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Uni:nnovators Demo Day: Six student- lead starts-ups selected in Nigeria

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Creation Hub in partnership with Make-IT in Africa, implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) has officially announces the six Student-led Startups for the Uninnovators’ Startups-in-Residence programme. The programme is designed to inspire innovations in selected tertiary institutions in Africa – namely, University of Ibadan (Nigeria), University of Lagos (Nigeria), University of Nairobi (Kenya), […]

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Encryption workshop for journalists, human rights defenders

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The Human Rights Journalists Network Nigeria (HRJN) has announced a one-day Encryption workshop which would help to protect digital privacy among journalists and human rights defenders. Executive Director of HRJN, Kehinde Adegboyega in a press said the workshop in collaboration with the Internet Society Foundation and AccessNow will be held on Saturday, October 21, 2023.

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Group urges female journalists to aspire for leadership positions

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Female journalists have been advised to be passionate and mentally resilient to assume leadership positions in the workplace. The Executive Director of LightRay Media, Ms Ejiro Umukoro, gave the advise in Port Harcourt during a virtual leadership summit it organised for female journalists in Rivers. Umukoro said that the event, tagged “LightRay for 100 Women

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Entries for18th Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting open

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The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has announced the opening of submissions for the 18th edition of the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting (WSAIR). According to the press release by WSCIJ, Journalists in Nigeria are invited to submit their entries from October 4 to October 24, 2023, by 4 p.m. The award

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Interns mark International Day of the Girl Child at WigRadio

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Interns of WigRadio.com and Media Career Development Network (MCDN) during an exchange programme at the WiGRadio studio in Alimosho, Lagos held a live programme to celebrate the International Day of the girl-child. Speaking at the event, the Executive Director of MCDN, Mr. Lekan Otufodunrin said roles should not be based on gender identity but on

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Interns mark International Day of the Girl Child, advocate for equality

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Interns of WigRadio.com and Media Career Development Network (MCDN), participating in an exchange programme have commemorated the 2023 edition of the International Day of the Girl Child, advocating for equality and rights of the girl child. The exchange program in its second phase was held at the studio of Wisdom Gate Radio also known as

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Interns demand equal treatment for male, female children

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The question of whether the female child should be given the same rights as her male counterpart was the focus of discussion at a live program at WiGRadio.com. a Lagos-based online radio station when interns of the Media Career Development Network (MCDN) visited the station on an internship exchange programme. The visit to WiGRadio last

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WigRadio, MCDN interns mark International Day of Girl-Child

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Wisdom Gate Radio (WigRadio) and Media Career Development Network (MCDN) have held the second leg of the internship exchange programme for interns of the two organisations. The interns learnt a lot from the guest facilitators at the event which also coincided with the International Day of the Girl Child. The Executive Director of MCDN, Mr.

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Maximising editorial skills in newsrooms

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Media Career Development specialist reflects on how to better utilize newsroom skills against the background of the changing media landscape. With the increasing downturn in the fortunes of media houses, especially legacy ones, the easiest way to meet operating costs is to reduce staff strength. Since the newspapers for example now produce fewer pages and

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Broadcaster’s call for help: Construction of house for woman begins

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An elderly woman, Mrs Irene Omotayo Adejoro, will soon have a new house to her name in Ibadan, Oyo State following the intervention by the Splash FM popular broadcaster and On Air Personality , Edmund Obilo, who has helped her reach the local authority and the general public for aid. Half of the former residence

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