Blessing Olisa Punch Nigeria Limited, publishers of The PUNCH, Saturday PUNCH and Sunday PUNCH titles has vacancies for a few ‘serious minded’ graduates who will be absorbed into its workforce as correspondents on completion of a three month training. According to an advert in the paper on Monday, July 8, 2013, applicants (preferably between 22 […]
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Nigeria’s Tope Folarin has won the 2013 Caine Prize for African Writing, described as Africa’s leading literary award, for his short story entitled ‘Miracle’ from Transition<http://dubois.fas.harvard.edu/transition-magazine>, Issue 109 (Bloomington, 2012). The Chair of Judges, Gus Casely-Hayford, announced Tope Folarin as the winner of the £10,000 prize at a dinner held this evening (Monday, 8 July)
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The Board of The Sun Publishing Limited has approved new editorial appointments with effect from July 1, 2013. On that date, new editors take over at different levels, to serve our teeming readers and give them more value for money. According to Mr Tony Onyima, Managing Director/Editor-in-chief, the new appointments “are aimed at driving our
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Six Nigerian journalists are among the final nominees in five out of 10 categories of the 2013 Diageo Africa Business Reporting (DABRA) Awards announced on Friday, May 10, 2013, in London, United Kingdom. Winners of the 10 categories will be decided and announced by a prestigious international judging panel made up of experts from the
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Vanguard columnist, Chief Pini Jason Onyegbaduo,popularly known as Pini Jason, is dead. Vanguard reports that Jason died on Saturday, May 4 afternoon in a Lagos hospital after undergoing a surgical procedure a few days ago. He was 65. Mr. Jason was a long time Vanguard columnist who took a leave of absence in 2007 to
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The United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) in Lagos and Media Rights Agenda (MRA) will hold a joint seminar to discuss the safety of journalists to mark this year’s World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) in Nigeria on May 3. The Seminar scheduled at the Conference Hall of the UN Information Centre in Ikoyi, Lagos is expected
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UNESCO on Tuesday called for safety of journalists across the globe ahead of this year’s World Press Freedom Day scheduled for May 3. The call was contained in a statement signed by Mr Oluseyi Soremekun, the National Programme Officer Communication and Information, UNESCO in Abuja. The organisation urged countries to promote a safe and enabling
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The Managing Editor of the Nigerian Compass Newspaper, Gabriel Akinadewo, has resigned from the organisation. In a letter to the Chairman of Western Publishing Company Limited, publishers of Nigerian Compass and The Westerner, Aare Kola Oyefeso, Akinadewo thanked the Chief Promoter and the Board for the opportunity given him to serve the organisation since 2008.
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By Tayo Johnson, The Nation. Nigerian journalists have been urged to cover issues of family planning as a civic responsibility to the citizens. The Director, Development Communications Network, Mr Akin Jimoh made the call in Ibadan, Oyo State during a training for reporters on family planning reporting. According to him, more lives would be saved
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Jailed Ethiopian journalist Reeyot Alemu has been named the winner of the 2013 World PUNESCO-Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. Announcing the winner April 16, 2013, UNESCO said Ms Alemu was recommended by an independent international jury of media professionals in recognition of her “exceptional courage, resistance and commitment to freedom of expression.” The Jury
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