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...

GUNMEN BEHEAD JOURNALIST’S NEPHEW IN DELTA. (PHOTO).


Gunmen behead journalist’s nephew in Delta



Gunmen have reportedly beheaded a 26-year-old man, Oghenevwede Aminah, a nephew to Mr Joseph Aminah, former chairman of the Correspondents Chapel, Sapele, of the Delta State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).

Our correspondent gathered that the deceased was a commercial motorcycle operator in Aladja, Udu Local Government Area of Delta State.

The public relations officer of the Delta State police command, DSP Bright Edafe, who confirmed the incident, said the command had launched a manhunt for the suspected killers of the deceased.

It was gathered that the commercial motorcycle operator was killed along College Road in Aladja community by his assailants who allegedly stabbed and shot him to death.

Mr Aminah, the deceased’s nephew, who also confirmed the incident on phone, described the incident as unfortunate and a huge lost to the family.

Aminah said the body of the deceased was discovered by some passersby along Majoroh Beach Road, a few kilometres from the Army Barracks in a pool of blood.

He said the deceased had multiple stabs on his body while his throat was slit. 


 

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