Oyinlola Awonuga

‘Commitment to welfare of journalists by employers should be enforceable’

A call has been made for a review of existing regulatory provisions to make a commitment to the welfare of journalists by employers enforceable. The call was made in a communique issued at the end of a stakeholders forum on Journalists safety and press freedom limitations in Nigeria organized by the International Press Centre. Participants […]

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Media Programmes THISWEEK Dec 14- 19, 2020

Media programmes scheduled for this week include a call for entries, award announcement, deadline, a day of tribute among others between Monday, December 14- Saturday, December 19, 2020. The programmes compiled by Oyinlola Awonuga are listed below with details. MONDAY, December 14, 2020 Deadline for Journalism Fund’s Money Trail Grants Journalist teams from Africa applications

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Banjo, Samuel-Wemimo, Folarin win Wole Soyinka Investigative Reporting awards

Winners have emerged for the 2020 edition of the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting organised by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) The winners announced at a ceremony on Wednesday, December 9, 2020 in Lagos include Damilola Banjo of Shahara Reporter who won the online category and the overall Investigative Reporter of

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Tributes, condolences as Nigerians mourn LEADERSHIP publisher

Chairman and Founder of LEADERSHIP Group Limited, publishers of Leadership Newspapers and National Economy, Mr Sam Nda-Isiah, died on Friday, November 11, 2020, in Abuja. His sudden death has been greeted with lots of tributes and condolence messages from across the country. The 58 years media mogul, writer, politician and serial entrepreneur, according to a

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Soyombo

After five attempts, Soyombo wins Kurk Schork Awards

After five attempts and three appearances on the shortlist of the Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism, multiple award-winning investigative journalist Fisayo Soyombo has emerged the 2020 winner of the Local Reporter category of the competition. In a press statement on Thursday by Thomson Reuters Foundation, Fisayo won for his undercover investigation on Nigeria’s criminal

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Internet, journalists, covid 19

Vacancy for 25 excellent young writers

A leading Nigerian newspaper invites applications from 25 excellent writers for beat reporting, feature writing, investigative stories and more. Ideal candidates are preferably young with excellent writing skills. Interested candidates should have excellent writing skills and must be passionate about journalism irrespective of the degree and must be ready for new challenges. Successful candidates will

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