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President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has approved the appointment of Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Ado Bayero as the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA).
Alhaji Sanusi, a lawyer, and son of the late Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero takes over from Mallam Habib Abdullahi who has been relieved of his appointment as Managing Director of the NPA.
The appointment of the new NPA Managing Director takes effect from tomorrow, Thursday, April 30 2015.
"President Jonathan thanks the outgoing Managing Director for his services and wishes him well in his future endeavours", a statement by Presidential Adviser on Media, Dr. Reuben Abati read.

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1. Don't be late in getting to camp! The best is to be early so your registration can be stress free.
2. Avoid Camp Food. YES!! Camp food is made by a bunch of unprofessional cooks who just throw the miserly food ingredients given to them to make that crap called food. It's not the faults of these women but the government/NYSC officials. The best foods are made on Sundays.
3. Respect yourself and don't break the rules.
4. DON'T BE AFRAID OF ANYBODY IN CAMP!! YES!  The soldiers can't beat you. Neither the Civil Defence nor Police. They can only drill you, but if you are tired, just squat on the floor and tell them you are tired. SIMPLE! Don't be rude because you can be thrown into the jail (After a camp court trial sha), but you don't have to do the frog jumps, press ups… if you don't want to.
5. Mammy Market is your friend. If you are an Ajebutter like me who is very particular about where and what I eat, you can do what I did. Find a Mammy Market stall you are comfortable with, make friends with the owner and have her prepare you whatever you want to eat. Just inform her in advance. I served in Obubra and had this one Mammy Market woman who really took care of me. I will just tell her that tomorrow, I want X soup with Pounded Yam and Dog meat (just kidding about the Dog meat sha) and she would cook it, bring it and give me my bill which was alarmingly cheap (Max. 3k).
6. Sew your Khakis from home before coming to Camp. This is the only way to enjoy your NYSC uniform as it will be tailor made for you to fit. You will end up looking smarter and sharper than the rest of your fellow corp members.
5. Buy as many BYC white shirts and White Shorts as you can afford. I Bought 14 BYCs, 14 Shorts and 14 pairs of white socks. I advise this because of the following reasons;
a. The NYSC issue Shirts & Shorts are so inferior that they either tear while you are still fitting them on, or they will tear while you are washing them.
b. NYSC camps are filled with thieves. Chances are you will lose those shirts and shorts to thieves after each wash. Sometimes, even the Camp helpers (errand boys) are the ones who will rob you.
6. Get yourself a sling bag. This should be where all your valuables must be inside. Always keep it with you even when you are having a shower or taking a Dump.
7. Don't get caught in this trap: A lot of Corpers come into camp and want to immediately start 'runsing' their posting to the states capital. In the Process, Many girls especially get taken advantage of sexually by all and sundry. Even boys also get financially exploited for this. I was a Platoon leader and know this first hand. None of the following people have the power to influence your postings;
a. The Army
b. Civil Defense
c. Police‎
d. Platoon Leaders
A lot of girls get exploited by these people with the promise of influencing their postings. That's why there is always a festival of tears at the end of each camping season from girls that have been used for nothing.
8. Make friends! Make Friends!! Make Friends!!! Very important. Make friends with both Corp members and NYSC officials as they will come in handy at different points throughout your 1 year season.
9. Enjoy yourself in Camp. It's a 3 week experience that always ends up being too short. This is the last time in many of your lives that you will ever get to have such an experience ever again. I call it the right of passage for every Nigerian graduate from Boys/girls to Young men/women. ENJOY IT. I really missed camp when it ended.
10. Don't take up a position of responsibility if you have poor people skills. NYSC PLATOON LEADERS dey suffer. Dealing with Nigerian Graduates is worse than dealing with market women. They are unruly and uncultured. I speak generally based on the numbers you have to face. Some are just pleasant and lovely, but most are pure arseholes. My assistant once left my platoon hungry because they pissed her off. I swear it's a service that you don't get paid for that comes with a lot of insults. If you do, be ready to give your all including your money.
11. Pack Condoms. I do not need to tell you that all call-up letters carry an aphrodisiac in it that makes the ladies h•rny as hell. Even Married women are not left out. Virtually every chick in camp is fair game to a sharp guy. However, whatever you do, please wear the Proper PPE before entering the work site.
12. Beware of Fire Drill. This is a drill that is done on a random night where a bonfire is lit outside and in the middle of the night, the soldiers sneak into your rooms with the lights out and all of a sudden start a ruckus, screaming FIRE!!! FIREE!!!!! FIREEE!!!!!!!! Banging things, creating pandemonium. Sending your rooms into a panic frenzy! People will start running for the exits at break neck speed. Remember that there is no light so people will run into obstacles, fall and get very injured. In my time, 3 boys ended up in the hospital with really deep cuts from the metal bunk beds. PLEASE! When you hear that scream of Fire!! You will most likely jump and be ready to run like other will most definitely be doing! Please regain your composure early and remember that I told you about this drill. Just lay quietly on your bunk and wait for the chaos to subside before leaving the room. Don't even fret should you see a soldier banging on your bunk or any such thing.
13. ENDURANCE TREK: I personally enjoyed this part of camp. I completed mine. Even had to cross a river by canoe at some point. Now listen. Your NYSC issued jungle boots are useless cheap piece of trash that is no good for nothing but the dust bin. For your endurance trek, please find a pair of really good quality trainers, (I bought a pair of military spec jungle boot from the U.K you can also find some in the market that is military spec and not Converses o!!) and wear. If you must use the NYSC issue, make sure it's a comfortable fit. Otherwise, wear the thickest pair of socks you can find. Otherwise, you will be bleeding and injured all over your feet by the time you are done.
14. Corpers with unique medical and other needs. E.g. Asthma. Please bring with you enough inhalers to last you for a month. Remember that the activities in camp are stressful and may trigger your attacks more than usual. Please protect yourself well. And to those with other medical needs, please bring your medications with you o!! Camp clinic is just French for Mortuary. Girl bring in your sanitary towels, paracetamols, etc.
15. If you own a Blackberry, IPhone, Samsung Galaxy, Nokia Lumia, etc.. Please my honest advice is to leave it at home. Chances are you will be too busy to even remember those phones. HOWEVER!! Should you choose to bring them with you, go and buy these back-up mobile chargers so you can charge these phones while you sleep. In the day time, you send those battery chargers to the guys to charge for you. That way, your phones and batteries never leave your sight!
NYSC is gonna be one of the best times of your life, so enjoy it!

