A reliable source grants you an interview but denies speaking to you when your report is published. Kelechi Amakoh writes on the experiences of some journalists who found themselves in this embarrassing situation. Some say journalism is history compiled in a hurry, while others say journalism projects every side of the society that is able […]
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An ecologist, Mr Abdullahi Aremu, on Monday urged the media to sensitise Nigerians to the dangers of using refrigerators, air conditioning units which emit ozone-depleting substances like chlorofluorocarbons into the atmosphere. Aremu, the Director-General, Advocacy for Environmental and Sanitation Integrity, an NGO, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.
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A multiple award-winning journalist and political strategist, Idowu Ajanaku has been appointed as the Special Adviser on Information and Strategy by the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwumi Ambode. In a letter signed by the Head of the State Service, Mrs. Folasade Sidikatu Adesoye, the appointment is in line with Governor Ambode’s vision to strengthen the
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The newly-appointed Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Kehinde Bamigbetan on Monday, January 15 resumed office and got a rousing welcome by officials and staff. Speaking during the event, the former Commissioner, Mr. Steve Ayorinde said the government is a continuous process that abhors a vacuum and expressed happiness that he was handing
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Founder of Orodata Science, Blaise Aboh has emerged winner of the Quartz’s Atlas for Africa competition. Blaise’s winning prize is a ten-day, nine-night trip to New York City to visit Quartz’s offices, and to Washington, D.C. to visit ICFJ’s offices. He will meet with journalists similarly obsessed with data visualization and participate in some training.
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Abdulwarees Solanke laments the problem of lack of regulation of media practice and poor remuneration in Nigeria Jerusalem is the city of David, Prophet Daud in the Quran. It is the Yiddish rendering of the Arabic word, Darussalaam, as in the name of the small oil-rich Malay dominated South East Asian nation of Brunei Darussalam,
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Entries have been invited for the 2018 Citi Journalistic Excellence Award (CJEA) for finance and business reporting in Nigeria. February 26 is the deadline for submission of entries by any exceptional finance or business journalist working in print media, wire services or electronic media. “This year’s gifted winner will join others from countries across Europe,
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Seye Joseph Being the first Nigerian university to obtain broadcasting license from the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission for both radio and television production, University of Lagos has promised to provide quality contents in all its programs on the institution’s television station. The former Head of Department of Mass Communication of the institution, Prof. Ralph Akinfeleye said
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By Olamide Bakare I couldn’t imagine a world without the media. The global significance of the media cannot be overemphasised. In journalism parlance, the ripple effect of the ‘magic bullet’ theory model for communications on its audiences is invariably enormous. With just a single investigative news item, the media can set the world ablaze. Likewise,
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After serving as Commissioner for Information in Rivers State under the Rotimi Amaechi’s administration and Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), award-winning journalist, Mrs Ibim Semenitari is back at her desk as publisher of BUSINESS EYE Magazine. The magazine will soon hit the newsstand according to a facebook post by Bekke
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