Veteran journalist and ombudsman, Alhaji Alade Odunewu, is dead. The former Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Nigeria Media Merit Award (NMMA), 85 died at the St. Nicholas Hospital, Lagos, four months before his 86th birthday. Odunewu was famous for his satirical essays and his ‘Allah De’ column published in the Daily Times and later […]
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Three Nigerian journalists, Oluwatoyosi Ogunseye, Editor of Sunday Punch and Tolu Ogunlesi, Freelance for Ventures Africa and Geoff Iyatse, The Guardian, are on the final list of nominees for the prestigious CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2013 Competition. They are among 27 finalists from 11 countries announced on Monday by Ferial Haffajee, Chair of the independent
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Blessing Olisa, MCS Reporter Interested participants have been invited for a Certificate in Media Enterprise course at the School of Media and Communication, Pan-Atlantic University. The course scheduled to run from the August 6 to November 13 is designed to equip participants with an entrepreneurial spirit and the leadership ability required to turn a creative
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The management of Punch Newspapers has confirmed the appointments of two of its acting editors. Martins Ayankola was confirmed as Editor of the daily paper, while Toyosi Ogunseye was confirmed as Editor of Sunday Punch. Emeka Madunagu, erstwhile acting editor of Saturday Punch has reportedly been reassigned to head the Editorial Training department of the
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Blessing Olisa Punch Nigeria Limited, publishers of The PUNCH, Saturday PUNCH and Sunday PUNCH titles has vacancies for a few ‘serious minded’ graduates who will be absorbed into its workforce as correspondents on completion of a three month training. According to an advert in the paper on Monday, July 8, 2013, applicants (preferably between 22
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Nigeria’s Tope Folarin has won the 2013 Caine Prize for African Writing, described as Africa’s leading literary award, for his short story entitled ‘Miracle’ from Transition<http://dubois.fas.harvard.edu/transition-magazine>, Issue 109 (Bloomington, 2012). The Chair of Judges, Gus Casely-Hayford, announced Tope Folarin as the winner of the £10,000 prize at a dinner held this evening (Monday, 8 July)
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By BISI OLAWUNMI The four-year journey to earning the Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Mass Communication ended in euphoric celebration at the second convocation for the award of PhD degrees by Babcock University, Ilisan-Remo, Ogun state on Sunday, June 2, 2013. It was a day of fulfillment. Even then, this day of joy still had
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By BISI OLAWUNMI The four-year journey to earning the Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Mass Communication ended in euphoric celebration at the second convocation for the award of PhD degrees by Babcock University, Ilisan-Remo, Ogun state on Sunday, June 2, 2013. It was a day of fulfillment. Even then, this day of joy still had
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By Lekan Otufodunrin, The Nation The first ever Impact Journalism Day- a unique project involving 20 leading newspapers across the world publishing dedicated sections packed with creative solutions to global issues on the same day- was marked on Saturday, June 22, 2013. The project, initiated by Sparknews in collaboration with media partners, seeks to kick
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The Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE) has concluded media training for journalists to broaden their knowledge in the field of reporting. The Guardian reports that the two-day workshop, which NAPE organised in partnership with Schlumberger, was specifically tailored to equip media practitioners with knowledge of reporting activities of the Exploration & Production (E&P) industry.
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