Lekan Otufodunrin

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5 WAYS NIGERIAN VLOGGERS CAN GET MORE SUBSCRIBERS ON YOUTUBE.NG

Nkem Ndem Youtube.ng, a free video streaming platform owned by Google, is currently the leading platform for Video blogging and Video content marketing in the Nigeria. With over a million unique users per month, Youtube.ng is a platform considered by everyone on the look for online marketing and publicity with hope for benefits in the […]

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THISDAY’s Akingbolu wins SERA’s CSR award

THISDAY’s Raheem Akingbolu has won the Tunmise Adekunle Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Reporting Category of Social Enterprise Reporting Award (SERA)-CSR AFRICA of year 2016. Gbenga Salau of the The Guardian was the first runner-up while Adedeji Ademigbuji of The Nation, was second runner-up in the Category. A total of twenty-six awards were won by corporate

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VACANCY : EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, AFRICA DIVISION

FULL-TIME JOB VACANCY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Africa Division Location: TBD Application Deadline: Open Until Filled The Program Department of Human Rights Watch (“HRW”) is seeking a senior, experienced professional as the Executive Director of Africa Division, which is the organization’s chief strategist and representative for all matters involving sub-Saharan Africa. The Executive Director is responsible for

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Entries invited for 2017 Re/Insurance Journalism Awards

Entries have been invited for the 2017 Pan-African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards. Sponsored by Continental Reinsurance, the awards recognize outstanding works of journalists from both English and French speaking countries across the continent. According to the statement issued by the organisers, “The awards are an extension of Continental Reinsurance’s continued commitment to the advancement of excellence

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New Telegraph’s Energy Editor bags Africa Investigative Journalism Conference Bursary

Energy Editor of the New Telegraph newspaper, Adeola Yusuf has bagged the Africa Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC) Bursary in South Africa. New Telegraph reports that, the story, published in New Telegraph newspaper on Saturday, June 24, 2016 titled: “Mega Crude Theft: How $50bn stolen crude from Nigeria found its way to refineries in Europe, US”,

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Call for Bloomberg Financial Training program

In a bid to strengthen Nigerian journalists’ skills in capital markets and data analysis, Bloomberg Media Initiative Africa (BMIA) has called for the last intake of applicants on advancement Financial Journalism Training Program. In a statement issued by BMIA, the six-month certificate programme is to enhance journalists’ knowledge in public policy and financial and economic

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Seriously, I have a professional 'crush' on Linda Ikeji

What’s the big deal about blogger and media entrepreneur, Linda Ikeji? Lekan Otufodunrin writes on the missed opportunities that Linda and others have taken advantage of. I had my first email account, lotufodunrin@hotmail.com in 1998, a year after Linda Ikeji, Nigeria’s number 1 blogger, finished secondary school at 16 going to 17. By 2006 when

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Seriously, I have a professional ‘crush’ on Linda Ikeji

What’s the big deal about blogger and media entrepreneur, Linda Ikeji? Lekan Otufodunrin writes on the missed opportunities that Linda and others have taken advantage of. I had my first email account, lotufodunrin@hotmail.com in 1998, a year after Linda Ikeji, Nigeria’s number 1 blogger, finished secondary school at 16 going to 17. By 2006 when

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3+ Lessons from 3 award-winning journalists

Reading through the reports on three recent media awards and fellowship winners, Lekan Otufodunrin, media career development specialist highlights a number of things the winners did that gave them the edge over colleagues. 1. Write stories that have impact and result in action by authorities: Tobi Aworinde of Sunday Punch who recently emerged winner of

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