By; RAYMOND TEDUNJAYE, Lagos.
Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Lagos State Council, is to hold a Tribute Nite for three of its members that died in the last two weeks.
The late members, according to Assistant Secretary of Lagos NUJ, Mr. Alfred Odifa, in a statement, are Onukaba Adinoyi-Ojo, formerly of The Guardian chapel and ex-Managing Director of Daily Times, DTN, who died in a motor accident along Akure-Owo road on Sunday, March 5, 2017; Kayode Atofolaki, former Assistant Secretary of Lagos NUJ and Bureau Chief of New Nigerian Newspaper, Lagos office, who died in his home town, Idofin, Kwara State after a brief illness on Friday, February 25, 2017
It also include Segun Agbolade, Secretary, Federated Maritime Media Chapel of Lagos NUJ who was knocked down by a petroleum tanker at Trinity Bus Stop along Oshodi-Apapa expressway in Lagos on Wednesday, March 1, 2017.
The Tribute Nite with the dress code of white or black is billed for Friday March 10, 2017 at Lagos NUJ Secretariat, Ladi Lawal Press Centre, Alausa, Ikeja by 4.00pm.
The Nite will also afford NUJ members opportunity to pay tribute to their fallen colleagues while some clerics will be on hand to offer prayers for the repose of the soul of the deceased.
