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

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

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

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

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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Journalists should abide by biblical injunctions

By Olorunfemi Rhoda Journalists have been advised against engaging in attitudes which are not biblical injunction while on duty. The advice was given by Pastor David Deola Odunayo at the November fellowship of the Journalists’ For Christ (JFC), held at International Press Centre (IPC), Ogba, Lagos. Speaking on ‘Biblical Journalism: Seven things the Lord hates’

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5 WAYS NIGERIAN VLOGGERS CAN GET MORE SUBSCRIBERS ON YOUTUBE.NG

Nkem Ndem Youtube.ng, a free video streaming platform owned by Google, is currently the leading platform for Video blogging and Video content marketing in the Nigeria. With over a million unique users per month, Youtube.ng is a platform considered by everyone on the look for online marketing and publicity with hope for benefits in the

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THISDAY’s Akingbolu wins SERA’s CSR award

THISDAY’s Raheem Akingbolu has won the Tunmise Adekunle Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Reporting Category of Social Enterprise Reporting Award (SERA)-CSR AFRICA of year 2016. Gbenga Salau of the The Guardian was the first runner-up while Adedeji Ademigbuji of The Nation, was second runner-up in the Category. A total of twenty-six awards were won by corporate

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Entries invited for 2017 Re/Insurance Journalism Awards

Entries have been invited for the 2017 Pan-African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards. Sponsored by Continental Reinsurance, the awards recognize outstanding works of journalists from both English and French speaking countries across the continent. According to the statement issued by the organisers, “The awards are an extension of Continental Reinsurance’s continued commitment to the advancement of excellence

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New Telegraph’s Energy Editor bags Africa Investigative Journalism Conference Bursary

Energy Editor of the New Telegraph newspaper, Adeola Yusuf has bagged the Africa Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC) Bursary in South Africa. New Telegraph reports that, the story, published in New Telegraph newspaper on Saturday, June 24, 2016 titled: “Mega Crude Theft: How $50bn stolen crude from Nigeria found its way to refineries in Europe, US”,

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