By Biyi Oluniyi President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed new heads for government owned media houses, including, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) and the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) . Ima Niboro, former spokesman to President Jonathan was appointed the Managing Director of NAN, Sola Omole becomes the new Director-General of […]
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Biyi Oluniyi Tokunbo Adedoja has been appointed as Editor, THISDAY, The Sunday paper. Adedoja whose appointment takes effect from February 1, 2014, takes over from Rahman Tunde who resigned in order to pursue his publishing career. He is the publisher of Western Post, a regional newspaper, covering basically, the old Western region. Adedoja is a
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The death of Mr Toyin Obadina, Deputy Editor, Saturday Newswatch from the guns of suspected armed robbers, is not only agonizing and horrendous, it is quite sickening. All men of the fraternity of the pen, to which Obadina belonged, are revolted that a man returning home from his legitimate duty is waylaid, robbed, and then
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The death of Mr Toyin Obadina, Deputy Editor, Saturday Newswatch from the guns of suspected armed robbers, is not only agonizing and horrendous, it is quite sickening. All men of the fraternity of the pen, to which Obadina belonged, are revolted that a man returning home from his legitimate duty is waylaid, robbed, and then
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Africa’s first awards honouring journalism that scrutinises what public figures in Africa say has been launched by the AFP Foundation and Africacheck.org. AFP Foundation is AFP news agency’s non-profit media training organization while www.africacheck.org, Africa’s first fact-checking website. “It is essential for democracies to function properly, that claims made by public personalities can be checked
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Resolve to be a better journalist Lekan Otufodunrin writes on how journalists can make the best of 2014 At the beginning of every New Year, it is fashionable to make New Year resolutions. Many really desire and resolve to do things differently in the New Year. Unfortunately, only few manage to achieve their goals. Before
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Former Lagos State governor, Alhaji Lateef Jakande has hinted of plans to revive the publication of his rested newspaper, Lagos News on Mondays. He disclosed the plan in an interview with Saturday Punch during which he attributed the stoppage of the publication to economic reasons. Alhaji Jakande, a veteran journalist noted that journalism practice in
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Nigerian journalists have been asked to report positive news items to change the negative perception of the country. Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State made the call Saturday when the Managing Director of The Telegraph newspapers, Mr. Bolaji Tunji and his management team paid him a courtesy visit at Governor’s Office, Uyo. “Let’s us change the
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Kelechi Amakoh writes of the feat by Toyosi Ogunleye, Editor, Sunday Punch who has won six awards this year with her three part investigative story, The rich also cry. This is the time of the year when excellence and hard work in the media is being rewarded. Time of the year when persons and organisations
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By Kelechi Amakoh With a pop culture orientation,’ News of the World’, a new newspaper is set to join the league of newspapers jostling for space in the print media market. The soon-to-be-published newspaper promises to adopt ‘human angle slants and flourishes’ reporting style. The brains behind the project are two returnees from abroad: Ekerete
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