Alusi Okija writes from Anambra State.

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A meeting of media experts and institutional stakeholders will take place in Abuja on Thursday April 30, 2015 to deliberate on the safety of journalists and emerging issues in conflict in Nigeria.
The participants will include the leadership of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), the Radio and Television Theatre Arts Workers Union (RATTAWU) the Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE), the Nigerian Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ).
Also to attend are Editors and Reporters including those reporting in conflict prone areas, representatives of the Nigerian Press Council, spokespersons of the Police and Army, academic scholars and UNESCO officials.

The meeting is taking place as part of a project on Baseline Audit on State of Safety of Journalists supported by IPDC and the UNESCO Regional office in Nigeria.
The objective is to conduct an assessment that provides baseline information on safety of journalists in Nigeria especially in the context of UNESCO's Journalists' Safety Indicator at the National Level so as to facilitate an intervention plan by UNESCO, its partners and other interested stakeholders.
Three front presentations will be made at the meeting including Media Handling of Gender Issues in Contemporary Nigerian Conflicts by Dr. Ifeoma Dunu, Department of Mass Communication, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka; Professionalism and ethics in reporting conflicts: perspectives on dealing with the new challenges by Dr Sola Ishola of the Department of Peace & Conflict Studies, University of Ibadan and Religious conflicts and media responsibility: the emergent challenge of Boko Haram by Dr Abubakar Mu'azu, Department of Mass Communication, University of Maiduguri.
The meeting will also deliberate on the desktop research on the frameworks on safety of journalists, the survey among journalists and editors on the safety of journalists in Nigeria as well as the outcome of the monitoring of attacks on journalists, which commenced in November, 2014.

In the latest report released by IPC, it was observed that incidents of attacks on journalists increased in March 2015 during which the presidential elections took place.
The organization said policemen and soldiers were responsible for eight of the thirteen attacks, political thugs, four and hoodlums, one.
"The harassment of journalists in the course of their legitimate duties as evidenced by the outcome of monitoring clearly shows that press freedom remains under threat in the country despite the efforts that have been made to widen the scope of freedom of expression and uphold the right of the public to know the truth since the return of civil rule", the report said
The report also expressed concern that the perpetrators of the attacks were never brought to justice.

