Media Tracking

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) President, Mallam Mohammed Garba has urged politicians in the country to focus on tackling the current security challenge instead of making comments capable of causing disaffection for the purpose of gaining popularity ahead of 2015 general election.  The NUJ President made the call in Umuahia, Imo State during the union’s National […]

  Media professionals have been advised to always ensure balance and objectivity in their reportage to avoid reports that can cause disunity in the Country. The Minister of Transport Senator, Sen. Idrisu Umaru, who was represented by Mrs. Yetunde Sonike, gave the advice in a retreat organized by the Maritime Reporter’s Association of Nigeria at Customs

The Minister of Information, Labaran Maku has called on the northern states governments to collaborate with the Federal Government in its bid to combat desertification in the region. The Minister made the call in Kebbi State as he led the National Good Governance Tour team on an inspection of the Yar’adua General Hospital in the

The second edition of South – East Media Summit has been slated for August 2013 in Enugu. A statement from the office of the National Vice- President of the Nigeria Union of journalists (NUJ) in the zone, Mr. Chris Isiguzo, stated that the meeting of the zonal officers, Chairmen and Secretaries of the five chapters of

The Nigeria Police is reported to have summoned three staff of Leadership Newspaper to report at the force Headquarters, Abuja. Those said to be summoned include: The Group News Editor, Tony Amokeodo; Chibuzor Ukaibe and Taiwo Ogunmola Omilam; the Correspondents for Abuja and Lagos respectively. The summon is alleged to be in connection with a

The Nigeria Police, is reported to have summoned and detained four journalists from the Leadership Newspapers. The four are the Executive Director Human Capital, Chinyere Adegbulegbe; Managing Editor, Chuks Ohuegbe; Group News Editor, Tony Amokeodo; and the Politics Reporter, Chibuzor Ukaibe. Their alleged detention was in connection with a story published by the Newspaper. The

The president of Nigeria Union of journalists [NUJ], Mohammed Garba, was on Sunday, March 31, 2013 elected President of the Federation of African Journalists [FAJ], at the end of its third congress in Casablanca, Morocco.

The publisher and Vice Chairman of African Newspaper Plc, publishers of the Tribune newspapers, Oluwole  Awolowo,  died on Wednesday, March 27, 2013, at the age of 70.

The Nigeria Union of Journalists [NUJ] has issued a two week ultimatum to Media organizations’ owing salaries and allowances of their employees, urging such organizations to meet their obligations to their personnel or risk unpleasant industrial actions.

Private Daily newspapers are being sold in Burma for the first time in almost 50years as state monopoly ends. It was announced in December that private dailies would be allowed to publish from April 1 as the government informed journalists that they would no longer have to submit their work routinely to state censor before