Canon, a world leader in digital imaging solutions, announced its sponsorship participation for the tenth-anniversary edition of Uganda Press Photo Awards 2021. The award ceremony, according to the organizer, will hold in Kampala, Uganda’s capital on October 21, 2021. Amine Djouahra, Director of Sales and Marketing – Canon Central and North Africa, disclosed that there […]
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Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has condemned the directive issued by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) demanding telecommunications companies to shutdown services in Zamfara State, citing “pervading security situation” in the state. This was disclosed in a statement issued by Mr. Idowu Adewale, MRA’s Communications Officer. Adewale noted that the regulatory agency has increasingly become a
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Journalists at The Nation spent Thursday, September 2, 2021 learning about personal finance and sexual gender-based violence reporting. The training, held in the newsroom of the organisation, featured three speakers on financial literacy and sexual and gender-based violence reporting. The training was organised by The Nation, in collaboration with its head of the education desk, Kofoworola Belo-Osagie, as her
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The Media Mentors Journalism Center (MMJC) has commenced the 2021/2022 Media Mentoring programme. The programme which will run for eight months is the first by the Centre focused only on mentoring campus journalists and young journalists in Nigeria. Media Mentors Journalism Center is an arm of the Media Mentors Leadership Academy (MMLA), a national focused
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A journalism teacher, Prof. Oloruntola Sunday, has advised journalists to have a vision for their lives along with performing their duties. Sunday, a Professor of Mass Communication at the University of Lagos, gave the advice in Lagos on Sunday during the August meeting of Journalists For Christ, a faith-based professional association. He spoke on the
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Reporters, trainers, broadcasters, and creatives across West Africa interested in solutions journalism now have a one-stop site to access news, resources, and career opportunities, thanks to a Fellowship awarded to Founder and Executive Director of Media Career Development Network (MCDN), Lekan Otufodunrin. Otufodunrin is one of the five Fellows selected from hundreds in Nigeria for
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Accolades rained on vibrant and indefatigable Richard Akinnola on Monday, August 23, 2021, as he strutted proudly round the Ijakadi Hall of the Radisson Blu Hotel, GRA, Ikeja welcoming guests who came to honour him as he celebrated his 63rd birthday with a lecture bordering on the insecurity situation in Nigeria. Irrepressible as ever and
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The Solutions Journalism Network’s Africa Initiative has named its inaugural set of 10 Fellows who will implement solutions journalism-focused projects across Kenya and Nigeria. The Fellows who were unveiled on Monday by Ruona Meyer, Africa Initiative Manager of the Network comprises journalism lecturers, artists, as well as veteran and investigative reporters who will deliver their
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New members have been inducted by the Union of Campus Journalists, the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) with a charge to live up to the demands of the profession. The advice was given at the induction in the University Campus area on August 15 after a thorough screening process of the inductees. Special guests at the
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A suit challenging the legal authority of the broadcast regulatory body in Nigeria, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), to regulate and license social media platforms in Nigeria or to determine whether a broadcasting station is patriotic or not has been filed by the Media Rights Agenda (MRA) at the Federal High Court in Abuja. No
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