Radio presenters and media professionals across the country will, on Tuesday, August 31st, meet at the season two of the BRMC Media Mentors Series, a conference hosted by The Broadcast Radio Master Class. The conference will hold at The Nest Technology Innovation Hub, Hughes Avenue, Alagomeji Yaba Lagos. BRMC’s Operations Director, Fola Folayan, said the […]
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Senior Staff Writer of TheCable, Chinedu Asadu has joined the global news service The Associated Press as a correspondent in Nigeria. Asadu who also served as Investigative Officer of the Cable Newspaper Journalism Foundation announced his movement in a LinkedIn post last Wednesday. He was also a Contributor to The Africa Report. “ Happy to
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The United States government has expressed worry about the continued suspension of Twitter and the plan to introduce registration requirements for other social media platforms. Consul General in Nigeria, Claire Pierangelo stated this in Lagos at a Conversation on Press Freedom, Freedom of Expression, and Civic Space organized by the US Consulate last Wednesday. “Banning
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An associate professor at the Institute of African Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, Professor Nduka Otiono, has said that free press is on trial and life support under the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration Professor Otiono made this remark as keynote speaker during the inaugural Jacksonites Professional Development Series, organized by the alumni association of the Mass
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Journalists have been urged to properly frame and define conflicts situations they report to avoid any possible misrepresentation. The call was made by facilitators at a two-day capacity building workshop on conflict reporting, organized by the Premium Times Center for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ) in collaboration with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) in Abuja. They noted that
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Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has filed a suit asking the Federal High Court, sitting Lagos, to compel the Federal Government of Nigeria to investigate attacks against journalists and other media practitioners and ensure perpetrators are brought to book. In a suit initiated by “Originating Summons”, MRA is asked the court to hold that the Declaration
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A pictorial storytelling website, MyTori https://mystori.ng has been launched by Founder/Director of The Journalism Clinic, Taiwo Obe. The website according to Obe, was inspired by a third-year mass communication student of Adeleke University, Ede, Osun State, sent by one of his lecturers to be considered for internship at The Journalism Clinic who was interested in
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The University of Lagos Council has approved the appointment of two professors of Mass Communication in the faculty of Social Science of the institution. They are the head of the Department of Mass Communication, Dr Joseph Adepoju Tejumaiye whose tenure has been renewed for the next three years and Dr Abraham Oloruntola Sunday, both alumni
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Legit.ng, Nigeria’s most visited news website with over 10 million monthly readers (Alexa ranking), has been declared as the Best News Website or Mobile Service at the 2021 Africa Digital Media Awards. The company’s in-house engineering team developed a mobile app that allows their readers to download news automatically while they are in WiFi zones.
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A 300-Level student of Law of the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS) Abdulrasheed Hammad has emerged as the new Editor-in-chief of Pen Press Club of the institution. The appointment was announced by the former Editor-in-chief of the press board, Uchenna Emelife during the Pen Press 2020 day held on Sunday, 25th July 2021. Hammad is
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