobilise members to withdraw their services and commence protests nationwide from Wednesday next week. The National Secretary of NUJ, Shuaibu Leman, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday,...
The Kogi Government says all is set for the restoration of pumping of potable water to residents of Lokoja Metropolis soonest. Mr Abdulmumuni Danga, State Commissioner for Water Resources, made the pledged while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja on Tuesday. The Nigerian Union of...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Nasarawa State Council has constituted seven man electoral committee to conduct the forthcoming election of the union in the state. The development was made know in a communique issued at the end of the state congress meeting held...
The Kano State edition of a national sensitisation and capacity-building training programme for media professionals on the Nigerian Tax Ecosystem organised by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in partnership with Afropolitan Media Limited took place on Thursday 6 April, 2023. The workshop, held at the Nigeria Union of...