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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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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The Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Mr. Bayo Onanuga has faulted the demand by unions in the agency for the promotion of incompetent journalists. Onanuga stated this in response to rejection of the outcome of the uniform editorial promotion examination for Level 8 to Level 16 staff in the agency and
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A renewed call has been made for better remuneration for journalists in the country and transparency by union leaders in the industry. The call was made on Wednesday when the campaign train of Mr Adeleye Ajayi, a Chairmanship candidate in the forthcoming election of the Lagos Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), visited NTA 2
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The new Faculty of Communication complex in Bayero University, Kano (BUK) has been inaugurated. The main faculty building house the Departments of Mass Communication, Information and Media Studies, Theatre and Performing Arts and Film Studies. It also has the Broadcasting Complex where the complete digital broadcasting equipment for the faculty would be installed. The Minister
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The new Faculty of Communication complex in Bayero University, Kano (BUK) has been inaugurated. The main faculty building house the Departments of Mass Communication, Information and Media Studies, Theatre and Performing Arts and Film Studies. It also has the Broadcasting Complex where the complete digital broadcasting equipment for the faculty would be installed. The Minister
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The Partnership for Media and Democracy (PAMED) has called on the Federal Government to restrain the Nigerian Army from monitoring the social media activities of Nigerians. The group described the action as a violation of the rights of Nigerians to freedom of expression and the privacy of their communications guaranteed by the Constitution and international
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Azzez Olakunle Yinus of New Telegraph has been adjudged as the Most Outstanding ICT Editor of the Year 2017 at this year’s edition of the African Digital Awards (ADA) . ADA is a Pan-African awards that recognises outstanding contributions to the development of ICT industry. Azzez won the award based on a report of an independent
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