Vanguard columnist, Chief Pini Jason Onyegbaduo,popularly known as Pini Jason, is dead. Vanguard reports that Jason died on Saturday, May 4 afternoon in a Lagos hospital after undergoing a surgical procedure a few days ago. He was 65. Mr. Jason was a long time Vanguard columnist who took a leave of absence in 2007 to […]
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The Seven-up bottling company requires suitable applicants to fill the position of a BRAND MANAGER. The candidate must have a minimum of tertiary degree preferably Masters, Five years experience in Marketing as a manager in another FMCG company (preferably Multinational). Interested candidates to apply in their own handwriting, within two weeks from the date of
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Thirty years after writing a weekly column for The Guardian Newspapers, Sonala Olumhense writes a final piece in which he laments the decay of the Nigerian state. If you are a regular reader of this column, you might like to know that this is the final time I will be writing it in this form.
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The League Management Company (LMC), the new management body of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) requires the services of a Director of Media and Strategic Communications (LMC03). Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, the successful candidate will design and direct strategic marketing-communication plans to develop brand identity, brand profile and loyalty of the LMC
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A leading corporate communication, reputation strategy/management agency requires a smart professional who can think outside the box to fill the role of Senior Media Executive. The candidate must be confident, self motivated and result oriented with a bachelor degree. Relevant professional affiliation will be an added advantage. The ideal candidate should have between 2-5 years
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The United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) in Lagos and Media Rights Agenda (MRA) will hold a joint seminar to discuss the safety of journalists to mark this year’s World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) in Nigeria on May 3. The Seminar scheduled at the Conference Hall of the UN Information Centre in Ikoyi, Lagos is expected
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UNESCO on Tuesday called for safety of journalists across the globe ahead of this year’s World Press Freedom Day scheduled for May 3. The call was contained in a statement signed by Mr Oluseyi Soremekun, the National Programme Officer Communication and Information, UNESCO in Abuja. The organisation urged countries to promote a safe and enabling
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The Managing Editor of the Nigerian Compass Newspaper, Gabriel Akinadewo, has resigned from the organisation. In a letter to the Chairman of Western Publishing Company Limited, publishers of Nigerian Compass and The Westerner, Aare Kola Oyefeso, Akinadewo thanked the Chief Promoter and the Board for the opportunity given him to serve the organisation since 2008.
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By Tayo Johnson, The Nation. Nigerian journalists have been urged to cover issues of family planning as a civic responsibility to the citizens. The Director, Development Communications Network, Mr Akin Jimoh made the call in Ibadan, Oyo State during a training for reporters on family planning reporting. According to him, more lives would be saved
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Jailed Ethiopian journalist Reeyot Alemu has been named the winner of the 2013 World PUNESCO-Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. Announcing the winner April 16, 2013, UNESCO said Ms Alemu was recommended by an independent international jury of media professionals in recognition of her “exceptional courage, resistance and commitment to freedom of expression.” The Jury
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