A journalist with the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria on Friday jumped into the lagoon from the third mainland bridge in Lagos. The yet to be identified reporter was said to have alighted from a commercial bus conveying him and…
Soldier brutalises journalist at P’Harcourt International Airport (Punch)
A journalist working with the Leadership Newspapers, Mr Anayo Onukwugha, had a dose of brutality on Thursday from one of the soldiers manning the main entrance of the new terminal of the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, Rivers State. Onukwugha,…
Lagos is the only Nigerian city alive –Joe Agbro
Writer and journalist Joe Agbro loves Lagos he says because it is the only Nigerian city that is alive. Arguable as his assertion may be, there are definitely those who will hold a contrary view. But he should know, he…
Lagos is a city of limitless opportunities – Chuks Nwanne
Chuks Nwanne, a journalist loves Lagos because of the limitless opportunities it provides. He admits that Lagos may be tough but in the midst of that toughness there is also fun in Lagos, a city that knows how to manage…
Toni Kan and partner sell sabinews.com in landmark deal
Writer, journalist, teacher, Toni Kan and his partner Peju Akande have announced the sale of their news website sabinews.com, which was launched in May 2014. The site quickly established itself as an ethical and professionally well run news website featuring…
Journalist seeks NUJ’s help to tackle LASPOTECH over torture (Punch)
A journalist, Folake Sokoya, has petitioned the Lagos council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists over alleged torture by security guards at the Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu. Sokoya, whose battle with the Lagos State’s owned institution had been in public…
I’m connected to my roots – Jayne Augoye
It may have been exactly five years since the journalist Jayne Augoye travelled to her hometown but she says she not lost in Lagos because she is connected to her roots. Born in Lagos and living and working in the…
FG to pay N10m damages to journalist Jones Abiri for illegal detention (Premium Times)
The Abuja division of the Federal High Court has described the two years detention of journalist Jones Abiri as outright conviction and ordered the government to pay N10 million in damages to Abiri. Abiri was arrested in August 2016 and…
Chuks Nwanne: I’m not lost in Lagos
Chuks Nwanne is a journalist and by the nature of his work, he knows things. In Lagos for over a decade but he has not lost touch of his hometown where he often travels to. Where is his hometown and…
Chief Magistrate throws journalists out of Lagos court (Vanguard)
It was a day of rage against journalists at a Lagos court as Chief Magistrate of an Igbosere Magistrate’s Court 2, Folashade Botoku, threw pressmen out her court. Judicial symbol for justice The journalists that were thrown out on the…