Former Political Editor of The Punch Newspaper, Wale Adedayo has announced the re-launch of his publication, Uhuru Times as a full- colour monthly publication patterned after the New York Times. The publication by the former Chief Press Secretary to former Ogun State Governor, Gbenga Daniel hit the newsstand early March. The print edition of Uhuru […]
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The management of Daily Trust Newspaper has raised an alarm on the abduction of its National Assembly reporter, Musa Abdullahi Krishi on Tuesday, March 13 in Abuja. The statement on the abduction by the newspapers is reproduced below: At about 11.30am on Tuesday, March 13, 2018, our reporter attached to the House of Representatives in
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A day ahead of last Thursday’s International Women’s Day celebration, (IWD) asked a young female journalist what her plans were for the day. Surprised by the question which she never expected, she responded that she was likely to be assigned to cover any of the events planned to mark the day by some organizations. “As
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After seven days in detention, the Bureau Chief of Daily Independent newspaper, Tony Ezimakor was on Tuesday released by the Department of State Services (DSS). His release to his lawyer Douglas Ekhator followed widespread condemnation of his detention without any explanation by the DSS. He was detained when he honoured an invitation by the security service
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Nigerian-American journalist, Bukola Love Oriola has been reappointed as a member of the United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking by President Donald Trump. Oriola, former Education reporter with the defunct National Interest and New Age Newspapers was appointed along with seven others for a two-year term according to a White House statement from the
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Deputy Managing Director of Sun Newspapers, Steve Nwosu, Sunday Editor, Alhaji Fatai Oladehinde and some other top mangers lost their jobs on Thursday in a surprise purge by the company. Others top editorial staff affected included Chairman, Editorial Board, Mrs Wale Sokunbi, Editor, Investigations, Ikenna Emewu, Editor, Special Projects, Emeka Okoroayanwu, Editor, Sporting Sun and
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Abdulsalam Amoo is an education blogger. He started his website, edu.celeb.com which is a resource blog for Nigerian students in 2017. In this interview with OGUNBEWON ADEBUKOLA at the Media Career Center, Lagos Amoo, a graduate of English Education from University of Lagos and Masters from University of Ibadan said the problem of education in
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By Robert Egbe Journalists have been urged to rethink the content and tools with which they serve their audiences. Media experts made the call at the weekend during a one-day training organised by the Journalism Clinic in Lagos with the theme Rethinking Content They urged journalists to embrace multimedia skills through which they can meet
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The 2018 Social Media Week Lagos has commenced on Monday February 26 at Landmark Event Centre in Lagos. The digital media conference which is Themed ‘Closer’, will involve businesses, bloggers, musicians, activists, citizens across Nigeria and around the world who will meet up to network, share ideas and explore the unique, social, economic and cultural
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Four Nigerian journalists have been awarded prizes of 1,750 dollars by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) and the United Nations Foundation for their outstanding coverage of conflict, flooding and desertification. Three of the journalists: Ochiaka Ugwu of People’s Daily Newspapers, Babatunde Okunlola from Royal FM and Kelechukwu Iruoma of Ripples Nigeria won $1,000, $500
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