Kaduna State Governor, Nasiru El-Rufai has denied that his government is muzzling the media and impinging on the rights of people to free speech. He denied the accusation in a message to the opening of a workshop on conflict prevention and peace building for civil society organisations organized by the Institute for Peace and Conflict […]
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Veteran journalist, Gbenga Oni Olusola highlights sports journalism and development exploits of Godwin Dudu Orumen Yeah, if you are a sports lover, this face must be familiar to you, if not even his name, Godwin Dudu Orumen. To lovers of football and everything about football , local and foreign, this Edo State, but highly cosmopolitan
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By Efosa Taiwo and Nurudeen Salako Law and journalism experts have expressed concerns over standards of campus journalism practice in the country due to high rate of censorship of by authorities of the institutions. The experts who spoke at the Ogun State Campus Journalism Summit organised by Press Club MAPOLY in Abeokuta said these stifling
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Tunde Ajaja of Saturday PUNCH has emerged winner of the prize for Print-Science Journalist of the Year 2016 in the National Academy of Science (NAS) media awards. Ajaja’s emergence, at the Annual Appreciation Luncheon for Science Journalists and award ceremony held on Thursday, is the fifth consecutive win by The PUNCH staff in the last five years.
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The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria has condemned the assault of Mr. Amadin Uyi, a reporter with the Silverbird Television, by police officers during the peaceful anti-Buhari protest at Unity Fountain in Abuja on August 8, 2017. Uyi, alongside his cameraman, was reportedly brutally attacked, while the camera was snatched and its content tampered with. The
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Former Senior Special Assistant, Media, to Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, Mrs. Funmi Wakama, is the new General Manager, Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), Channel 12, Abeokuta.a successful and glorious tenure. Information about Wakama’s appointment was disclosed in a facebook post by Special Assistant, Media in Ogun State, Yemisi Fadairo. “A telephone call, this afternoon,
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Former Head, Communication and Media Enterprise Department, Pan Atlantic University, Dr Isah Mommoh has urged journalists to elevate science reportage to national consciousness. He made the call during the Nigeria Academy of Science (NAS) Annual Award for Science Journalists and Appreciation Luncheon in Lagos. Speaking on the topic, ”Scientific journalism for award winning innovation and
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The Reproduction Rights Society of Nigeria (REPRONIG) says it is poised to ensure that tertiary institutions pay royalty to authors, journalists and photographers whose works are being photocopied on campuses. Mr John Asein, the Executive Director of REPRONIG made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja.
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Talking about young and getting it, Oluwamayowa Tijani is a young journalist who knows his onions and is obviously on a path to greater feat in his media journey. The graduate of the University of Ibadan, staff writer and columnist at TheCable, has won the Chevening scholarship for a master’s degree in the UK. Chevening
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Talking about young and getting it, Oluwamayowa Tijani is a young journalist who knows his onions and is obviously on a path to greater feat in his media journey. The graduate of the University of Ibadan, staff writer and columnist at TheCable, has won the Chevening scholarship for a master’s degree in the UK. Chevening
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