By NAN 01 September 2022 | 10:08 am The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Zamfara Command, has urged journalists to support the corps and other security agencies in the fight against insecurity. The state NSCDC Commandant, Athanasius Spark, made the appeal when received officials of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Zamfara Council, on Wednesday in Gusau. The commandant said the… The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Zamfara Command, has urged journalists to support the corps and other security agencies in the fight against insecurity. The state NSCDC Commandant, Athanasius Spark, made the appeal when received officials of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Zamfara Council, on Wednesday in Gusau. The commandant said the media play very critical role in peacebuilding, including promoting the courage and sacrifices of security operatives in the frontline. Spark, therefore, advised journalists to stop the habit of running reports that were promotional to bandits and other criminals. The NSCDC commandant said that as the Fourth Estate of the Realm, journalists must be professional, patriotic and responsible, and not engage in reportage that undermines peace and security. Earlier, the state NUJ Chairman, Ibrahim Maizare said the visit was to build on existing relationship between the union and the NSCDC command. Maizare tasked security agencies on timely release of information to the media to avoid speculation and circulation of fake news capable of undermining the peace of the peace. Latest 41 mins ago Belgium has recorded its first death of a patient suffering from monkeypox, the third in Europe, according to the weekly report on the outbreak from the Sciensano public health institute. Europe and the United States are the hotspots of a global outbreak of the disease which has seen 50,496 cases and 16 deaths, according to… 44 mins ago Mrs Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, daughter of All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential flagbearer, Sen. Bola Tinubu says her father will use his experience as governor to develop Nigeria. Tinubu-Ojo, the head of Lagos State Markets (Iyaloja General), said this on Thursday in Abuja, while accepting her appointment as grand patroness of a support group, the Tinubu Vanguard.… 48 mins ago The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Fuel Consumption has begun the assessment of the volume of petroleum products being consumed in the country daily, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Chairman of the Committee, Rep. Uzoma Abonta, led other members of the committee on an oversight visit to tank farms in Calabar. The… 51 mins ago Swiss prosecutors on Thursday requested a lengthy prison term for a woman who slashed two shoppers at an upscale store in the name of the Islamic State group. Lead prosecutor Elisabetta Tizzoni called for the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, to be sentenced to 14 years behind bars for “terrorism”. But she… 51 mins ago German airline group Lufthansa said it is cancelling “almost all” of its flights to and from its main German hubs in Munich and Frankfurt on Friday after pilots called a strike. The airline will cancel 800 flights on September 2 affecting “130,000 passengers”, Lufthansa said in a statement on Thursday. Pilots called the industrial action…
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