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Nigerian, Beninois journalists, others escape death on board flight

Over 75 passengers and crew narrowly including officials of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, (NUJ) escaped death Thursday, March 28  as a Rabat, Morocco-bound Royal Air Maroc flight lost one of its engines mid-air in Lagos. The flight, which according to Vanguard Newspapers  took off at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, at about 7:30am, […]

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April 17 deadline for CNN/Multichoice African Journalist Award

April 17, 2013 is the deadline for submission of entries for the CNN/Multichoice African Journalist Awards 2013. Requirements for  entry according to information available on the organiser’s website www.edition.cnn.com are as follows:   Who can enter You must be an African National, working on the continent for African owned, or headquartered, media organisations. Your work

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Vacancies: Client Service Executive, Graphic Artist

Client Service Executive Vacancies exist in a Lagos based Marketing and Public Relations Consultancy Company that has a sole franchise for the entire African market for paramedical /lifestyle products for the post of Client Service Executives C02. The candidate must possess a minimum of University Degree or its equivalent in Mass Communication, Marketing, Theatre Arts

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Vacancies in Leadership Newspaper

VACANCIES IN LEADERSHIP NEWSPAPER Leadership Group Limited is seeking applications from qualified candidates to fill the following vacancies: 1.       ADVERTISEMENT DIRECTOR (ABUJA): The right candidate is expected to oversee the advert department, which includes supplements, business development division and online assets. He will create structure and processes that will guarantee the achievement of targets. He

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'Journalism either changes the environment or is irrelevant'

By Chido Nwakanma. “Activism journalism is about changing the environment. It does not matter what area you cover”, so declares Ms Toyosi Ogunseye, the young and vibrant investigative journalist that has had one of the fastest career leaps in the history of The Punch and journalism generally. “If nobody is complaining about your story, then

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‘Journalism either changes the environment or is irrelevant’

By Chido Nwakanma. “Activism journalism is about changing the environment. It does not matter what area you cover”, so declares Ms Toyosi Ogunseye, the young and vibrant investigative journalist that has had one of the fastest career leaps in the history of The Punch and journalism generally. “If nobody is complaining about your story, then

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Louis Odion: 'Mr Capacity' at 40

Edo State Commissioner for Information, Louis Odion will on March 25 clock 40. In this tribute, Precious Igbonewelundu of The Nation Newspapers x-rays the career of the accomplished journalist. I happened to be present sometime ago when he walked into a gathering of his media colleagues and the shouts of ‘Capacity!’, ‘Capacity!!’ rent the air.

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