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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A broadcaster with the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), Akure, Mrs. Olubunmi Oke was on Thursday, March 21 kidnapped by unknown gunmen on her way from work in Akure. Oke, a nursing mother, was abducted shortly after she read the news bulletin on NTA that evening and was with her child and housemaid when she was
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The management of the Kaduna based New Nigeria Newspapers has been urged to immediately disburse the about N420 million it received from the federal government for the payment of liability, pension and gratuity to its workers. The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) in a statement by the Secretary of the Kaduna state Council, Dominic Uzu
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Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi has urged Nigerian editors to continue to defend the rights of the masses in the country. He made the call on Sunday during a courtesy visit to him by the new executive of the Nigeria Guild of Editors, NGE, led by the President, Femi Adesina. “As editors, you constitute a part
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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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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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