Senior Correspondent of The Nation Newspaper, Seun Akioye mounted the podium at the prestigious Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island to receive the Nigeria Breweries Golden Pen Reporter of the Year Award and the N1million cash prize. Akioye, all smiles, emerged the overall winner with his story, titled “Even the rich envy us the way […]
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“There’s no need to deny that being shortlisted is a good feeling, an honour — especially because the award is in memory of a man who died doing the kind of stories I don’t shy away from pursuing,” This is Fisayo Soyombo’s remark when his name was shortlisted in the Local Reporters category of Kurt
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Award: APO Media Award for African journalists and bloggers African journalists and bloggers have been invited to participate in 2014 APO Media Award sponsored by African Press Organization (http://www.apo-opa.com). The first-place winner of the award will be presented with $500 a month for one year, one laptop and one intercontinental flight ticket to a destination
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He started out as a sub-copy editor in The Guardian Newspapers but today he is Group Managing Director of Verdant Zeal – a marketing communication company with head office in Lagos and branches in Gambia and Ghana. Tunji Olugbodi who recently clocked 50 attributes his success story to the experience he acquired on the sub-desk
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The May 30th deadline for the submission of entries for the CNN/Multichoice African Journalist of the Year has been extended till June 6, 2014. The extension is to enable more journalists apply for this year’s award Two Nigerians who won in two categories of the award last year are Oluwatoyosi Ogunseye of Sunday Punch in the
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GE Energy & Infrastructure category endowed by global Energy and infrastructure giants, General Electric (GE) has been announced for the prestigious CNN MultiChoice African Journalist of the Year 2014 awards. GE Africa CEO Jay Ireland in a statement said sponsorship of the Infrastructure and Energy category aligns with GE’s strategic objectives on the continent. He
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GE Energy & Infrastructure category endowed by global Energy and infrastructure giants, General Electric (GE) has been announced for the prestigious CNN MultiChoice African Journalist of the Year 2014 awards. GE Africa CEO Jay Ireland in a statement said sponsorship of the Infrastructure and Energy category aligns with GE’s strategic objectives on the continent. He
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A Correspondent with Punch Nigeria Limited, Kunle Falayi, has won the overall prize of 2014 Promasidor Quill Awards for journalists. He also won two awards at the category level. His entry for the Best Report on Education: Lagos school where pupils sit on bare floor, was adjudged the best and therefore earned him the award for that category.
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Teliat Abiodun Sule of Business Day has been named winner of the 2014 Citi Journalistic Excellence Awards in Nigeria. His won the award with the article titled “The Return of African Kitchen Business” published in Business Day on January 17th, 2013. Collins Nweze of The Nation emerged the first runner-up with the story- Banking with
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Forty journalists across media houses in the country have been shortlisted by the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR), Abuja to participate in the first series of its Investigative Journalism training programme. The training programme scheduled for June 10 to June 12 in Abuja is part of the Nigerian Investigative Reporting Project, NIRP, a reporting
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