A vacancy exists for the position of Communication Officer in a forerunner organisation in the NGO community currently looking for committed individuals who are goal-oriented and want to build up their career in a high paced, proficient work environment. Based in Lagos, Nigeria his or her responsibilities include Leading the storytelling and content life of […]
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A forerunner media-based organisation in the NGO community is currently looking for committed individuals who are goal-oriented and want to build up their career in a high paced, proficient work environment for the position of Programme Manager. Based in Lagos, his responsibilities will include the following; Drive major accountability journalism projects – strategy design, proposal
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The Head of the Public Affairs Unit in the Lagos State Ministry of Agriculture, Mr Olajide Isiaka Lawal has been appointed as the new the General Manager of Radio Lagos /Eko FM. The approval of his appointment by the Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu was announced on Tuesday in a statement by the State
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Founder/CEO of Afrobeats Intelligence, a weekly newsletter on African music, Joey Akpan has won a $10,000 (no strings attached) Creator Grant offered by Pallet, a New York-based organisation. Akpan is one of the three winners of the $10,000 grant which Pallet says is to accelerate the future it wants to see. “A world where consumers’
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Nigerian journalists won five out of the seven awards at stake at the West Africa Journalists of the fifth edition of the West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA) in Accra, Ghana on Friday. Samad Uthman of the International Centre for Investigative Reporting, Nigeria who now works for Dataphyte, Nigeria also emerged as joint
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Human rights activists have lamented the continued suppression of freedom of expression and the media in the country despite having a democratic government. They spoke on Tuesday at the Commemorative Lecture and Public Presentation of Remaking Nigeria: 60 Years 60 Voices organised by the Africa Center for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) in partnership with
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Female Journalists in Nigeria and Africa have been urged to occupy their space in investigative journalism to ensure that all underreported issues affecting the people are covered. This call was made by news media stakeholders during a panel session titled, ‘Spaces for Women in Investigative Journalism’ at the Africa Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC) 2021, which
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The Lagos 2021 Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) press week, which begins on Monday, October 18, will focus on crucial issues of national importance. Speaking Friday at LTV complex in Ikeja, Lagos, Adeleye Ajayi, chairman, Lagos State council who said that his administration assumed office November 26, 2020, amidst a very turbulent election, stated that
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Chairman of the Lagos Chapter of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Mr. Adeleye Ajayi has advised journalists to maximize skills acquired at the training provided by Google in Lagos. Welcoming participants to the second batch of the Google News Lab training organised by the NUJ and Google in Lagos, Ajayi said it is the
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Nigeria’s Investigative multimedia journalist, Uthman Samad is on the shortlist of ten for the 2021 Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award. His selection along with nine others from over 200 entries from 55 countries by the foundation judging panel was announced on Friday. After the next rounds of judging, when three finalists will be named, the
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