In a bid to strengthen Nigerian journalists’ skills in capital markets and data analysis, Bloomberg Media Initiative Africa (BMIA) has called for the last intake of applicants on advancement Financial Journalism Training Program. In a statement issued by BMIA, the six-month certificate programme is to enhance journalists’ knowledge in public policy and financial and economic […]
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Chief Executive Officer, Occupational Health and Safety Managers, Ehi Iden has advised media owners to establish a way to track journalists while on duty. This remark was made at the World’s Day for Safety of Journalists which was organized by Safety and Security Watch held in Lagos recently. Stating why tracking method is important for
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Rhoda Olorunfemi, MCD Reporter A Communication and Development Consultant, Mr Tony Iyare has warned that journalism in Nigeria may go into extinction if current assaults launched against journalists are not curbed. Iyare stated this at the Media Roundtable to mark the ‘International Day To End Impunity For Crimes Against Journalists’, held by the International Press
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Rhoda Olorunfemi, MCD Reporter A Communication and Development Consultant, Mr Tony Iyare has warned that journalism in Nigeria may go into extinction if current assaults launched against journalists are not curbed. Iyare stated this at the Media Roundtable to mark the ‘International Day To End Impunity For Crimes Against Journalists’, held by the International Press
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Interested journalists have been invited to write investigative reports on pending high profile corruption cases in the country. The call is part of the Transparency and Anticorruption project due to terminate by the end of December, being implemented by the International Press Centre, Lagos. The Centre according to a statement by the Program Officer, Stella
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The immediate past Editor of Vanguard Newspaper, Mr Mideno Bayagbon has launched an online news website, thenewsguru.com With former Acting Editor of Guardian Newspapers, Jewell Dafinone as its group Managing Editor, the new website according to a statement on Monday by the company “hopes to stem the seeming lack of professionalism among some practitioners in
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Mr. Eze Anaba has been appointed as the new Editor of Vanguard newspaper. He replaces Mideno Bayagbon. Until his appointment,Anaba, who holds a Master’s degree in Communication from Leicester, U.K was Deputy Editor of the paper. He was also former Saturday Editor, Senior Deputy News Editor, and the Law and Human Rights Editor of the
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Publisher and Managing Editor of Western Post Newspaper, Mr Tunde Rahman has been appointed as the new Special Adviser, Media to former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu. Rahman, former Saturday and Sunday editions of THISDAY Newspaper according to PREMIUM TIMES replaces the former media adviser, Mr Sunday Dare recently appointed a Commissioner in
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Two Nigerian journalists, Ajibola Amzat of The Guardian Newspapers and Adedayo Oketola of Saturday Punch have been named among seven finalists for this year’s African Fact-Checking Awards. The award is to honour the best investigative fact-checking carried out by African journalists this year which exposed misleading claims made by leading public figures across the continent.
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September 30, 2016 is the deadline for submission of application by interested journalists to participate in a Dialogue on Sexuality and Role of the Media. Heartland Alliance in collaboration with Projekthope www.projekthope.org is hosting the dialogue under its: Engaging the Media in Human Rights Series from October 3-4, 2016. If you are a media stakeholder,
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