Tributes about the impact he made in the Nigeria radio industry have been pouring in following the announcement of the death of Black-American radio programme host, Dan Foster on Wednesday. Unconfirmed reports according to Oyinlola Awonuga said Foster, popularly known as The Big Dawg died of COVID-19 complications in Lagos. He worked with Cool FM, […]
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By Seye Joseph, MCS Popular Nigerian-based American On-Air Personality, Dan Foster ( who died on Wednesday, June 17, 2020) has revealed how he got his first radio job in the country while he was still in America. Foster in an interview with The Punch Newspaper in 2014 said that he never knew he was coming
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As journalists and others pay tributes to Ovation Publisher, Dele Momodu on his 6oth birthday, Steve Osuji wondered why he (Momodu) would make a practice of protecting and fellow-shipping with felons yet relish being held up as a great journalist and publisher. Who doesn’t know Dele Momodu, aka Bob Dee? In what light you might
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Freelance editor and investigative journalist, Fisayo Soyombo who is one of the three finalists for the International Journalist of the Year 2020 award by the One World Media has a track record of outstanding performance back in his days as a student journalist. He was the winner of the 2009 Student category of the Nigeria
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A former Chairman of the Lagos State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Pa Dele Odebiyi is dead. Odebiyi, a former editor of the defunct Headlines, published by the old Daily Times Newspapers Limited died on Saturday according to a statement by the Chairman of the Council, Dr Quasim Akinreti. Below is a
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Abdulwarees Solanke, Ag. Deputy Director of Strategic Planning & Corporate Development Voice of Nigeria pays tribute to two of his mentors in his media career. Mentors come as rainbow, in different colours, all appealing. Their roles in our lives remain the same. They give us direction. They bring out the best in us. They lead us out of
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Former Head of Audience Engagement at BusinessDay Newspaper, Yvette Uloma Dimiri is now the Growth Editor of Stears Business. In this interview with Media Career, Dimiri who says she loves day-dreaming and talking about the future of Media speaks about her stay in BusinessDay, the need for improving audience engagement and other issues. You
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O’Femi Kolawole is an award-winning journalist and author who has practised journalism for about 19 years. The author of THE GATEKEEPERS; a biography of Nigerian newspaper editors, media scholars, public relation practitioners, political leaders and researchers, Kolawole recently unveiled another publication tilted Nigerian JOURNALISM to celebrate 160 years of journalism in Nigeria. In this interview
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Oyinlola Awonuga The International Women Media Foundation (IWMF) has applauded practising women journalist for their resilience despite the various challenges they have to cope with. In a publication on 19 women changing journalism in 2019, noted that “it is not easy being a woman journalist” Nearly one-third of early-career journalists according to the foundation considered
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The Board of Directors of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has announced the appointment of Mrs Motunrayo Alaka as Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of the organisation. Chairman of the Board, Professor Ropo Sekoni who announced the appointment in a statement said the decision was taken a board meeting held on September 19, 2019.
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