Why Amosun celebrated my 40th birthday with me, by Ogun journalist
NIGERIA: NOT long ago, a journalist with Ogun Radio, Waheed Ogunjobi, who is a member of the Press Crew of the Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, celebrated his 40th birthday. In a rare occasion that many are yearning for, Governor Amosun, in company of few of his Commissioners, marked the glorious day with Ogunjobi, […]
Death of journalist exposes pension fraud in Ogun
NIGERIA: THE death of a veteran broadcast journalist, Omoh Esene, in Ogun State, has exposed the decay within the pension administration in the state. Esene, famous television star at the Ogun State Television (OGTV) where he rose to the Director of News and Current Affairs, died last Tuesday. Family sources said that the 61-year-old […]
Honours for Lafarge, Abolurin at Ogun Correspondents’ Chapel Press Week
NIGERIA: THE immediate past and pioneer Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr. Ade Abolurin, and cement producing giant, Lafarge Africa Plc, would be honoured by the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Ogun State Council. The award ceremony, which is part of the activities to mark the […]
Video journalist loses job after tripping refugees
HUNGARY: A HUNGARIAN woman journalist has lost her job. The camerawoman was fired for kicking and tripping refugees who were attempting to run away from the Hungarian policemen pursuing them. Hungry, a country between Turkey and Germany, has closed its borders against the refugees, preventing them from passing through it to neighbouring countries. The […]
Obasanjo’s unique birthday gesture to a journalist
DEFINITELY, it was an unexpected gift from such a high quarters. And for it to have come from a man many believed he is not into frivolity, definitely it was a well deserved one. Indeed, when ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo mooted the idea of honouring the former Zonal Secretary of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), […]
