Tag: JOURNALIST
Suspected DSS operatives arrest journalist, Jones Abiri, in Bayelsa
Four armed men suspected to be operatives of Department of State Services (DSS) on Saturday arrested a journalist, Jones Abiri, in Bayelsa State.
Abiri is...
Kidnapped wife of Nasarawa journalist, others regain freedom
Wife of a journalist based in Nasarawa State, Yahanasu Abubakar, and three other women who were kidnapped on Wednesday, have been released.
Chairman, Nigeria Union...
Investigative journalist raped and murdered
The police in Bulgaria have confirmed the rape and murder of investigative journalist, Viktoria Marinova.
Her body was found in a park in the northern...
See journalists as partners in progress, Zamfara Gov. appeals to Nigerians
The Acting Governor of Zamfara, Mallam Ibrahim Wakkala, on Thursday in Gusau expressed worries over the maltreatment and molestation journalists suffer in the country.
Wakkala...
NUJ election: Atunbi, promises to restore journalists’ rights, dignity
Dele Atunbi, a presidential aspirant of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in the forthcoming polls, said on Wednesday that he would ensure that...
PREMIUM TIMES dismisses police statements on arrest of journalist
Premium Times Services Ltd, owners and publishers of PREMIUM TIMES, have dismissed statements by the Nigeria Police on the arrest of its journalist, Samuel...
Police explain arrest, prosecution of PREMIUM TIMES journalist
The Nigeria Police Force said PREMIUM TIMES journalist, Samuel Ogundipe, is being investigated and prosecuted for theft and unlawful possession of restricted and classified...
PDP demands release of PREMIUM TIMES reporter
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called for the immediate release of PREMIUM TIMES reporter, Samuel Ogundipe, who was arrested on Tuesday and subsequently...
GOCOP demands immediate release of PREMIUM TIMES journalist
The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has demanded the immediate release of PREMIUM TIMES Security Reporter, Samuel Ogundipe, detained by the Nigeria Police...
Isha Sesay quits CNN
Sierra Leonian-born British journalist, Isha Sesay, has quit CNN after 13 years with the news network.
The 42-year-old, who most recently served as the co-anchor...