Ejiro Umukoro “Lady E” is the Pioneer General Manager of MEGA 89.1 FM, Warri in Delta State. She has been working behind the scene with her team for months to set up the station that commenced operations July 1st 2019. In this report, she speaks about the station, its goals and vision and provides insight […]
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Assistant Director of Programmes, Lagos Operations of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) Mrs Funke Treasure Durodola has voluntarily retired after 19 years of service. A valedictory session was held for her during the staff forum of Radio Nigeria, Ikoyi, Lagos on Tuesday. She was former General Manager of Radio Nigeria’s Radio One (103.
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The Assistant Editor, Politics of Sun Newspapers, Ismail Omipidan has been appointed as the new Chief Press Secretary of Osun State governor, Mr. Adeboyega Oyetola. Omipidan takes over from Mr. Adeniyi Adesina, who resigned to return to The Nation Newspaper as Editor of the Daily Paper. Adesina was Deputy Editor (News) when he was earlier
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Publisher of the defunct NEXT Newspaper, Dele Olojede is to launch AFAR, a monthly digital magazine soon. He announced the plan in an article titled The Road Home in the new edition of the African Leadership Initiative (ALI) Monthly Review The magazine according to Olojede, Pulitzer Prize winner, will be for long-form writing, covering the
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Fisayo Soyombo, Pioneer Editor of The Cable, former editor with the International Centre for Investigative Reporting, now ‘Roving Editor’. in this interview with Media Career Development Network team speaks on investigative journalism and online media publishing in Nigeria We seem to have too many one-man websites all over the place. What do you think
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Abdulwarees Solanke, Assistant Director with Voice of Nigeria pays tribute to his mentors in journalism Joke Kujenya is a fantastic female journalist who has put more than three decades into the pen-pushing craft. She’s also gone round most of the big newspapers in the country, dead or surviving with many awards and laurels to her
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How long does the tenure of editors of The Punch Newspaper, Nigeria’s most widely read newspaper last? This question followed the forced resignation of the Daily editor of the paper, Martins Ayankola based on the management’s decision on an offensive cartoon illustrating a back-page column in the paper. The cartoon that illustrated a write-up titled
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A top media professional, Mr Festus Adedayo has been appointed as the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Senate President, Dr Ahamad Lawan. Adedayo’s appointment was contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the Senate President on Administration, Dr Betty Okoroh, on Tuesday. Adedayo who holds a PhD in Political Communication from
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Nigerian journalist and Filmmaker, Shola Lawal has been named by The International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) as its 2019 IWMF Elizabeth Neuffer Fellow. According to a statement on June 13, Lawal was selected from more than 100 applicants from 43 countries for the 15th edition of the fellowship which provides journalists with training and experience reporting
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An accomplished media and communication executive, Aliu Moyosore Akoshile has been appointed as the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Times titles, published by Folio Communications Limited. According to a statement on Tuesday by the Board of Folio Media Group, the holding company for the conglomerate Akoshile’s appointment takes effect from 1 May 2019. The board
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