Monthly Archives: January 2023

Dera Nnadi: From Cadet to Comptroller, Idiroko Customs Command

                     Pix showing Comptroller Dera Nnadi incharge of Idiroko Customs Command                                                                         By Sylva Emeka-Okereke, JP, Publisher                                                                                ...

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Remodelled Lagos NUJ Secretariat: In the Eyes of History

      Pix showing Remodelled Secretariat located at 9A Iyalla Street, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos.                                                                                                                      By Sylva Emeka-Okereke, JP, Publisher. In the last twenty-years, the past and present leadership of the Lagos State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has ...

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CBN extends deadline for new Naira notes swap by 10days

          By Sylva Okereke.    At last, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN today extended the deadline for the exchange of old naira notes by 10 days, following the mounting pressures. CBN Governot, Godwin Emefiele in a terse press statement issued on Sunday, said the new deadline is now February 10, 2023.                                      SylvaNews will bring you details soon…..  

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Osoba, Isiguzo laud media, grace unveiling of remodelled NUJ Secretariat.

        Pix showing NUJ President, Chief Chris Isiguzo, MFR, presenting recognition award to Rev. Mother Esther Ajayi, as a Patron of the State Council during the commissioning of remodelled Lagos NUJ Secretariat.                                                       Story by Sylva Emeka-Okereke, JP, Publisher.                                  Former Governor of Ogun State, Chief Segun Osoba has urged the media to remain resolute and be ...

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NUJ adopts revised Constitution, deregisters NOA, admits Online, as Gov Ganduje tasks media on 2023 elections

                 Pix shows President of NUJ, Chief Chris Isiguzo inspecting some facilities in Kano state, after the Special Delegates Conference in the state.                                                                           By Sylva Emeka-Okereke, just back from Kano                                                        ...

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Army to recruit more soldiers

Army said they would recruit more soldiers in the next two weeks

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OPSN engages political parties on economic agenda

NECA DG, Mr Oyerinde Story by Sylva Emeka-Okereke, JP, Publisher Organized Private Sector, OPS, Nigeria will on Tuesday, January 17, engages all the political parties on economic agenda for the nation.   The OPSN comprises the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN; the Nigeria Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, NACCIMA; the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA, and the Nigeria Association of Small Scale Industries, NASSI. Others include, the Nigeria Association of Small and Medium Enterprises, NASME; the Association of Nigerian Women Business Network, ANWBN, as well as the Institute of Directors Centre for Corporate Governance, IoDCCG, in ...

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Revised Code of Ethics for Journalists to be adopted soon, says NUJ boss

By Sylva Emeka-Okereke, JP, Publisher President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Chief Chris Isiguzo has disclosed that the reviewed code of ethics for Nigerian journalists would soon be adopted to ensure ethical standards. The five-year old Code is being reworked by the stakeholders in the media industry, including the Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria, NPAN; the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ; Guild of Editors; the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers, GOCOP, as well as some legal practitioners with media stint.  Disclosing this recently in Lagos state, during a one-day workshop on Digital Journalism and Fact-Checking, organized by the ...

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70% property along Lagos-Sagamu axis has no legal documents-Ogun State

Pix: Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Ogun State, Tpl Olatunji Odunlami (m) flanked by some residents of Journalists Estate Residents Development Association, JERDA, during a courtesy visit of the team to his office recently. Photo by Akin Jimoh By Sylva Emeka-Okereke, JP, Publisher Ogun State Government on Wednesday activated the panic mode of some property owners, along Lagos-Sagamu axis of the state, revealing that over 70 percent of such landed properties have no legal documents. Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Tpl Olatunji Odunlami while disclosing this during the visit of the leadership of Journalists Estate Residents ...

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Shoprite Workers may embark on strike Monday, Jan. 9 over unpaid salary arrears

Picture showing Shoprite workers blocking entrance of the Mall during last year’s protest. Story by Sylvester Emeka-Okereke, JP, Publisher For the second time running in less than one year, workers of Shoprite Nigeria have expressed displeasure over non-payment of three months’ salary arrears, even as they accused the new management of having a care-free attitude towards their workers. As a result of this, they have vowed to shut-down all commercial activities of the Malls across the country, beginning from Monday, January 9, if the ongoing negotiation fails to yield desired results.     It would be recalled that in April 2, ...

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