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Reporter gets N2m support grant for child labour reporting

To enhance reporting of child labour issues in the country, Sharon Ijasan of Television Continental (TVC) is to get a N2 million grant. The grant by an anonymous donor was announced on Monday at the 14the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting ceremony in Lagos by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Reporting (WSCIJ). Although […]

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The Next Edition editor wins Wole Soyinka Centre Investigative award

Editor of The Next Edition, an online newspaper, Isine Ibanga has emerged the winner of the 2019 Nigerian Investigative Reporter of the Year organized by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism. He was declared the winner at the award ceremony held in Lagos on Monday during which 12 other journalists, the Amnesty International Nigeria,

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women

‘Why women are more financially excluded in Nigeria’

By Oyinlola Awonuga Lack of education, income and trust are major causes of women’s financial exclusion in Nigeria. Enhancing Financial Innovation and Access (EFInA) an organisation committed to promoting financial inclusion in Nigeria stated this at a press conference in Lagos last Friday. The Head Research of the organisation, Ashley Immanuel who disclosed the outcome

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‘How to sustain your writing passion if you’re not earning enough’

By Dayo Emmanuel Executive Director of Media Career Development Network, (MCDN), Mr. Lekan Otufodunrin has advised independent creative journalists and writers to find alternative sources of income to sustain their passion. Otufodunrin, former Online Editor and Director Special Publications at The Nation Newspaper who spoke at the explanatory/interactive session on creative writing, independent publishing and

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Egwu, African colleagues win Hosterwriter story Prize

International award-winning Nigerian journalist, Patrick Egwu and two colleagues, Annie Njanja (Kenya) and Mamadou Lamine Ba (Senegal) have emerged winners of the 2019 Hostwriter Story Prize for Journalism collaboration. With a cross-border story on Female Genital Mutilation in Nigeria, Kenya and Senegal they were named second-place winners with 1000 euros prize grant in Berlin, Germany

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ICPC: Role of the media in constituency projects implementation

By Tunde Abatan, Contributing Editor The Nigeria media has come a long way in the emergence of the country, its independence from colonial rule and under the military dictatorship. Yet, the decision to checkmate its activities through the obnoxious Hate Speech and Fake News bills now before the National Assembly has not discouraged agents of

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13 reporters shortlisted for Wole Soyinka Award

Thirteen journalists from print, online, television, radio, photo, and editorial cartoon categories have been shortlisted for the 2019 Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Journalism. The shortlisting was announced in a statement the Executive Director/CEO, Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ), Mrs Motunrayo Alaka.  Similarly, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Amnesty International and veteran photojournalist, Sunmi Smart-Cole,

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New Media as the Future of the Newsroom: Myth or Reality?

Text of a paper delivered by Mr Edward Dickson, Managing Director/Editor in Chief African Newspapers of Nigeria Plc, at the 15th All Nigeria Editors’ Conference held in Sokoto from November 27 to December 1, 2019   The new media is the translation of Marshall McLuhan’s prediction in his seminal 1964 book, Understanding Media: Extensions of Man,

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