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NUJ Kaduna State Council mourns Veteran Journalist, Chief Dominic Uzu<\/strong><\/div>\n
Zainab Tanimu<\/strong><\/div>\n
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KADUNA Northwest Nigeria:<\/strong><\/div>\n
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The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kaduna State Council following the tragic death of its veteran journalist, former Council Secretary and Treasurer, Chief Dominic Uzu yesterday, Tuesday, February 4, 2020 along\u00a0Kaduna-Zaria Highway\u00a0has declared a seven-day period of mourning with effect from today, Wednesday, 5th February 2020.\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n
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This was contained in a statement signed and made available by the Council’s Assistant Secretary, Shindong Bala.<\/strong><\/div>\n
The council expressed that it was devastated at the news which it described as shocking.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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\u201cWith heavy heart, the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) , Kaduna State Council announced the sudden death of one of our Outstanding members, Chief Dominic Eze Uzu.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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\u201cHe died today, Tuesday February 4th, 2020 following a ghastly motor accident<\/strong><\/div>\n
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along Kaduna \u2013 Zaria Road.<\/strong><\/div>\n
\u201cTo this end, the NUJ State Council has declared 7 days of mourning from tomorrow Wednesday 5th February, 2020,\u201d it stated.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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The council also stated that the late Chief Dominic Eze Uzu was a former staff of New Nigeria Newspapers where he was Sports Editor of New NIGERIAN on Sunday, and held several positions in NUJ up to the positions of Treasurer and State Secretary as well as Executive Member of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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\u201cChief Dominic Uzu was also the National Coordinator and One of the Founders of Arewa online Publishers Association, a position he held until his death. He was the CEO\/Publisher of City Source Online newspaper.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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\u201cHe died leaving behind a wife four children and several relatives.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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\u201cA condolence register has been opened at the NUJ Secretariat,\u201d The statement added.<\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NUJ Kaduna State Council mourns Veteran Journalist, Chief Dominic Uzu Zainab Tanimu KADUNA Northwest Nigeria: The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kaduna State Council following the tragic death of its veteran journalist, former Council Secretary and Treasurer, Chief Dominic Uzu yesterday, Tuesday, February 4, 2020 along\u00a0Kaduna-Zaria Highway\u00a0has declared a seven-day period of mourning with effect 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