The Group Politics Editor of Tribune Newspapers, Mr. Taiwo Adisa has been appointed as the Chief Press Secretary to Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde. The appointment was announced in a statement in Ibadan by the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Chief Bisi Ilaka Makinde, shortly after his inauguration, had announced the first appointment last week […]
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The newly appointed Chief Press Secretary to the Oyo State Governor, Taiwo Adisa has explained why he accepted to serve in the position despite the concerns by some of his colleagues. Adisa who until his appointment was the Bureau Chief and Group Political Editor of Tribune newspapers offered the explanation in a Facebook post on
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The 2019 edition of the world congress of the International Press Institute (IPI) #IPIWOCO has held in Geneva with the theme Building alliances for Independent media IPI annually holds a high-profile World Congress, gathering editors, media executives and leading journalists from globally-renowned media outlets. The congress was held in Abuja, Nigeria in 2018. In our
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By Qasim Akinreti, Geneva, Switzerland Nigerian and Kenyan candidates have been elected into the International Press Institute, (IPI), Board, at its World Congress in Geneva, Switzerland. Alhaji Maida Waida, Publisher, People’s Daily Newspaper, Chairman, Board of Management, News Agency Of Nigeria, NAN and Stephen Gitagama, Group CEO, Nation Media Group, Kenya were elected to represent, Africa
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The World News Media Congress ends on June 3, 2019 in Glasglow, Scotland. We bring you some of the key thoughts shared by some of the speakers at the event from the tweets on #WNMC19. +”The biggest existential challenge that we face as publishers is not the platforms, but getting stuck with a single
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Head of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) West Africa, Toyosi Ogunseye has been elected as the Vice President of the World Editors Forum. She was elected by the Forum’s Board in Glasgow, Scotland, on Saturday along with Warren Fernandez, Editor in Chief of The Straits Times, Singapore who emerged as President. World Editors Forum is
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A book of essays in honour of the Publisher of Premium Times, Dapo Olorunyomi is to be launched on Monday, May 27, 2019 in Abuja. Titled Testimony of Courage, the book is edited by Chido Onumah, Coordinator of the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy, and Frederick Adetiba, Executive Director of Finishers Initiatives for
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Alao Abiodun writes on the training for journalists on Business and Human Rights reporting On Tuesday, 21 May, Global Rights Nigeria, a human rights organization working to build grassroots movements that promote and protect the rights of marginalized populations ended a two-day training workshop on “Media Training on Business and Human Rights Reporting in Nigeria”.
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For journalists planning to renew their US visas, here is information for their attention. From Tuesday, May 14, 2019, the U.S. Mission to Nigeria has indefinitely suspended interview waivers for renewals of visa, otherwise known as the “Dropbox” process. Visa applications according to a statement by the embassy press office will no longer be accepted
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Global Catholic Network announced May 10 that it will launch a news service for the African continent. ACI-Africa will be a Nairobi, Kenya-based Catholic news agency, which will publish content in English, French and Portuguese. ACI-Africa will be headed by Father Don Bosco Onyalla, a priest of the Diocese of Rumbek in South Sudan. “I
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