• Safeguarding freedom of the press
• Freedom of Journalists
• Enhancing legitimate professional activities
• To collect, preserve and publish statistical and other information as may be useful for professional purposes
• To negotiate conditions of service and establish welfare schemes for members
• Adequate training and education of members
• Ensuring strict adherence to the journalism’s code of Ethics
• Collaborating with organizations with similar objectives to defend the rights of Nigerian citizens and society at large