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‘Commitment to welfare of journalists by employers should be enforceable’

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A call has been made for a review of existing regulatory provisions to make a commitment to the welfare of journalists by employers enforceable. The call was made in a communique issued at the end of a stakeholders forum on Journalists safety and press freedom limitations in Nigeria organized by the International Press Centre. Participants […]

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Media Programmes THISWEEK Dec 14- 19, 2020

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Media programmes scheduled for this week include a call for entries, award announcement, deadline, a day of tribute among others between Monday, December 14- Saturday, December 19, 2020. The programmes compiled by Oyinlola Awonuga are listed below with details. MONDAY, December 14, 2020 Deadline for Journalism Fund’s Money Trail Grants Journalist teams from Africa applications

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Banjo, Samuel-Wemimo, Folarin win Wole Soyinka Investigative Reporting awards

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Winners have emerged for the 2020 edition of the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting organised by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) The winners announced at a ceremony on Wednesday, December 9, 2020 in Lagos include Damilola Banjo of Shahara Reporter who won the online category and the overall Investigative Reporter of

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Tributes, condolences as Nigerians mourn LEADERSHIP publisher

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Chairman and Founder of LEADERSHIP Group Limited, publishers of Leadership Newspapers and National Economy, Mr Sam Nda-Isiah, died on Friday, November 11, 2020, in Abuja. His sudden death has been greeted with lots of tributes and condolence messages from across the country. The 58 years media mogul, writer, politician and serial entrepreneur, according to a

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After five attempts, Soyombo wins Kurk Schork Awards

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After five attempts and three appearances on the shortlist of the Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism, multiple award-winning investigative journalist Fisayo Soyombo has emerged the 2020 winner of the Local Reporter category of the competition. In a press statement on Thursday by Thomson Reuters Foundation, Fisayo won for his undercover investigation on Nigeria’s criminal

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BusinessDay Editor resigns, alleges corporate malpractices, bad management

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Editor of BusinessDay, Patrick Atuanya has resigned his appointment alleging corporate malpractice and bad management of the company. Atuanya who was appointed editor of the paper in January 2019 announced his sudden exit in a message he shared with staff in a WhatsApp group titled Parting Shot. Although Atuanya could not be immediately reached, the

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Training for investigative health reporters

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The International Press Centre (IPC) is set to commence a six-month Media-in-Health-Care-Accountability Project to facilitate the emergence of a corps of next-generation investigative health reporters in December. The project, supported by the US Consulate-General, Lagos seeks to enhance the capacity of the media and younger generation journalists to serve as effective catalysts of fundamental health care

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