The Association of Campus Journalists, Obafemi Awolowo University (ACJOAU) has inducted new members of the association. The annual ceremony held on Saturday, February 26, 2022, is to usher in a new set of members who will carry on the legacy of the association. A new website of the organisation https://acjoau.com/ was also launched at the […]
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The founder and executive chairman of Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspapers, SuccessDigest and other online publications, Dr. Emmanuel Sunny Ojeagbase is dead. A statement by the family signed by Mr Julius Ojeagbase stated that he died on Saturday, 26 February 2022 in Atlanta, United States of America (USA) after a brief illness.
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Editor of Daily Independent newspapers, Mr Don Okere has urged staffers of the newspaper to put in their best as the media house is about to witness a transformation. Okere gave the charge during the annual thanksgiving service of the Independent Christian fellowship in Lagos last Thursday. The event organised by the Christian fellowship of
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The third Jacksonites Professional Development Series (JPDS) seminar, by the alumni association and professional development network of the Department of Mass Communication, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) will hold on March 23 at 3 p.m. GMT+1 through the Zoom platform. The former Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Bartholomew Okolo, will join an expert panel at
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A new digital news and entertainment platform, The Quest Times, for young and vocal Nigerians has commenced publication. The platform, according to the promoters, “will be a mashup of contents that can be found on both entertaining and traditional media.” The managing team, including young and veteran news and mass communication practitioners, stated that its
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The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) is to establish a journalism training school to enhance the development of the profession in the country. The Managing Director of NAN, Mr. Buki Ponle, disclosed this during an interactive session with the Agency’s staff in Lagos on Wednesday. Ponle said that the proposed NAN journalism school would be located in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, where a
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Publisher, Business Plus Magazine, Dr (Mrs) Grace Achum, says though she has now gone into full-scale commercial farming, journalism still remains her first love. Speaking with the Media Career Development Network, Achum said she started farming initially as leisure. Having worked in various media outfits for years, she said she decided to go into full-scale
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Donatus Duru, (54), Chairman, Editorial Board, Independent Newspapers, Lagos, has been hospitalized at the Gbagada General Hospital, Lagos. He was diagnosed with kidney infection and need N12million to carry out a transplant. The family is calling on public-spirited individuals and cooperate bodies for financial support for the ailing journalist. Duru is on renal treatment and
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As part of measures to enhance its operation, the International Centre for Investigative Reporting, ICIR, has announced new editorial appointments. Ajibola Amzat, former editor, became Managing Editor of the Centre’s news website, www.icirnigeria.org. Victoria Bamas, former Editor/Team Lead of FactCheckHub, the ICIR’s fact-checking operation, was appointed Editor. Temitayo Odunlami was also appointed Regional Editor, Southwest
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The New York-based The Africa Center, narrative change organization, Africa No Filter, Media Monitoring Africa and the University of Cape Town (UCT) have resolved to develop the Global Media Index that will track and measure the way Africa is covered by top global media outlets. The Index is important as one-third of all African stories
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