A veteran journalist, Mr Tony Obiora Nezianya, has been appointed as one of the special assistants on media to Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra. Nezianya retired from the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) after 34 years of service and later became the Group Editor-In Chief of Echonewsng.com, an online news medium. He retired as Director/Head […]
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Praise Olowe, a graduate of Mass Communication from Joseph Ayo University (JABU) on national youth service at The Nation Newspapers shares her thoughts on contributions of speakers at the Women in Journalism Conference 2017. Considering the speed at which the world of technology, social media and information dissemination is growing, it has become very
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By Dayo Emmanuel Five aspirants have been provisionally cleared for various positions to be contested at the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Lagos Council 2017 election. In a statement on the outcome of the screening signed by Chairman Electoral Committee of the NUJ, Ajibola Ojesola, Dr Quasim Akinreti of Voice of Nigeria and Adeleye Ajayi
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Media Rights Agenda (MRA), a non governmental organization focused on freedom of expression and access to information for media development has inducted another Federal Ministry arm into its famous “FOI Hall of Fame”. The “FOI Hall of Shame” was launched by MRA, on July 3, to draw attention to public officials and institutions that are
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Media Rights Agenda (MRA), a non governmental organization focused on freedom of expression and access to information for media development has inducted another Federal Ministry arm into its famous “FOI Hall of Fame”. The “FOI Hall of Shame” was launched by MRA, on July 3, to draw attention to public officials and institutions that are
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By ‘Ronke Sanya Drawing a line between who a blogger is and who a journalist is in the face of dawn of tech and increased online reporting in Nigerian society has become more controversial than definite. Some schools of thought claim that journalists are more real than bloggers, while some believe bloggers are more prompt
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Segun Odunayo speaks with staff of The Nation on the company’s 11th anniversary Vintage Press Limited, publishers of The Newspapers has marked 11 years of the company’s existence with staff recalling memorable experiences of their stay in the organisation. The staff who spoke with www.mediacareerng.org also suggested how to improve on the operations of the
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Multiple award-winning Senior Correspondent of Punch Newspaper, Folashade Adebayo has been named one of the British Chevening Scholars for 2017/18. The award is a full-funded post-graduate study in the United Kingdom She will study International Relations and Law at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. Reacting to selection for the scholarship, Folashade said “It is
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By Kelechi Amakoh After three acting appointments of heads of the department of Mass Communication , University of Lagos, Professor Abigail Qgwezzy-Ndisika has been named as the substantive head. Ogwezzy-Ndisika whose three-year tenure commenced from August 1 took over from Acting head, Dr. Oloruntola Sunday who served a one year term. The department’s first female
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The Kano State Anti-corruption and Public Complaints Commission says a journalist has handed over cash of N700, 000 bribe given to him in order to kill a story he was working on. Muhyi Rimingado, Chairman of the commission, made this known during a press conference to update the public on the progress of the investigation
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