The third annual African Blogger Awards competition that opened for entries in mid-February has announced three new categories for social and digital influencers across the African continent. The new categories opened in association with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation aim to raise awareness of social issues that affect the continent. The new categories are: […]
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The third annual African Blogger Awards competition that opened for entries in mid-February has announced three new categories for social and digital influencers across the African continent. The new categories opened in association with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation aim to raise awareness of social issues that affect the continent. The new categories are:
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Veteran journalist, Sonala Olumhense has stopped the publication of his weekly syndicated column in The Guardian. The column now runs in Sunday Punch from March 13, 2016. In a second short piece titled “I turn the page” published in the March 13 edition, Olumhense announced that he has parted ways with The Guardian due to
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Television Continental, a pan-African Channel has won the station of the year at the Nigerian Broadcasting Merit Award held recently in Abuja. The station was also chosen as most Watched TV Channel of the year. The Nigeria’s 24-hour channel swept most of the major awards at the event which include; TV Channel with the best
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The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has urged media owners and managers in Nigeria to ensure gender parity in their newsrooms to redress the imbalance in the ratio of women to men in the industry. The call was made on March 11 during a tweet chat organised by the Centre to commemorate the
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The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has urged media owners and managers in Nigeria to ensure gender parity in their newsrooms to redress the imbalance in the ratio of women to men in the industry. The call was made on March 11 during a tweet chat organised by the Centre to commemorate the
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The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos–Nigeria has expressed concern over various forms of attacks that journalists in the country are still being subjected to, mostly in the course of their professional duty. The outcome of an on-going monitoring of safety of journalists being undertaken by IPC with the support of the Open Society Foundation according
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By Gbenga Ayodele Publisher of Newswatch Times, Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim may have rested the print version of the newspaper. Last week, the businessman held a meeting with the management staff and unveiled plans to go fully online with the publication. The decision to publish online may not be unconnected with the crisis rocking the media
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By Gbenga Ayodele Publisher of Newswatch Times, Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim may have rested the print version of the newspaper. Last week, the businessman held a meeting with the management staff and unveiled plans to go fully online with the publication. The decision to publish online may not be unconnected with the crisis rocking the media
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President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, Mallam Mohammed Deen Garba has been appointed as the new new Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC) . His appointment was announced on Thursday along with 53 others in an overhaul of the organizational structure of the NNPC. Garba who is
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