By CrossRiverWatch Admin The national body of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) recently bestowed on DailyTrust correspondent, Eyo Charles the Torch Bearer of Press Freedom Award. The award is usually given to editors, reporters, media practitioners who faced persecution, humiliation, attacks, detention, imprisonment, physical injury or suffered death in the course of performing their
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State council of the Nigerian Union of Journalists has blacklisted the State government from any coverage for providing the platform where a former aviation minister, Oluwafemi Fani-Kayode used in verbally assaulting a DailyTrust reporter, Mr. Eyo Charles. The council also directed the executive to write media houses to withdraw
One that has risen to become spokesman to the president of a country and later a minister aside other important public offices should be seen as one that is a diplomat and stateman. But Chief Femi Fani-Kayode failed in his public carriage last week when he rounded up his visit to Cross River State where
By Jonathan Ugbal Despite condemnations from different quarters, former Aviation Minister, Oluwafemi Fani-Kayode has insisted that his verbal attack on DailyTrust correspondent, Eyo Charles in Calabar, Cross River State during a press conference held last week Thursday was in order. Fani-Kayode in a statement shared on his verified Facebook page on Tuesday said that Mr.
It is only a dishonest and crooked kind that will associate with and seek validation from a combustible character like FFK, who is even still on trial for corruption. Everything that may or may not have been spent by Governor Ayade to bring FFK to Calabar to validate his work has now gone down the
By Jonathan Ugbal The management of Media Trust limited, publishers of DailyTrust newspapers, Tuesday said former Aviation Minister, Oluwafemi Fani-Kayode would be held responsible if anything happens to Correspondent, Eyo Charles who suffered verbal abuse and threats from the ex minister. Fani-Kayode had last week Thursday, insulted Mr. Charles in Calabar, the Cross River State
By Innocent Anaba – Vanguard The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has condemned the gangster-like outburst by Chief Femi Fani-Kayode against the Cross River State Correspondent of the Daily Trust Newspaper, Eyo Charles, who asked him a simple question which he felt was embarrassing. NUJ President, Chris Isiguzo in a statement on Tuesday, said, in
I can share my column later. This Can’t Wait As a journalist, I am simply outraged; first to read the views of my chairman, Emmanuel Ogbeche and later to see the clip of my dear sister, Ruona J. Meyer on events in Calabar. It’s still early in Ottawa and I need to take it easy