President on Sunday, May 31st 2015 named Mr Femi Adesina and Mal. Garba Shehu as his spokesmen. Adesina will serve as Special Adviser (Media and Publicity) while Garba Shehu will be the new Senior Special Assistant (Media and Publicity). The new Special Adviser until his appointment was President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) […]
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Winners have emerged in the 2014 Nigerian Academy of Science awards. Folashade Adebayo, a senior correspondent with The Punch newspaper won the print category while Vivian Irikefe of TVC was named winner of the prize in the broadcast category. Ms. Irikefe, said to be the only journalists to have won the award twice was declared
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Femi Adesina was on Saturday re-elected unopposed as the President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. Mr. Adeshina along with some executive members of the association were returned unopposed during the 2015 Biennial Convention of the NGE held in Lagos. The other executive members re-elected were Garbadeen Mohammed
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Student journalists have been urged to read books about the country and travel widely to be better equipped to understand her complex diversity that often poses a challenge to some journalists. Editor of The Guardian, Mr. Martins Oloja, offered the advice at the Professional Forum of Students of Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ), Ogba, Lagos,
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Al Jazeera demands the release of their two Nigerian journalists who have been detained in Maiduguri by Nigerian forces since Tuesday morning. Al Jazeera’s Ahmed Idris and producer Ali Mustafa were detained in their hotel room after they were returning from covering a story on the Nigerian forces fighting Boko Haram in Borno State. The
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In commemoration of the 2015 International Women’s Day marked on March 8, Hannah Ojo writes on some outstanding women journalists in Nigeria . Being a journalist in a tough terrain like the Nigeria is not a job for the lily-livered. From running endlessly to keep deadlines to working with little resources and facilities , only
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Entries are being received for the Promasidor Quill Awards for 2015. The award which started in 2013 is a platform in Nigeria to reward journalists with befitting prizes for dedicated news reportage all year round. Deadline for submission of entries is April 30. Qualifying entries are publications from April 1, 2014 to April 1, 2015
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By Godwin Simon. Davebrook Digital PR Services has unveiled Nigeria’s first online newsroom services, Davebrook PR- a digital platform designed to connect businesses in Nigeria with national and global publicity opportunity. According to the information made available on its official website, the organisation is committed to linking businesses in Nigeria to global professionals through online
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By Godwin Simon The School of Media and Communication, Pan-Atlantic University has called for enrollment for a Certificate in Media Enterprise (CME) programme. The programme which would commence next month would feature courses geared towards equipping participants with the entrepreneurial spirit and leadership ability required to turn a creative idea into a successful business venture.
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