The Nigerian Army has revealed that 21 erring soldiers will be
tried and prosecuted by the General Court Martial.
According to the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Major
General Benson Akinroluyo, their offences are related to
administrative or operational in nature.
Akinroluyo while inaugurating the GCM, charged the President,
Brigadier General Abdullahi Ibrahim, and members of his team to
discharge their duties professionally and ensure that justice is
served.
“Military as an institution is known with the maintenance of
discipline in its way of doing things. The Operational Efficacy of
the military is better retained when the ethics and customs aim at
enhancing discipline are encouraged.”
The Army General stated that the action is to ensure that
discipline is maintained at all times within the theatre.
“There are 21 accused that are supposed to go for the trial, the
details are best known to the prosecution and defence counsel.
“Offences are either administrative or operational in matter,
and the details are known to them. It is aimed at enhancing
discipline within the theatre.”
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of Mass Comm Unilorin, Dr. A.L. Azeez and Saad Yushau Shuaib at
Doyin Mahmoud Annual Lecture
AMCOS Unilorin: Publishers Urge Student Journalists to
Flush out Quacks in New Media
The Publisher of Cable Newspapers, Mr. Simon Kolawole and
Founder of PRNigeria, Mallam Yushau Shuaib have called on campus
journalists and journalism graduates to brace up in removing
charlatans influencing the contents in new media.
The media personalities made the
call at the 10th Doyin Mahmoud Lecture of the Department of Mass
Communication, University of Ilorin.
The annual lecture was in honor of the veteran journalist and
pioneer Head of Department, Late Doyin Mahmoud.
In his lecture titled “The Future of Journalism,” Simon Kolawole
who was the former editor of THISDAY said there is a serious
struggle between professional journalism and the “dubious” concept
called citizen journalism “which is no journalism”.
Represented by Afolabi Gambari, a
former features editor of National Mirror, Kolowole said end users
of news are increasingly depending on the social media,
particularly Facebook and Twitter, for information..
“If care is not taken, the future of journalism will be
dominated by quacks and the professionals will become outsiders.
This is already happening and creating a serious crisis of
confidence in the news media,” he said.
“Anybody with access to a smart phone and data now fancies
himself or herself as a journalist. They go on websites and the
social media to mine information and begin to reproduce. Before you
know what is happening, they tell you they are ‘citizen
journalists’ and begin to do damage to journalism.
“I am of the view that you don’t have to study journalism to be
a journalist. Some of the most respected journalists in Nigeria
today did not study journalism or mass communication. However,
there are two ways of learning: either in school or on the job…
Anyone who has spent between one year and three years in a newsroom
under a good editor will learn the important things about
journalism.”
In his remarks as the Guest of Honour, Mallam Yushau Shuaib
urged campus journalists to boost the scope of knowledge beyond
what they are taught by contributing regular reports and opinion
articles in the media to improve their skills.
The founder of PRNigeria who was represented by his son Saad
Yushau at the event also made a token donation for the magazine of
Association of Mass Communication Students (AMCOS.
The Head of Department, Dr. A.L.
Azeez in his remarks encouraged students to endure the rigor of
their discipline and build themselves so that they can stand out in
the media industry when they graduate.
The Director of Directorate of Corporate Affairs Commission,
University of Ilorin; Mr. Kunle Akogun also implored the audience
to take the bull by the horn so as to separate the wheat from the
tares in the journalistic practices.
The President of the Association, Comrade Opeyemi Adesina the
lecture is held annually in honour of Mahmoud, late veteran
journalist and former head of the department of mass communication
at Unilorin.
He said Late Doyin was the pioneer editor-in-chief of Daily
Independent Newspaper. He served as a training manager at the
Guardian Newspaper, after serving as deputy editor of The Sunday
Newspaper. He was also a former editor of The Herald newspaper.
Mahmoud died on September 20, 2009, at the University of Ilorin
Teaching Hospital, aged 56.
By PRNigeria