Professor Nosa Owens-Ibie of the Caleb University, Lagos will deliver the first inaugural Lecture of the institution on April 9, 2013. The title of the lecture is Communicating an Implosion: Signs and Wander, Popular Culture and the Crumbling of Empire. The acting Registrar of the University Mrs Folake Okor in a statement said the lecture […]
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THE management of Guardian Newspapers Limited has announced the appointment of new editors for its titles. In the new appointments approved by the Chairman and Publisher, Lady Maiden Alex-Ibru, last week, and effective from February 1, 2013, Mr. Abraham Ogbodo was named Editor of The Guardian on Sunday. He replaces Mr. Jahman Oladejo Anikulapo who
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By Tunde Sanni, Thisday Newspapers. The Deputy Managing Director of Sun newspapers, Femi Adesina last Friday got the mandate to lead the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) for the next two years. Adesina polled 149 votes to defeat his lone challenger, Tukur AbdulRahman of the New Nigerian Newspapers. In his post-election remark, Adesina dedicated his
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By Tunde Sanni, Thisday Newspapers. The Deputy Managing Director of Sun newspapers, Femi Adesina last Friday got the mandate to lead the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) for the next two years. Adesina polled 149 votes to defeat his lone challenger, Tukur AbdulRahman of the New Nigerian Newspapers. In his post election remark, Adesina dedicated
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Citi has launched the 4th edition of its prestigious Citi Journalistic Excellence Awards in Nigeria. The 2013 competition is open to business journalists in all forms of media including print, television, wire services, radio and online. Thisday reports that Citi Journalistic Excellence awards sends the winners to an elite seminar at Columbia University in New
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THE Guardian’s Abuja Sports Correspondent, Marcel Ezeocha Nzeh, has described as a ‘waste of public space’ his ban from attending all the federation’s activities until further notice by the Nigeria by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). In a release circulated to all the media houses on Monday, the NFF said it has banned Nze and
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The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has inaugurated an eight-man electoral committee for its forthcoming convention scheduled to hold from February 28 to March 2 in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The National Mirror reports that the committee, inaugurated on February 21 in Lagos, is headed by veteran journalist Mallam Mohammed Haruna. Members of the
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Mr. Eni Akinsola has been reappointed as the Chief Press Secretary [CPS] to the Ondo State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko. Mimiko, in a statement, signed by the Permanent Secretary, Government House and Protocol, Rev.Soji Gbadebo on Monday said the appointment is with immediate effect. Akinsola, an International Relations graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University, was a human
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Mr. Eni Akinsola has been reappointed as the Chief Press Secretary [CPS] to the Ondo State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko. Mimiko, in a statement, signed by the Permanent Secretary, Government House and Protocol, Rev.Soji Gbadebo on Monday said the appointment is with immediate effect. Akinsola, an International Relations graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University, was a human
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A former Nigerian workers leader, Owei Lakemfa, has been elected the Secretary General of the Organisation of African Trade Union Unity, OATUU. The Organisation is a coalition of trade union movements in various African countries and has its headquarters in Accra, Ghana. Mr. Lakemfa, a former Acting General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress, was
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