Journalists urge to see social media as positive challenge, says NPAN, NUJ

Mr Nduka Obaigbena, Chairman Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN) on Thursday advised the Nigerian media to see the social media as a positive challenge. Obaigbena made the call while delivering a goodwill message at the ongoing All Nigerian Editors Conference (ANEC) holding in Port Harcourt. He stated that the emergence of the social media […]

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Stan Ekeh to chair News Express 5th Anniversary Lecture

The 5th Anniversary Lecture of New Express will hold in Lagos, on Thursday, September 28, 2017 with Serial ICT entrepreneur Leo Stan Ekeh as Chairman. News Express Publisher Isaac Umunna announced the details of the lecture in a press statement. “We are honoured to have Chief Ekeh, Chairman of foremost Information and Communications Technology (ICT)

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Oyewole: First African journalist on East-West journalism fellowship

A Senior Reporter of the Daily Trust Newspapers, Nurudeen Adeyinka Oyewole recently emerged as the first Nigerian and sub-saharan African journalist to win the East-West journalism fellowship in United States. Oyewole, based in Lagos is one of the 14 other international journalists selected from Asia, North America, Europe and Africa. Since the journalism fellowship began in

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Migration and Climate Fellowship for Nigerian journalists

The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is accepting applications for its Reporting Fellowship on Migration and Climate Change. The Fellowship is open to journalists from Nigeria who will take part in two half-day virtual workshops on covering SDGs, with a focus on climate and migration. Based on the stories produced after the workshop, Fellows will be

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Journalists have lost their pride due to the “brown envelope’’

A renewed call has been made  for better remuneration for journalists in the country and transparency by union leaders in the industry. The call was made on Wednesday when the campaign train of Mr Adeleye Ajayi, a Chairmanship candidate in the forthcoming election of the Lagos Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), visited NTA 2

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Bayero University's Communication complex commissioned

The new Faculty of Communication complex in Bayero University, Kano (BUK) has been inaugurated. The main faculty building house the Departments of Mass Communication, Information and Media Studies, Theatre and Performing Arts and Film Studies. It also has the Broadcasting Complex where the complete digital broadcasting equipment for the faculty would be installed. The Minister

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