British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) News is calling for applications to report news in Pidgin, Igbo and Yoruba languages. To expand its reach in Nigeria, BBC is requesting for interested candidates who can express themselves in the three indigenous languages to submit entries. “BBC News is growing and we want you to grow with us! We’re […]
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… Calls for an end to FGM The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, Lagos State Chapter, has called on the Federal Government and all state governments to pass death penalty for rape. This call was contained in a communique signed by the Lagos NAWOJ Chairperson, Hajia Sekinah Lawal at the association’s February Congress which
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President of Media Career Services, Mr. Lekan Otufodunrin has urged journalists to regularly update their skills and be more professional in the discharge of their duties. He made the call at the February meeting of the Lagos Council of the Nigerian Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) held on February 4. According to him, journalists need
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Johnson Kanamugire, a reporter with The East African and Rwanda Today newspapers, Rwanda, Africa, has won a trip to Dubai to cover one of the world’s largest Event for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). In a statement released by the organisers, African Press Organisation (APO) group, Johnson Kanamugire would go on a trip to Dubai to
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Betty Abah, a journalist and writer has reiterated that poor reading culture in Nigeria has more to do with the invasion of technology. In an interview with Vanguard newspaper, the reality is that people spend more time watching television, or lazing around the internet especially on social media, whiling away time rather than reading serious
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Esther Mark, Editor, Staff Writer, Edufrica.com has emerged winner of the 2016 Journalists for Christ (JFC) Innovative Young Journalist Award. In the keenly contested award, Ebenezar Wikina, digital journalist and development communication specialist was the first runner-up, while Tayo Elegbede, a multi- media journalist with TheGuruNews.com was named the second runner-up. Mark who is also
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Ben Bright Mkpuma, a 49 year old online journalist based in Abuja has appealed for support to help finance his kidney transplant. Mkpuma, the Ebonyi State indigene, said he knew about the illness when he suddenly took ill, late last year, at his home in Abuja and was taken to First Aid Hospital in Mararaba, where
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ActionAid Nigeria has strongly condemned the arrest of the publisher of Premium Times, Mr Dapo Olorunyomi and judiciary correspondent, Evelyn Okakwu. The anti-poverty agency describes the arrest as intimidation and attempt at undermining press freedom and the principles of democracy. According to the Country Director, Ojobo Ode Atuluku, “the arrest of the publisher by the
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Ringier Africa Digital Publishing [RADP] has further expands its news and media portfolio with the launch of Business Insider (www.BusinessInsider.com). The renowned digital news brand for the global business community, for Sub Saharan Africa. In a statement released by Ringier, the digital edition leads with an exclusive interview with Tony Elumelu, who the newly launched
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The International Press Centre (IPC), has described the invasion of the premises of Premium Times in Abuja and the subsequent arrest of its Publisher, Dapo Olorunyomi and the judiciary correspondent, Evelyn Okakwu by armed police men on the night of January 19, 2017, as an unacceptable assault on freedom of the Press. Director of