{"id":77179,"date":"2025-10-22T20:35:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T20:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=77179"},"modified":"2025-10-22T20:37:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T20:37:16","slug":"tinubus-administration-an-ally-of-the-media-shettima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/10\/22\/tinubus-administration-an-ally-of-the-media-shettima\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu\u2019s Administration an Ally of the Media -Shettima"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onilede Titi Faith<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Vice-President Kashim Shettima has assured the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), that President Bola Tinubu\u2019s administration remains a strong ally of the media, committed to protecting journalistic integrity.<\/p>\n<p>Shettima, speaking on Wednesday while hosting NUJ leaders at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, described Tinubu as a long-time supporter of the press who will uphold media freedom and professional ethics.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed that journalists are crucial in holding public officials accountable and shaping democratic governance, noting that the media stands almost on par with the judiciary in ensuring transparency and justice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are the lifewire of the nation; we cannot afford to muzzle you,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Shettima also acknowledged journalists\u2019 historical role in Nigeria\u2019s political development, recalling that leaders like Herbert Macaulay, Nnamdi Azikiwe, and Obafemi Awolowo began their careers in journalism.<\/p>\n<p>He reassured that the government would continue to support the NUJ and the broader media industry amid economic challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onilede Titi Faith &nbsp; Vice-President Kashim Shettima has assured the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), that President Bola Tinubu\u2019s administration remains a strong ally of the media, committed to protecting journalistic integrity. Shettima, speaking on Wednesday while hosting NUJ leaders at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, described Tinubu as a long-time supporter of the press [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":77182,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77179"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77181,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77179\/revisions\/77181"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}