This are definitely not the best of times for journalists in the country as seven of them have bade the world farewell in the last seven days due to strange illness.
Indeed,to say the mighty have been falling is an understatement especially when they are in the line of duty at this crucial period of COVID-19 battle?
On the list are Dan Foster (Cool FM Radio Station), Hugo Odiogor (former editor at the Vanguard), Xavier Ndayongmong (Crime Editor at Daily Independent), Nkiruka Udoh (Crime and Defence Correspondent at AIT), Naomi Uzor (on the Business Desk at the Vanguard), Aramide Praise Oikelome (the Media Project and Independent Newspapers), and Azeez Ozi Sanni (Cartoonist at The Nation).
Nigerian Journalists have been facing huge risks and unprecedented challenges as front line workers covering the coronavirus outbreak and reporting in the newsroom everyday.