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Lagos is unarguably the commercial and economic nerve centre of Nigeria, such that  anything and everything about and concerning her not only deserve attention, it indeed requires an objective, fair, historical, balanced and honest analysis. 

Sequel to the successful completion of the 2015 election, specifically, the gubernatorial election in Lagos and the subsequent victory of APC and its gubernatorial candidate Akinwunmi Ambode and 32 state assembly aspirants, attention as expected has shifted to the composition of the government of the state, from the executive down to the legislative arms, come May 29 2015. As a result, a lot of political and public governance analysts and commentators have been making loads of postulations, permutations, sometimes conjectures, and analysis. Most of which either lacks objectivity, fairness or negates the history of political governance in Lagos, unbalance and lack honesty.

Critical among these analysis, conjectures or should I say rumour, is the issue of zoning of the head of the legislative arm of the state. This rumours are not to be seen as an act of misleading Lagosians but a trend in choosing our leaders. History will only be kind to us if the indigenous background and divisional administrative areas of Lagos is not neglected in determining who emerge as the next speaker of Lagos State hallow chamber. In the light of recent argument and counter argument of the history, composition, nature and the making of Lagos and its people (Lagos is 'no man's land' versus Lagos is an indigenous state arguments), it would be a great disservice to ignore the indigenous nature and people of Lagos in the zoning or distribution of political positions in the state.

A brief cursory and somewhat sentimental peep into the historical formation of Lagos state after her creation in 1967 under Mobolaji Johnson as the military administrator would suffice here. Lagos state was divided into five administrative, but more importantly, indigenous divisions of Ikeja, Badagry, Ikorodu, Lagos Island and Epe, which was tagged IBILE and which forms the core indigenous locality in the state. Twelve years later Lagos state was divided into three senatorial district of Lagos West, Lagos East and Lagos Central, without nullifying the initial administrative division. By mathematical calculation, todays' Lagos East senatorial district comprises of two and half part of the old indigenous divisions of Lagos and its people. That is, the indigenous people of Ikorodu, Epe and some part of Ikeja (Somolu, Mende, Onigbongbo, Agboyi Ketu and Kosofe). On the other hand, Lagos West and Lagos Central senatorial district as they were today comprises just about one and half part of the old indigenous divisions. Lagos West senatorial district being Badagry and some part of Ikeja indigenous divisions, while Lagos Central senatorial district is also made up of one and half part of the IBILE divisions (Lagos Island and some part of Ikeja).

Ikorodu as part of the IBILE administrative divisions in Lagos state has experienced the social exclusion syndrome since the return of democracy in Nigeria in 1999. Social exclusion is seen as the process in which individuals or entire communities of people are systematically blocked from (or denied full access to) various rights, opportunities and resources that are normally available to members of a different group, and which are fundamental to social integration within that particular group. The issue of zoning through senatorial district is just one of the medium Ikorodu division and its people has been denied different political positions. This apparent marginalization of the good people of Ikorodu has not only turned them to second class indigenous people of Lagos, it has indeed impacted negatively on the division. It has led to the snail speed of social and infrastructural development of the division and its people, if any at all.

 In 1999, the Governorship position in the state was zoned to Lagos West where Senator Bola Amhed Tinubu, having previously represented them in the senate in the aborted third republic, got the ticket under Ikeja Division. The position of speaker of the Lagos House of Assembly  was zoned to Lagos East which produced now distinguished Senator Olorunnibe Mamowora as the speaker representing Kosofe (Ikeja division), the then Deputy Governor Kofoworola Bucknor-Akerele comes from Lagos Island (Lagos Island Division) neglecting Ikorodu as an administrative division.

