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 ā€œunprovoked, barbaric, and inhuman,ā€ calling for the immediate identification and prosecution of the officers involved. ā€œThe NUJ, as a watchdog of society, will not sit idly by while media practitioners are subjected to barbarism and brutality. Enough is enough,ā€ the statement read, adding that further attacks on journalists would be ā€œvehemently resisted.ā€ The assaulted journalistsā€”Charles Opurum of Channels TV, Allwell Ene of Naija FM, Soibelemari Oruwari of Nigeria Info, Ikezam Godswill of AIT, and Femi Ogunkhilede of Supe...

PROTEST: TINUBU CALLED FOR REVOLUTION AGAINST JONATHAN, HE SHOULDN'T BLAME OTHERS NOW THAT HE'S FACING SAME THING- AFENIFERE. (PHOTO).


 Protest: Tinubu called for revolution against Jonathan, he shouldn't blame others now that he's facing same thingā€“ Afenifere


Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has warned President Bola Tinubu to stop directing blames away from himself following the #Endhungerprotest against his administration.


Afenifere reminded Tinubu that he called for a revolution against former President Goodluck Jonathan, hence should not apportion blame now.


Prince Justice Fakiyesi, National Publicity Secretary of the Afenifere faction loyal to the Acting Leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, said the presidentā€™s speech did not address the real issues of the nationwide hunger.


Read the statement belowā€¦


ā€œIt is the same thing that happened under former President Goodluck Jonathan and he (Tinubu) called for a revolution or protest and when he is facing the same thing and even worse, he is blaming other people.


ā€œWe never believed that just calling for dialogue would change anything. He has never changed.


ā€œI think he was pushed to read the speech because it was not a matter of dialogue or him addressing people about the exact policy that brought hunger and since he is not willing to reverse or accept responsibility, because he more or less said it was politically motivated.


ā€œWhen he started, and he specifically said that subsidy is dead, he said you can protest as much as you like. He said that. He knew that his policies were going to bring protest. At his age he knows that there have been all sorts of protests against subsidy removal.ā€ 

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