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Call for entries: Michael Elliot award for Excellence in African storytelling

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The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) in collaboration with  ONE [3] and the Elliott family seek entries for the inaugural 2017 Michael Elliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling [4]. Mike served as a distinguished editor at The Economist, Newsweek and Time before becoming CEO of ONE. Earlier this year, he had spoken of his […]

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Soyombo, others win Wole Soyinka Investigative awards

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By Rhoda Olorunfemi Winners have emerged for the 2016 edition of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Reporting (WSCIJR) awards. Editor of the TheCable, Fisayo Soyombo, won the ‘Nigeria Investigative Journalist of the year’ for the Online category with his story “Forgotten Soldiers”. He beat Femi Owolabi also of TheCable’s, who was the runner up

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Journalists urged to support anti- Malaria campaign

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By Rhoda Olorunfemi Journalists have been urged to support the campaign to totally eradicate malaria by year 2020 in the country. The call was made by the Director, Disease Control, Lagos state Ministry of Health, Dr. Eniola Erinosho, at the ‘Malaria to Zero’ campaign held in Lagos at which Huawei Technologies officially presented N50 million

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All hands must be on deck to ensure Journalists’ safety-Sekinah Lawal

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By Rhoda Olorunfemi The president, Nigerian Association of Woman Journalists (NAWOJ), Lagos state chapter, Hajia Sekinah Lawal, has called for all hands to be on the deck to ensure Journalists’ welfare and safety in Nigeria is guaranteed. This call was made at the second interactive journalists round table, held at the International Press Centre (IPC),

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Kabiru Yusuf, PPDC and others to receive Wole Soyinka Award

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By Rhoda Olorunfemi   Kabiru Abdullahi Yusuf, the Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of Trust Media Limited and the Public and Private Development Centre, PPDC, a non-governmental organisation, will be honored with the Lifetime Award for Journalistic Excellence and Anti-corruption Defender Award respectively at the Eleventh Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting presentation

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Journalists should embrace hard work and passion for their Profession as the late Adeparusi did-says Media Experts

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By Rhoda Olorunfemi Journalists have been advised to emulate the spirit of hard work and passion for their career as exhibited by the late photojournalist, Adeyinka Adeparusi who died in Abuja. This call was made by some of the dignitaries present at the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSOIJ), located at the Nigerian Institute

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Orient Correspondent wins Africa Journalism prize

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Enugu State Correspondent of Orient Daily Newspaper in Akwa, Anambra State, Patrick Egwu Ejike, has won the second place prize of the 2016 Haller Prize for Development Journalism in Sub Saharan Africa. Ejike’s winning prize is £1000 for his entry entitled ‘Digital Tech Improving Access to Education in Nigeria’ Tatenda Chitagu of Zimbabwe won the

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