In 2003, we have a formation of Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu as Governor (Ikeja Division), Femi Pedro as Deputy Governor representing Lagos Island (Lagos Island division) and Honourable Joko Pelumi (Epe division) as the speaker of the state assembly, while adding salt to injury, the senatorial seat of Lagos East was occupied by senator Olorunnibe Mamowora of Kosofe local government (Ikeja Division), further relegating Ikorodu as a division in that democratic dispensation. In 2007, Lagos state Governor democratic seat was occupied by Barrister Babatunde Raji Fashola from Surulere (part of old Lagos Island division), Mrs Adebisi Serah Sosan as Deputy Governor hails from old Badagry Division and the speakership position was occupied by Hon Sabitu Ikuforiji (Epe division), while the senatorial seat of Lagos East was zoned to Epe division, again, ignoring the existence of Ikorodu division. Rather unfortunately the same trend of zoning of 2007 resurface in 2011, save that this time around, in a dramatic fashion, the Speakership which was hitherto zoned to Lagos East senatorial district was, though given to an indigene of the senatorial district, occupied by the erstwhile speaker Hon. Ikuforiji who was then representing Ikeja Constituency 1 in the 7th Assembly, which invariable means Lagos West senatorial district. And resulting in the zoning of the senatorial seat of Lagos East to Epe division and the speakership seat back to Ikeja division, without having any recourse to recognise Ikorodu Division and its people in elective position at the top notch in Lagos State.

Here we are again 2015, where we have the Governor-elect Mr Akinwunmi Ambode (Epe division), Dr Adebule Idiat as Deputy Governor (Badagry Division), and the senatorial seat of Lagos east occupied by an indigene of Epe division – Senator Bareehu Ashafa. There are some salient questions we need to consider in determining the next presiding officer of the Lagos legislative arm.

"Will Ikorodu Division and its people be Marginalized Again in This Democratic Dispensation"?

 "Will The Leadership Of APC Adopt The Part Of Credibility Over Partisan Politics Or Vice Versa to Determine The Next Speaker Of Lagos State"? We can keep asking question but we all know where the answer lies.

It beggars belief that the highest political position Ikorodu Division as part of the formidable indigenous IBILE has attained since 1999 is a decamping single term senator (Senator Ogunlewe) and a compensatory, irrelevant, figure-head, crisis- settling appointment of less than two months Deputy Governor of the state. The usual mantra is 'Ikorodu did not have a capable hand'. This mantra does not only belittle the contribution of Ikorodu people to the overall development of the state, it indeed defies logic that a division with many first and landmark achievers (the Bensons, Awojobi, Onafowokan, Allinson, AOK Noah, Ajetunmobi, Gbadamosi, Comrade Ayodele Elesho, Ruben Olorunfunmi Bashorun, Davies Sunmonu, Olowoshago, Sanni-Mudashiru, Ola Animashaun, Alogba, Anibaba, Abike Dabiri, Adeniran Ogunsanya and many more) have not been considered good enough to occupy any of the topmost political positions in Lagos State. 

To now think that at this time when Ikorodu Division has not only a ranking legislator, but a competent, vibrant and articulate and a refined barrister by training in person of Hon. Sanai Oyeniran Bolanle Agunbiade who is more than capable of occupying the position of Speaker of the 8th Legislative Assembly of Lagos State, the contradictions in the zoning arrangement of political positions in Lagos is been allowed to rear its ugly head. The insinuation that the speakership be zoned to Lagos Island Senatorial District without due and fair consideration to the IBILE dichotomy of Lagos is not only unfair to the people of Ikorodu Division, it also negates the principle of equitable distribution of power and resources amongst major stakeholders in the state and reinforce the social exclusion syndrome.

On this note, the true people of Lagos who believe in the egalitarian theory of equality (believing in or based on the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities) should not just allow partisan politics to over-shadow credibility, it is a glaring fact that Hon S.O.B Agunbiade of Ikorodu Constituency 1 is capable of steering the leadership of Lagos State House of Assembly. There is need to appreciate our root and togetherness as a great and indivisible state, we need to understand that Lagos State as the commercial hub of Nigeria and Lagos state Legislative arm as a model to other states in the nation would only surpass her present status when we allow merit and competence override the process of selecting who take charge of our affair as well considering the marginalized Ikorodu division. I believe Ikorodu is in the best position to occupy the speakership seat having proven beyond reasonable doubt about how we have been marginalized and our presentation of a Seasoned Intellect, a Legal Luminary, a Grassroot Mobilizer, Parliamentarian per Excellence and a man of the people Hon. S.O.B Agunbiade. It is not a coincidence that Ikorodu Division returned the third highest winning vote margin between the APC and PDP in the last gubernatorial election considering the LGA areas where their elected legislators are been touted for the speakership (16802 compared to 21600 from Mushin and 18121 from Lagos Island); and Fifth highest margin of winning votes across the state. It is a testament of the resolve of the people of Ikorodu to politically align with the progressive even in the face of temptation of one of its own contesting on the platform of the regressive PDP, and their believe in equitable compensation in the distribution of political offices by the APC hierarchy in return for dedication to the party.

