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Cable publisher Kolawole named LEAP Africa director

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The Publisher and Founder of The Cable Online Newspaper, Simon Kolawole has been appointed a Director of Leadership, Effectiveness, Accountability & Professionalism (LEAP) Africa , a nonprofit organization. Kolawole was appointed along with Claire Omateseye, Founder and Managing Director of JNC Nigeria Limited and Rabi Isma, Director, Leadership and Organisational Development, Etisalat Nigeria. Others on […]

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Adedigba: Guardian of the word

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Olayinka Oyegbile, Deputy Editor, The Nation on Sunday writes on his recent re-union with his former boss at The Guardian, Alhaji Rasaq Adedigba who “painstakingly taught practical sub editing, a world away from whatever theories learnt in our various institutions.” More than a decade and a half ago that we both parted ways in The

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Invitation for fellowship application

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The Dag Hammarskjöld Fund for Journalists is now accepting applications from professional journalists from developing countries for its 2016 fellowship program. The application deadline is March 18, 2016. The fellowships are available to radio, television, print and web journalists, age 25 to 35, from developing countries who are interested in coming to New York to

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Who’s marginalising women in Nigerian media?

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Are women journalists marginalised? This was the topic of discussion at a round-table discussion organised by Journalism Clinic, a media training organisation in Lagos. Lande ABUDU reports on the outcome of the programme. “Gentlemen of the press” was the title of a Broadway play in 1928. The following year, it was adapted into an all-talking

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Urgent vacancies in Abuja radio station

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Wakili Digital Media, a media consultancy is recruiting the following staff for an FM Station in Abuja, Nigeria. Head of News Qualification Minimum of Bachelors degree/ HND in Mass Communication/related fields. A PG qualification in communication will be an advantage. Skills • Must be able to provide leadership and guidance in a radio newsroom. •

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$.5m grants, technical support for journalists

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Nigerian journalists have a chance to participate in Africa’s first data-driven investigative journalism initiative with $500,000 in grants and technical support for reportage that changes lives. The new impactAFRICA initiative which was launched last week will seek to support pioneering data journalism that tackles development issues, such as public healthcare, in six initial African countries:

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Six journalism opportunities to apply for in February

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Looking to expand your journalism toolkit, take on a new beat or receive recognition for your work? Check out these promising courses, fellowships and competitions with deadlines in February. Each is open to journalists worldwide. Click here to read more

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Thisday Deputy Political editor is dead

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Deputy Political Editor of Thisday newspaper, Prince Ademola Adeyemo is dead. Adeyemo, 56, reportedly suddenly slumped and died on Sunday evening at his Ibadan home. A 1986 Mass Communication graduate of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Adeyemo who also holds a masters degree in Industrial Psychology from University of Ibadan was former Oyo and Osun States correspondent

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Encounter with Buhari’s spokesmen

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Vice President of the Public Relations Consultants Association of Nigeria (PRCAN) writes on the courtesy visit of the association to Presidential spokesmen, Femi Adesina and Garba Shehu. Public Relations Consultants Association of Nigeria (PRCAN) sent a three-member delegation to pay a courtesy visit to the spokesmen of President Muhammdu Buhari. The delegation was led

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Tribute: Sleep well Sister Foluke – Adesina

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Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina in this piece, pays tribute to his sister, Professor Foluke Ogunleye who recently died in a motor accident while on a visit to the country from Botswana where she is on sabbatical. It’s a day in British tradition dedicated to opening boxes of gifts received at

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