LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSTANGERS)-The National President, Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Chris Isiguzo has faulted the decision of the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, revoking licenses of 52 broadcast stations nationwide over indebtedness. In a statement issued on Friday, Isiguzo says the decision by the industry regulator, to revoke the licenses of 52 broadcast stations nationwide…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federated Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union Journalists (NUJ), Bayelsa State Council, has passed a vote of no confidence on Mr. Daniel Alabra, the Chief Press Secretary to Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri of Bayelsa State. The vote of no confidence was passed in Alabrah yesterday during the chapel’s monthly…
LAGOS JANUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than forty four journalists were brutally killed during 2021, according to National President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Comrade Chris Isiguzo. He also revealed that besides the forty four journalists killed in Nigeria, scores have been declared missing even as others are under serious threats. Isiguzo spoke during…
LAGOS OCTOBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, has congratulated the National President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Comrade Chris Isiguzo, on his re-election. Isiguzo was re-elected at the 7th Triennial Delegates Conference of NUJ held at the Dr. Michael Okpara…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), FCT Council, has called for the immediate release of Okechukwu Nnodim, a correspondent with the Punch Newspapers. Nnodim was allegedly kidnapped by four gunmen in his Abuja home who gained access to his residence by scaling his fence after firing several gunshots in the air. In…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Editor-in-chief of The Nation Adeniyi Adesina has said that the newspaper cannot recall journalists who were sacked recently. “The issue here is that we find ourselves in a systemic situation that some people were laid off. It is uncontrollable,” he said on Wednesday when a chairmanship candidate of Lagos State Council, Nigeria…
LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four Nigerian journalists have been killed in a motor accident on Wednesday night on Airport Road, Uyo, Akwa Ibom, South-South Nigeria. The journalists were said to be heading for a marriage ceremony of one of their colleagues when the accident occurred. The deceased reportedly worked for Akwa Ibom Newspaper Corporation, publishers of…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The President of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), Dotun Oladipo, has challenged media practitioners to occupy the social media space in the bid to promote peace in the country. Oladipo, who is also the Managing Editor and CEO of Premium Eagle Media Limited, publishers of The Eagle Online, stated this…