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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September 28 is the deadline for the submission of nominations for the Omololu Falobi Award for Excellence in Prevention Research Community Advocacy. Full details available at :http://www.avac.org/falobi The award was established to pay tribute to the life and work of Omololu Falobi and to highlight the essential role of community advocacy in HIV prevention research.
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The Diamond Awards for Media Excellence (DAME) has invited entries from journalists and media houses for the 25th edition of the awards. In a statement by the organisers of the award called for entries in 31 categories for journalists in print, online and electronic media. The categories are: Action Photography, Agriculture Reporting, Best Designed Newspaper,
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Daily Trust Newspapers has employed, Abiodun Alade, formerly of the Vanguard Online department as it’s new Online Editor. Alade who resumed at the Abuja Corporate headquarters of the national newspaper according to his LinkedIn profile is a Social media strategist, creative content developer, Media commentator/blogger and author. He holds a first degree in Journalism from
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By Falade Tosin Students of the Lagos State University School of Communication have been charged to tap into the entrepreneurial opportunities in journalism which includes blogging, photography, and freelancing among others to facilitate employment after graduating. The advice was given by the Online Editor, The Nation newspaper Mr. Lekan Otufodunrin the presentation of his book
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The International Press Centre, ( IPC) Nigeria had mourned the death of the Executive Director of Liberian Media Centre, ( LMC), Lawrence Randall. In tribute to Randall who died recently in the United States, Director of IPC, Lanre Arogundade noted that the deceased within a few years developed LMC to become a media institution reckoned
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The Nigerian Guild of Editors ( NGE) has called for better adherence to the ethics of the profession by journalists in the country. The Guild made the call in a communique issued at the end of its 12th All Nigerian Editors’ Conference, ANEC held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State from August 3-7, 2016. It also
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