From being an intern and staff of Rhythm FM in Lagos and Abuja, Fidelis Mbah has moved on to become an international journalist with work experience in six foreign media organisations. He is presently Deputy Director at CGTN Africa, the African bureau of China Global Television Network. Before joining CGTN, he worked for TRT World, Aljazeera […]
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A former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, the Executive Director of the Media Rights Agenda, Edetaen Ojo, and ten journalists have been shortlisted for the 12th edition of the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting The ceremony organized by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) is scheduled to hold on the World Anti-Corruption
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All is set for the commencement of the Africa Business Media Innovators (ABMI) 2017 in Accra, Ghana on Monday, November 13. Speakers and participants for the summit at the Kempinski Hotel, Gold Coast City have arrived for the three-day gathering to be hosted by Matt Winkler, Co-Founder & Editor Emeritus, Bloomberg News, and Justin Smith,
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FROM UN WOMEN Dear editors, reporters, anchors of news organizations and bloggers, I am writing to you with a personal invitation from UN Women, to join us in a rising wave of voices speaking out to end violence against women. As #metoo and its spin offs reverberate through social and other media, both women and
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Oluwaseyi Babarinde writes on five major tips for excelling in Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) examinations. The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) is the body, by law, responsible for the practice of public relations in Nigeria. Like every other professional body, the NIPR has the responsibility to set the standard of practice and
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The National Information Officer of UN Information Centre (UNIC), Oluseyi Soremekun, has called on the media to drive the new narratives about urban development in Nigeria. He made the call at a Media Workshop on Post-Habitat III Conference/ New Urban Agenda organised by UNIC and the UN-Habitat Nigeria . Soremekun said the media need to
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Three journalists have been appointed into various positions in Nasarawa state by Governor Umaru Al-Makura. The appointees as Mr Musa Elayo, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the Governor; and Mr Yahuza Idris, the Chairman of Lafia Local Government Interim Management Committee (IMC). The third appointee is Mr Tukura Matthew, a member of the Karu
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The Nigeria Football Supporters Club has expressed shock at the death of its member and veteran sports journalist, Mr Ewedapo Akintunde, which occurred on Saturday. Akintunde, who retired from the News Agency of Nigeria in 2016 as an Assistant Editor-in-Chief, died in his residence in Itoki, Ogun, during an illness. He was aged 60 and
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As the global community marks the “International Day for Universal Access to Information” (IDUAI), the International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria has announced the launch of the “The Nigerian Journalists Internet Rights Initiative (NJIRI)”. Director of IPC, Mr. Lanre Arogundade said the main objectives of the NJIRI are to defend Internet and digital rights as well
Isioma Madike, a reporter with the New telegraph newspaper has won the reporter of the year award at this year Nigerian Breweries Golden Pen Award. The reporterwon on his investigative report, “Shonga Farms: The dream of Zimbabwean Whites’’, which seek to reveal the happenings at the Shonga farm project believe to have been a dead
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