It is pertinent that APC as a party seriously considers the use of the IBILE in their zoning arrangement if at all it is necessary to zone political offices in the true spirit of equity, fairness and justice.

Eko o ni baje o! Ikorodu o ni daaru o!! Ki ise Oluwa ma te'siwaju!!!

Bashir Aboaba Mojeed-Sanni, Phd (in view) is based in London, a social researcher and commentator, a member of APC United Kingdom, Lagos State Chapter. He can be contacted via email, mojeed_sanni@yahoo.com or Tel. +447909094641

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The lingering crisis of the Adamawa State House of Assembly has deepened as nine out of  25 members of the legislature sat on Tuesday in the conference Hall of Government House,Yola, to remove the Speaker of the Assembly, Alhaji Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri and his Deputy Barrister Kwamoti Laori out of office.‎
The ouster came after a parallel sitting at the House of the Assembly complex in Yola, presided by Fintiri , where 10 members including the Speaker also sat .
At the plenary session the Speaker said six members of the Assembly were absent with the leave of the House, while he said others were absent without permission and the house was yet to be abreast of the reasons for their absence.
The house has since adjourned its sitting to Wednesday 29 April ,2015.
However, before then, 11 aggrieved lawmakers had issued a press statement accusing Fintiri of high-handedness and unilateral closure of the house which lasted for weeks and issued a warning to the effect that by that action they have no alternative other than to convene the sitting elsewhere.
Prior to the just-concluded March/ April general election in the country, the house of assembly had gone on a three-week recess to allow members participate in the electoral process.
But a day to the opening of the house after the recess has elapsed, 11 members allegedly loyal the governor Nggilari issued a press statement expressing their grievances with the leadership style of the speaker and threatened to effect a leadership change in the house.

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Commercial motorcycle operators, popularly called Okada drivers, yesterday, razed students' quarters, Zion hostel, behind NITEL office in Gwagwalada area council following a disagreement between the students and an operator.‎
According to LEADERSHIP, an eye witness, Innocent Oguejiofor, a final year student of the University of Abuja (Unibuja), said a student staying in the hostel had a minor disagreement with an okada operator over change, saying the bike man went back and called his friend to set their hostel on fire.
He said: "An okada man brought back one of our hostel inmate from the junction and he gave the operator N1000, only for him to say he didn't have change. So, after a minor standoff between our friend and the operator he borrowed N100 to pay the man.
"He left and came back later with other bike operators to attack us; the police came and arrested some of our friends and the bike men. When they left another set of bike men came and started destroying rooms in the hostel and set them ablaze."
Oguejifor said the operators fled when the students rushed to inform army men stationed at the checkpoint, close to the junction, of the attack.

Another eyewitness, who didn't want her name in print, said she was very lucky to have removed her belongings before they razed the house.

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The Federal Government has suspended the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amb Danjuma Sheni, for allegedly recalling Nigeria's Charge D'Affairs in South Africa in the wake of the xenophobic attacks in the former apartheid enclave.
A top government official told journalists in Aso Rock on Tuesday that Sheni was suspended for embarrassing President Goodluck Jonathan for inviting the envoy without receiving the President's approval.
The official said the Head of Service of the Federation, Danladi Kifasi, acting on the order of Jonathan, had already queried Sheni and asked him to reply within 24 hours.
"There will still be further consequence," the official, who asked not to be named, said.
He said the President was miffed that the ministry embarrassed him again, a few weeks after the diplomatic row between Nigeria and Morocco over whether or not Jonathan had a telephone talk with King Mohammed VI of Morocco.
He said, "The permanent secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been suspended and queried for embarrassing the President by not receiving approval from him before inviting the Charge D'Affairs.
"The President on Monday directed the Head of Service to query him and he has 24hours to respond to the query. You will recall that that was the second embarrassment with this one coming shortly after the Morocco saga.
"The permanent secretary was to be dismissed immediately but for the civil service rule. Even at that, there will still be further consequence.
"His offence is that he invited the Charge D'Affairs without clearing from the President. The truth is that in this age and time, the ministry can make clarification from the Charge D'Affairs without necessarily inviting him. There is what is called diplomatic dispatches. They can also speak with the envoy on the telephone.
"As of now, a new permanent secretary has been redeployed to the ministry to replace him."

