“Women journalists are a special breed, like diamonds covered with dry leaves. They are a stronger breed when compared to their male counterparts.” These are the words of Juliana Francis, Deputy Editor of The EagleOnline and Publisher of SecurityNewsAlert.com, during a one-day workshop titled, “Leading (Media) Ladies” organised by Blessing Oladunjoye, Publisher of BONews, as […]
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Media personality and host of ‘Your View,’ Morayo Afolabi-Brown, has embarked on a new chapter in her career as she recently launched her book titled ‘Becoming The Queen of Talk TV,’ and celebrated her remarkable 10-year journey as a broadcaster. In her own words, Morayo describes the book as a compelling tell-all story that unveils
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Nigerian journalist, Philip Obaji, a correspondent for The Daily Beast on Wednesday won the 2023 One World Media International Journalist of the Year award at a ceremony in London, Obaji is the first Nigerian to win this category of the award, with the Founder of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), Fisayo Soyombo previously
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The Chairperson of the Lagos State Chapter of the National Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Dr Adeola Ekine has stressed the need for mentoring to enhance the careers of young female journalists. Ekine gave the charge at a one-day workshop titled, “Leading (Media) Ladies” organised by Blessing Oladunjoye, Publisher of BONews, as part of the
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Vice President of Corporate Communications and CSR, Airtel Africa, Emeka Oparah in a Facebook post writes on his 21 years career in the Telecommunications sector. Last Saturday, I clocked 21 years in the telecommunications industry! I was delighted to receive a notification, early on Saturday morning, from the great Airtel Africa HR team reminding me
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Editor (Daily) of Vanguard Newspaper Eze Anaba has been elected the new President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE). He succeeds Mustapha Isa of Silverbird Television who served for only a term of two years. Anaba scored 250 votes to defeat his rival, Bolaji Adebiyi, former Editor, THISDAY who scored 81 votes in the
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Eunice Ayobami who participated in a training for entry-level female journalists, writes on the insights shared by the facilitators and lessons learnt by the participants. It was an opportunity for unlearning, learning, and relearning requirements for excelling and overcoming gender limitations in the media industry for entry-level female journalists at the one-day capacity-building workshop held
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The Executive Director of Media Career Development Network, Mr Lekan Otufodunrin has advised female journalists to have a career plan to guarantee their success in the profession despite the state of the industry. Otufodunrin spoke last Friday at a capacity-building Workshop for entry-level female journalists organised by the Publisher of BONews, Blessing Oladunjoye as her
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With her energetic presentation style and captivating appearance, the Deputy Editor of Eagle Online, Mrs Juliana Francis last Friday armed female journalists with the necessary knowledge they need to survive in a typical Nigerian media organization newsroom, which males often dominate. Francis was one of the speakers at a capacity-building Workshop for entry-level female journalists
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Nigerian investigative journalist Philip Obaji Jr. has received the Jaime Brunet International Prize at the Public University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain. Obaji who is the first from West Africa to receive the prestigious award previously won by Pope Francis, the Dalai Lama and other top personalities shared the prize with the Wassu Foundation, a
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