In a bid to ensure effective implementation of the Freedom of Information Act, over 100 Civil Society Organistations (CSOs) will from January 27 to 29 meet to discuss strategies. The three-day meeting slated for Abuja will have its Keynote Address delivered by Mr. Augustine Alegeh (SAN), President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), while […]
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Female candidates vying for political offices have been remarked low due to their inability to engage the media for positive projection. This position was reached after a two-day media engagement forum with female candidates in the Southwest held in Ibadan on January 24 and 25. The forum was set to deepen understanding and improve
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GOOGLE Nigeria has over the weekend encouraged the media experts in the country on the use of modern data tools for effective reportage, especially of the forthcoming February general elections in the country. Google’s Communications and Public Affairs Manager, Anglophone, West Africa, Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, made the appeal at the Google Data Tools for Elections
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A new newspaper, Iroyin Owuro has hit the newsstand. The newspaper, which was unveiled last December published in Yoruba language is a general news medium with bias for socioeconomic and cultural development of the Yoruba and Nigerians. According to the publisher, Mr Yinka Alabi, the need to have a newspaper help yoruba communities up-to-date information
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By Kelechi Amakoh Journalists in the country have been urged to use the newly released media code in for reporting elections issues. President of Nigeria Guild of Editors, Mr. Femi Adesina made this call at a Media Tweet-a-thon organized by the International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos, tagged: “Promoting media role and citizen participation in credible
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By David Lawal Ahead of the forthcoming general elections, Google Nigeria has held a workshop for Nigerian journalists to equip them to effectively cover the election. The workshop, which took place on Friday, January 16 in Lagos was on the theme: ‘Telling compelling stories using the social media’. Journalists across different sections of the Nigerian media;
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As the nation prepares for elections slated for next month, February, a new media code of election coverage has been adopted. The new media code is said to serve as ‘guidelines for a transparent electoral process and credible, free, fair and peaceful elections.’ The new media code was put together by representatives of media
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Publisher of popular blog site, ladunliadinews.com, Ms Oladunni Liadi has stated that blogging is financially rewarding. She noted this during an interview with The NATION recently. According to her, blogging is just like “yahoo yahoo scam.” “The money just keeps coming in, and sometimes you say God, this is something I started like a ‘joke’.
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Publisher of popular blog site, ladunliadinews.com, Ms Oladunni Liadi has stated that blogging is financially rewarding. She noted this during an interview with The NATION recently. According to her, blogging is just like “yahoo yahoo scam.” “The money just keeps coming in, and sometimes you say God, this is something I started like a ‘joke’.
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In a bid to review the existing objectives of development journalism in Africa with evolving development-related issues, a call has been made for entries for the production of a special textbook. The proposed textbook with the title: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES IN DEVELOPMENT JOURNALISM: A FOCUS ON AFRICA seeks to “redefine development journalism in relation
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