Media reports over the weekend had indicated that Nigeria had recalled its envoys from South Africa to protest the xenophobic attacks on foreigners by South Africans.
The South African authorities had frowned on the reported action, which was described as unnecessary.

However, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, had, in an interview with State House correspondents on Monday, said there was no truth in the report that Nigerian envoys in South Africa had been recalled.
Abati had explained that the country's Charge D'Affairs was merely invited home for consultation.

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With barely one month to the end of his administration, Bauchi State governor,   Isa Yuguda, has sacked about 2,000 political aides.
The sacking, which was contained in a statement by the Permanent Secretary, Political Affairs, Government House, Hashimu Yakubu, on behalf of the Secretary to the State Government, stated that   all Special Advisers, Senior Special Assistants and Personal Assistants had been fired with immediate effect.
Although, the statement did not state the number of aides affected by the action, our correspondent learnt from government sources in Bauchi that those affected would be "well over 2,000."
A top government official said, "I don't know how many of them were sacked but they can be more than 2,000 because shortly before the elections, the governor was said to have appointed 70 new aides."
Yakubu's statement read in part, "The Executive Governor of Bauchi State, Mallam Isa Yuguda, has approved the disengagement of all Special Advisers (with the exception of the Special Adviser, Due Process).
"Also, all Senior Special Assistants, Special Assistants and Personal Assistants (with the exception of those who work directly under His Excellency the Executive Governor or the Deputy Governor)."

According to the statement, all those affected are requested to hand over government property in their possession to the heads of organisations where they served.
Yuguda was quoted as having expressed his appreciation to the disengaged political aides for their contributions to the development of Bauchi State in their various capacities and wished them the best in their future endeavours.

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The National leadership of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, took a swipe at President-elect, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), describing his banning of African Independent Television, AIT, from covering his activities, as unacceptable and totalitarian.
In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, PDP noted that as a converted democrat, Buhari should make himself amenable to the basic principles of democracy by following due process and seeking redress in court, if not comfortable with any action taken against him.
This came as All Progressives Congress, APC, overruled the President-elect, saying all accredited media organizations, including AIT, are free to cover his activities.
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In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, APC said the incoming Buhari administration will not discriminate against any media organization.
It, however, enjoined all media organizations to observe the highest level of professional standards in carrying out their duties.
The statement said: "There is a code of ethics guiding the practice of journalism in Nigeria, and this demands that journalists ensure strict adherence to the highest levels of ethics and professionalism in carrying out their duties.
"There must be repercussions within the realms of the law, for media organizations that have wantonly breached the Code of Ethics of journalism and turned themselves to partisans instead of professionals."

PDP's reaction
PDP said APC and the President-elect may have one or two lessons to pick from President Goodluck Jonathan, who though was the most maligned and abused President in the history of the country, even by APC, allowed his actions to be sufficiently guided by humility, tolerance and the rule of law.
Metuh, in the statement said: "After carefully studying the defence posited by General Buhari's campaign spokesperson and the smokescreen statement by APC to cover and mitigate his anti-media posture, PDP and indeed all lovers of democracy are persuaded that the action was not only unjustifiable, but also unconstitutional and completely against the spirit of liberty and the rule of law in a democracy.
"We ask, is this a beginning of the feared erosion of the freedom and personal liberty the media and Nigerian citizens have been enjoying in the last 16 years under PDP led-administration?
"Perhaps, we need to remind General Buhari that part of the challenge of his new position, even as President-elect is that he has lost his private life which is now subject to public scrutiny and media interrogation, as required of the custodian of the mandate of the Nigerian people.
"We had thought that having declared to be a converted democrat, he would make himself amenable to the basic principles of democracy by following due process of the law on any circumstance."

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