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MCDN commends VON, calls for regular training of journalists

By Oyinlola Awonuga The Executive Director of Media Career Development Network ( MCDN) Mr Lekan Otufodunrin has urged media organisations in the country to ensure more regular training of their staff. Otufodunrin made the call on Wednesday during a courtesy call to the Lagos office of Voice of Nigeria (VON) following the creation of Training […]

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‘How journalists can become entrepreneurs’’

Oyinlola Awonuga Former Managing Editor of The Nation Newspapers, Mr Lekan Otufodunrin has offered suggestions on how journalists can become successful entrepreneurs in view of the various challenges they now have to cope with to survive. Otufodunrin, now Executive Director of Media Career Development Network spoke at a programme organized by the Lagos State House

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Ex-BBC staff named Daily Trust Editor-in-Chief

Thirty-seven-year-old journalist and former editor of BBC’s Abuja Bureau Naziru Mikailu Abubakar has been appointed as the new Editor-in-Chief/Executive Director of Daily Trust newspaper. The Board of Directors of Media Trust Limited, publishers of the newspapers in a statement on December 29 announced that Naziru is taking over from Mannir Dan-Ali who has served in

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‘It’s not easy being a woman journalist’

Oyinlola Awonuga The International Women Media Foundation (IWMF) has applauded practising women journalist for their resilience despite the various challenges they have to cope with. In a publication on 19 women changing journalism in 2019, noted that “it is not easy being a woman journalist” Nearly one-third of early-career journalists according to the foundation considered

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‘Why women are more financially excluded in Nigeria’

By Oyinlola Awonuga Lack of education, income and trust are major causes of women’s financial exclusion in Nigeria. Enhancing Financial Innovation and Access (EFInA) an organisation committed to promoting financial inclusion in Nigeria stated this at a press conference in Lagos last Friday. The Head Research of the organisation, Ashley Immanuel who disclosed the outcome

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13 reporters shortlisted for Wole Soyinka Award

Thirteen journalists from print, online, television, radio, photo, and editorial cartoon categories have been shortlisted for the 2019 Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Journalism. The shortlisting was announced in a statement the Executive Director/CEO, Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ), Mrs Motunrayo Alaka.  Similarly, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Amnesty International and veteran photojournalist, Sunmi Smart-Cole,

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Effectively board the digital train, NIJ Provost urges media

Provost of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ) Mr Gbemiga Ogunleye has challenged media houses in the country to effectively adopt digital options to remain in business. He offered the advice in a paper presented at the 15th All Nigeria Editors’ Conference by the Nigeria Guild of Editors held in Sokoto titled Journalism Education and

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