NUJ GIVES RIVERS POLICE 14 DAYS TO APOLOGIZE FOR ASSAULTING JOURNALISTS OR FACE MEDIA BLACKOUT. (PHOTO).

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  The Rivers State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Rivers State Police Command, demanding a public apology for the assault on five journalists during a peaceful protest in Port Harcourt. Failure to comply, the union warned, would result in a statewide media blackout. In a statement jointly signed by Council Chairman Comrade Paul Bazia and Secretary Dr. Ijeoma Tubosia, the NUJ condemned the police actions as “unprovoked, barbaric, and inhuman,” calling for the immediate identification and prosecution of the officers involved. “The NUJ, as a watchdog of society, will not sit idly by while media practitioners are subjected to barbarism and brutality. Enough is enough,” the statement read, adding that further attacks on journalists would be “vehemently resisted.” The assaulted journalists—Charles Opurum of Channels TV, Allwell Ene of Naija FM, Soibelemari Oruwari of Nigeria Info, Ikezam Godswill of AIT, and Femi Ogunkhilede of Supe...

YOBE STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT,CIRCUMCISED 60 BOYS FOR FREE TODAY.

                                Today saturday,Yobe State Emergency Management Agency {SEMA} organised a circumcision ceremony for boys aged from five years to 10 years at Pompomari Internally Displaced Persons {IDPs} camp in Damaturu.The Executive Secretary of SEMA,Alhaji Musa Jidawa said 60 boys were circumcised according to the tradition and custom of the people.Musa said ''Circumcision of boys as we all know is the first initiation {rite} of the boy to manhood which is his right and we have just given them this right today.The agency provided each of the circumcised boys with a blanket,a set of new cloths and a chicken as is done traditionally.We have made adequate medical arrangements at the camp clinic to provide them with medical treatment and needs for speedy healing.The agency in conjunction with the community leaders and parents agreed to circumcise them at this period of cold season because it heals faster.Bulama Muhammadu,a community leader,said SEMA had always made the displaced persons feel at home.Some of the boys lost their parents to Boko Haram attacks on their villages,while others were with their parents in the camp.One more photo below.                                                                                                                                          

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