I found myself again turning to the radio in the car this morning. It just had to be a sports station. For peace of mind and sanity. Commentary around sports, as I have found on this station the few times I have listened, is relatively safe from the acrimony and toxicity that chokes the air […]
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For journalists seeking media programmes and opportunities to enhance their careers, Check out these opportunities with deadlines and apply. If you need assistance to meet some of the requirements contact us: Email: info@mediacareerng.org Phone: 08050498530 DEADLINE: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6 Thousands of journalists around the world are investigating the impact of climate change, and multiple
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Casimir Igbokwe joined The Punch as a Senior Correspondent and was later promoted Chief Correspondent, Editorial Board member, and Sunday Punch Editor. He left the company in 2013 as a Senior Member of the Editorial Board. While at The Punch, he was nominated for a British Council/Cardiff University international colloquium on the role of journalists
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Three Nigerian journalists who have made their mark in the Nigerian media space with outstanding performance have moved on to international media platforms. They took to their social media pages to share the good news have expressed their joy and enthusiasm for their new roles while being celebrated by their fellows. Samad Uthman a multi-award-winning
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A Federal high court in Abuja has ruled that the Nigeria Broadcasting Commission (NBC) lacked the constitutional power to fine media houses as it issues an order of perpetual injunction restraining recurrence. Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, on while ruling on the lawsuit filed by Media Rights Agenda(MRA) stated that NBC being an administrative body created by
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For journalists seeking media programmes and opportunities to enhance their careers, Check out these opportunities with deadlines and apply. If you need assistance to meet some of the requirements contact us: Email: info@mediacareerng.org Phone: 08050498530 DEADLINE: TUESDAY, JANUARY 30 @PPLAAF invites investigative journalists to apply for a training aimed at equipping reporters with tools to
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On seven decades, I rejoice with Elder Dele Banjoko for a good life of service to the media and our great union, the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Lagos Council and the National body. Today’s birthday celebration, January 28, 2024, is instructive. Last year, Elder Dele Banjoko was critically ill and in a coma for
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The daughter of one of the two Nigerian journalists killed in Liberia in 1990, Abisola Awotunsin Itua has written a poem in honour of her father and his colleague calling for better honour for them. Tayo Awotunsin of Champion Newspaper and Krees Imodibe of The Guardian were killed while covering the civil war in Liberia.
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A Nigerian, Saint Mienpamo Onitsha is among the 320 journalists imprisoned last year in connection with their work globally according to the Committee to Protect Journalists’ (CPJ) annual prison census. Mienpamo publisher of Naija Live TV online platform is one of the 67 jailed in Africa as of December 1, 2023. He was arrested on
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The oversight role of the media in ensuring public officials are accountable, responsive, and efficient managers of the Nigeria Defence and Security sector was among the recommendations at the end of a two-day defence and security anti-corruption training for civil society organisations and media practitioners held in Lagos recently. The workshop was organised by the
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