The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Hausa short story writing competition is now open for entries from all women writing in Hausa, irrespective of their nationality or experience. According to a press statement by Marina Forsythe BBC World Service Group Communications Publicist, entries must be engaging works of fiction on any topic and should be between 1000 to 1500 words. A […]
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Odimegwu Onwuwere of Africa Prime News has won the Pan African Journalist of the Year Award for the 2018 Pan African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards sponsored by Continental Reinsurance. He emerged the overall winner of the three categories of the award at a Gala dinner held during Continental Reinsurance’s CEO Summit held on April 9th 2018
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Entries have been invited for the 2018 Citi Journalistic Excellence Award (CJEA) for finance and business reporting in Nigeria. February 26 is the deadline for submission of entries by any exceptional finance or business journalist working in print media, wire services or electronic media. “This year’s gifted winner will join others from countries across Europe,
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Associate Editor and Head of Investigation Desk of The Nation Newspaper, Adekunle Yusuf has emerged the Investigative Journalist of the year at the 12th edition of the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting. Former Minister of Education, Mrs Obiageli Ezekwesili, Executive Director of Media Rights Agenda, Edetaen Ojo and nine other outstanding journalists were honoured
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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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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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The heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL), an international NGO under the UN ECOSOC (United Nation Economic and Social Council) says it’s planning to establish a news platform as a website concentrating on peace-related issues, and also will be taking account of solutions offered by professional journalists. Mr. Ian Seo, Chief Manager of
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The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism is calling for applications for the 12th edition of Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting. Nigerian journalists or team of journalists, full or part-time, with stories published between 4th October 2016 and 3rd October 2017, can apply for opportunity. This award seeks to honour journalism works from the
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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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By Lekan Otufodunrin Each time I get a mail from him, I can’t but notice the long list of some of the media awards he has won under his name. If it was one or two, one could miss it, but not when it is ten, in various categories over the years. Take a look
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