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New Telegraph journalist emerges best reporter at GoldenPen, as NB rewards journalists

Isioma Madike, a reporter with the New telegraph newspaper has won the reporter of the year award at this year Nigerian Breweries Golden Pen Award. The reporterwon on his investigative report, “Shonga Farms: The dream of Zimbabwean Whites’’, which seek to reveal the happenings at the Shonga farm project believe to have been a dead […]

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HWPL to establish news website concentrating on peace-related issues

The heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL), an international NGO under the UN ECOSOC (United Nation Economic and Social Council) says it’s planning to establish a news platform as a website concentrating on peace-related issues, and also will be taking account of solutions offered by professional journalists. Mr. Ian Seo, Chief Manager of

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Journalists Advocate Commitment to Building Peace in Our Times ​

In the face of nuclear test, military conflict, terrorism and violent extremism that recently increases instability in the globe, the role of press with active engagement of journalists in peace building was discussed on September 17th in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL), an international NGO under the UN

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Things to know about Dr. Akinreti Qasim, new Lagos NUJ chairman

Dr. Akinreti Olalere Qasim was born 10th October, 1967. He obtained his First School Leaving Certificate in 1979 from the Seventh Day Adventist Primary School, Ibadan. By 1985, he got his West African School Certificate, WASC from Loyola College. Two years later, in 1987, he got the Higher School Certificate (HSC) from Oduduwa College Ile

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CALL FOR APPLICATION: 2017 WOLE SOYINKA AWARD FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING

The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism is calling for applications for the 12th edition of Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting. Nigerian journalists or team of journalists, full or part-time, with stories published between 4th October 2016 and 3rd October 2017, can apply for opportunity. This award seeks to honour journalism works from the

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The rise of female sports journalists in Nigeria

By, Adeyinka Akintunde Sports has been described in simple terms to mean all forms of competitive physical activity or games which aim to maintain or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants, and in some cases, entertainment for spectators. A country like Nigeria is blessed with so many sporting activities with football,

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Occupy Social Media space by creating blogs, Osoba urges Journalists

Olusegun Osoba, former Governor of Ogun, has urged journalists to seize advantage of the new media by creating blogs to ensure accurate and objective information occupy the social media space. Osoba blamed those he described as fake journalists, whom he said lacked requisite qualification, for escalating hate speeches on social media. The former governor who

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NUJ, IBFIN, train journalists on non-interest banking

The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kano State Chapter, in collaboration with the Islamic Banking and Finance Institute Nigeria (IBFIN), on Friday organised a sensitisation workshop for journalists in the state on the Fundamentals of Islamic Economy, Banking and Finance. The Managing Director of the IBFIN, Alhaji Sani Aminu, said the aim of the one-day

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