Union demands rise in budgetary allocation to agriculture
By Olu AJAYI (Abeokuta) NIGERIA: A LABOUR movement, Agriculture and Allied Employees Union of Nigeria (AAEUN), had urged the Federal Government to increase the budgetary allocation to the agricultural sector. It made the call on Tuesday in a communique issued at the end of the Chairman’s Forum held in Gwagwalada, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory. […]
Re: Beyond the FUOYE crisis
By Salaam ABDUSSOBUR NIGERIA: RECENTLY I read with total shock, Segun Ayobolu’s article in The Nation newspaper column (“Illuminations”) titled “Beyond the FUOYE crisis” of July 1, 2017 and was greatly disappointed, to say the least, by the jaundiced and highly prejudiced positions taken by the gentleman on the issue. It would, no doubt, […]
NUJ shifts Ogun council election
NIGERIA: ELECTION into executive positions of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Ogun State Council would no longer hold on Friday as prior scheduled following the intervention of the national secretariat of the union. The move came at the time the Credentials Committee urged all members to ensure hitch-free polls and conduct themselves according […]
Ogun LG Information Officers elect Abati, others as maiden executives
NIGERIA: THE maiden executive officers of the Local Government Information Officers Chapel (LOGIC) of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Ogun State Council have been elected, particularly after a hotly contested election for the chairmanship seat. After the first ballot, the contestants for the exalted position – Mr. Mobolaji Oluwaseun Abati and Mr. Wole Oladipo […]
Journalists seek sack of Daily Independent newspaper MD
NIGERIA: JOURNALISTS in Lagos State are not happy with Mr. Ted Iwere, the Managing Director of Daily Independent Newspapers in Ogba, Ikeja. The decision by Iwere to use armed policemen to harass and intimidate members of staff as well as seal-off of the premises of the newspaper did not go down well with the journalists. The […]
