The pioneer general manager Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (Harmony FM), Idofian, Ifelodun local government area, Kwara state, Mallam Yusuf Abubakar is dead. He was aged 65. The late ace journalist died in the early hour of yesterday in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital after a brief illness. Kwara state Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria […]
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Journalists have been urged to give premium to their safety at all times especially when covering protests and violence. Speaking while declaring open, a Gender Equity and Safety Training of journalists recently in Abuja, the president of National Union of Journalists (NUJ) and Federation of African Journalists (FAJ), Comrade Waheed Odusile, said journalists must know
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Azu Ishiekwene, the Editor-In-Chief, of The Interview magazine says the media is the way it is because professionals, have sacrificed journalism on the altar of business and poor ethics. Ishiekwene said this at the just concluded annual Nigeria Editors Guild conference held from September 20 to 24, in Port Harcourt Rivers State. He also called
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The Nigerian Guild of Editors, has urged editors to explore other revenue yielding ventures or business prospects to ensure that life after their editorial assignments is not nightmarish. The editors guild in a communique issued after it 13th conference held from September 20 to 24, in Port Harcourt Rivers State, also called on the Newspaper
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Amina Yuguda, a Nigerian journalist from north-east has won the third BBC World News Komla Dumor Award. Amina, a journalist with Gotel Television has reported on high-profile news stories, including the Boko Haram insurgency. She will start a three-month placement at the BBC in London in September. The award was created to honour Komla Dumor,
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The President of Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), Funke Egbemode, on Thursday called on media professionals in the country to start assessing media roles in national development. Egbemode made the call at the All Nigeria Editors Conference (ANEC) in Port Harcourt. She said the media occupied a prominent place in Nigeria’s socio-political landscape, adding “
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Mr Nduka Obaigbena, Chairman Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN) on Thursday advised the Nigerian media to see the social media as a positive challenge. Obaigbena made the call while delivering a goodwill message at the ongoing All Nigerian Editors Conference (ANEC) holding in Port Harcourt. He stated that the emergence of the social media
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The 5th Anniversary Lecture of New Express will hold in Lagos, on Thursday, September 28, 2017 with Serial ICT entrepreneur Leo Stan Ekeh as Chairman. News Express Publisher Isaac Umunna announced the details of the lecture in a press statement. “We are honoured to have Chief Ekeh, Chairman of foremost Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
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The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is accepting applications for its Reporting Fellowship on Migration and Climate Change. The Fellowship is open to journalists from Nigeria who will take part in two half-day virtual workshops on covering SDGs, with a focus on climate and migration. Based on the stories produced after the workshop, Fellows will be
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In response to my facebook post titled See Newspapers, See Wahala, which highlighted the alarming decline in purchase of newspapers, based on a church programme I attended, some respondents noted that journalists and media managers may be guilty of contributing to ‘killing’ their products. So, instead of lamenting our plight and blaming the new media,
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