Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has condemned the re-arrest of Mr. Tony Amokeodo and Mr. Chibuzo Ukaibe of Leadership newspaper, describing the action as systematic and unwarranted harassment. In a press statement signed by its Programme Manager, Ayodele Longe, MRA called for the immediate and unconditional release of the journalists. The media group said it had […]
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The Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity) Dr. Reuben Abati has assured that the Jonathan Administration will continue to encourage and promote Nigerian artistes and producers of local content for radio and television. Receiving the Executive Chairperson of Ebony Life TV, Ms. Mo Abudu on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Abati promised
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The Director General, Voice of Nigeria, Nigeria’s external service broadcaster, Abubakar Jijiwa has been elected into the six-member executive committee of the Association for International Broadcasting, AIB, after a global online voting among broadcasting players and stakeholders. Others elected to the Executive Committee are Mark Bunting of BBC Global News, John Maguire of AEF/F24/RFI, Klaus
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The Director General, Voice of Nigeria, Nigeria’s external service broadcaster, Abubakar Jijiwa has been elected into the six-member executive committee of the Association for International Broadcasting, AIB, after a global online voting among broadcasting players and stakeholders. Others elected to the Executive Committee are Mark Bunting of BBC Global News, John Maguire of AEF/F24/RFI, Klaus
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The late Publisher of the Nigerian Tribune, Chief Oluwole Awolowo, approved the payment of the National Minimum Wage for staff of the media house on his sick bed. The Managing Director of Nigerian Tribune, Mr Edward Dickson, disclosed this on Thursday, April 4, 2013 in Ibadan, Oyo State when a three-man delegation of the Nigerian
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The President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Malam Mohammed Garba has been elected the new President of the Federation of African Journalists (FAJ). He was elected at the third Congress of the Federation, which ended in Casablanca, Morocco, on Sunday. Mrs Louisa Rogerio from Angola was elected the Vice President, while Stanislas Nkundiye from
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An experienced journalist and Lawyer, Mr Sina Awelewa has been appointed as the Director-General of the Broadcasting Service of Ekiti State (BSES) by the State government. He is a graduate of Mass Communication and Law from the University of Lagos. He started his career as a journalist with the Guinness Nigeria Plc as the Public
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By MCS Reporter Ten journalists and seven photojournalists have been shortlisted for the 2012 Nigerian Breweries Golden Pen Award which results will be announced on April 5, 2013 According to the organizers, those shortlisted for the Journalist of the Year category include Sylva Emeka- Okereke of Champion Newspapers, Jimi David of The Nation Newspapers, Gregory
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The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, on Thursday ordered a retrial of a suit on the ownership of Daily Times of Nigeria (DTN) by another judge of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi. The Nation reports that in a judgment delivered by presiding Justice Amina Augie, the appellate court faulted an earlier judgment delivered by Justice
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Over 75 passengers and crew narrowly including officials of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, (NUJ) escaped death Thursday, March 28 as a Rabat, Morocco-bound Royal Air Maroc flight lost one of its engines mid-air in Lagos. The flight, which according to Vanguard Newspapers took off at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, at about 7:30am,
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