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Former Heads of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar and Olusegun Obasanjo held separate meetings with stakeholders last week where they dispassionately dissected the worsening insecurity in Nigeria and generated far-reaching recommendations. General Abubakar, who is the Chairman of the National Peace Committee (NPC), chaired a meeting on Wednesday, April 8, 2021, which brought together stakeholders, like former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, Sultan of Sokoto, Abubakar Saad 111, Bishop Matthew Kukah, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the Metropolitan Archbishop Emeritus, Abuja Catholic Diocese, John Cardinal Onaiyekan; Ekiti State Governor and Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), Kayode Fayemi; Plateau State Governor and Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum, Simon Lalong; Chairman of Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN), Malam Kabiru Yusuf, religious leaders, the service chiefs and several other dignitaries.
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The Nigeria Press Council says it is constraint from sanctioning media houses and practitioners violating Code of Ethics for journalists in the country because of crisis among stakeholders in the industry.
The Executive Secretary of the council, Mr Francis Nwosu made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja.
NAN reports that the executive secretary was reacting to complaints received by the council against headlines and stories by certain media houses in negation of the code of ethics.
Nwosu said that although the publications were found to be sensational, incisive and unprofessional as well as infringements on the corporate existence of the country, the council was constraint from sanctioning the erring media houses and practitioners.