Hannah Ojo of The Nation Newspapers has emerged as one of the nine winners of the investigative data journalism projects that will tackle African development challenges. The winners will each receive a cash grant of up to $20,000 (depending on the project requirements), as well as support from Code for Africa’s technology and data journalism […]
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Three Nigerians are among the winners of the 2016 CNN/MultiChoice African Journalists of the Year award named at the ceremony held in Nairobi Kenya on October 15, The Nigerian winners are Chika Oduah, Nigeria, Freelance for African Media Initiative, Kenya and Yemisi Akinbobola, Ogechi Ekeanyanwu IQ4News for Premium Times, Nigeria. Four others got certificates of
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The immediate past Editor of Vanguard Newspaper, Mr Mideno Bayagbon has launched an online news website, thenewsguru.com With former Acting Editor of Guardian Newspapers, Jewell Dafinone as its group Managing Editor, the new website according to a statement on Monday by the company “hopes to stem the seeming lack of professionalism among some practitioners in
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Mr. Eze Anaba has been appointed as the new Editor of Vanguard newspaper. He replaces Mideno Bayagbon. Until his appointment,Anaba, who holds a Master’s degree in Communication from Leicester, U.K was Deputy Editor of the paper. He was also former Saturday Editor, Senior Deputy News Editor, and the Law and Human Rights Editor of the
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Winners have emerged in the maiden edition of the PwC Nigeria Media Excellence Awards to celebrate and reward excellence in business reporting in Nigeria. The winners are : *Eromo Egbejule of Ventures Africa, SME Reporting Categorywith his article titled: ‘Walk in these shoes: Aba’s very own leather manufacturing plant’ *FisayoSoyombo of The CableNG, Business &
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Ebenezar Wikina, a young Nigerian digital journalist has been named the Journalist of the month by the International Journalists’s Network. Since 2013 when the Port-Harcourt based writer started blogging without having a laptop of his own, Wikina has started his own interview column, “The Stroll,” in which he has interviewed more than 120 global leaders
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Ebenezar Wikina, a young Nigerian digital journalist has been named the Journalist of the month by the International Journalists’s Network. Since 2013 when the Port-Harcourt based writer started blogging without having a laptop of his own, Wikina has started his own interview column, “The Stroll,” in which he has interviewed more than 120 global leaders
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Publisher and Managing Editor of Western Post Newspaper, Mr Tunde Rahman has been appointed as the new Special Adviser, Media to former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu. Rahman, former Saturday and Sunday editions of THISDAY Newspaper according to PREMIUM TIMES replaces the former media adviser, Mr Sunday Dare recently appointed a Commissioner in
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Two Nigerian journalists, Ajibola Amzat of The Guardian Newspapers and Adedayo Oketola of Saturday Punch have been named among seven finalists for this year’s African Fact-Checking Awards. The award is to honour the best investigative fact-checking carried out by African journalists this year which exposed misleading claims made by leading public figures across the continent.
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September 30, 2016 is the deadline for submission of application by interested journalists to participate in a Dialogue on Sexuality and Role of the Media. Heartland Alliance in collaboration with Projekthope www.projekthope.org is hosting the dialogue under its: Engaging the Media in Human Rights Series from October 3-4, 2016. If you are a media stakeholder,
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