Today, a typical young Nigerian creative’s social media bio or resume is bursting with slashes and commas. There you’ll see: writer, designer, chef, MC, and more. You’ll find design portfolio links, voiceover reels, and videos showing the same person baking a cake. And then you wonder: na only you waka come? You can’t blame […]
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Professor of Journalism and Development Communication, Lagos State University, (LASU), Tunde Akanni on the occasion of this year’s World Teachers Day, pays tribute to beloved pioneer leader at the LASU School of Communication now Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, Professor Jimi Kayode. Beyond being officially celebrated, it is not certain that many of
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In commemoration of the 20th remembrance of the death of the late founding Executive Director of Journalists Against AIDS (JAAIDS), Omololu Falobi, we publish below pictures of his life and times at work and other events.
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Jennife Piette, Strategic Communications & External Relations expert who was a former intern at the Journalists Against AIDS writes a tribute to the late founder, Omololu Falobi on the 20th remembrance of his death. He was a builder, a trailblazer, tech savvy and entrepreneurial. Yet he was humble and very kind. He negotiated the
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O’Femi Kolawole, Founder/CEO, POSTERITY MEDIA, who served as Programme Associate, Research and Communication, Journalists Against AIDS, (JAAIDS) between 2006 and 2008 pays tributes to the late founder of JAAIDS, Omololu Falobi. October 5, 2006 remains one of those dates I will never forget. It was the day Omololu Falobi, my boss, the Founder and
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“All of us have to choose to respond to the challenges of our own times; for me, the challenge is HIV/AIDS.” ~ Omololu Falobi He was praised for his dauntless drive for advocacy against HIV/AIDS. He was loved by his family, friends, colleagues, and the international community. Through information dissemination, his organization JAAIDS led
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Veteran South African journalist, Edwin Naidu has won the 2026 Nat Nakasa Award for bravery in journalism. Naidu, founder of ednews.africa has spent years reporting on higher education, science, and public policy. ednews.africa is a digital newsroom launched to provide sustained, evidence-based coverage of schools, universities, research, and youth development. Community Media Award 2026 went
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There was no need to ask newsroom leaders gathered at the workshop on AI disclosure standard last week in Lagos if they or their media organisations use AI tools. Chances that any would say they don’t was nil given the widespread use of AI tools in Nigerian newsrooms as it is globally. What they are
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The new President of the Association of Campus Journalists, Obafemi Awolowo University (ACJOAU), Samuel Faseyitan, has pledged to build on the association’s journalism legacy while adapting its activities to the changing realities of the media industry. Faseyitan made the commitment during his inaugural address at the association’s annual Dinner and Awards Night and inauguration of
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Ofili Chukwunonso writes on the challenge of knowing who to trust when seeing is no longer believing in the era of AI and deepfakes. In 2022, a video surfaced showing President Volodymyr Zelenskyy telling Ukrainian troops to surrender during Russia’s invasion. It was fake. In early April 2023, a leaked audio controversy emerged involving
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