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Osinubi’s 46 years Reporter- MD/EIC journey at The Punch

Citation for former Managing Director of The Punch, Mr Ademola Osinubi for LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 2022 by Diamond Awards for Media Excellence Trust Fund At Ijebu Ode Grammar School, Ademola Osinubi was an all-around Arts student, who dreaded figures and translated his dislike for his Mathematics teacher to the subject. He loved the sight of

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More opportunities to succeed in journalism now than before – Arogundade

Starting out as a campus journalist and student unionist in his university days, Mr Lanre Arogundage has practised as a print and broadcast journalist and is today the Executive Director of the International Press Centre, Lagos.  In this interview with Media Career Development conducted by Adeku Abdulmumini, Blessing Osemobor and Blessed Yovo, Arogundade who is

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How disabled journalists can cope in non-disabled media environment

Yusuf Adua, an Investigative journalist and podcaster writes on the experiences of journalists with disabilities and how they can overcome their challenges in their media work. Before you walk a mile or less in Nigeria or anywhere else in the world,  you find a person with one disability or the other struggling to get by.

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Complete Sports publisher Ojeagbase dies at 71

The founder and executive chairman of Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspapers, SuccessDigest and other online publications, Dr. Emmanuel Sunny Ojeagbase is dead. A statement by the family signed by Mr Julius Ojeagbase stated that he died on Saturday, 26 February 2022 in Atlanta, United States of America (USA) after a brief illness.

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‘How I got my radio job without training, experience’

Multimedia journalist and On-Air-Personality at Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Nkechi Idiaye in commemoration of the World Radio Day 2022 on February 13 shared the story of how she got employed as a radio presenter without prior training and experience. We asked her some follow-up questions to get more insights on her pre and post-employment

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Adebulu is TheCable’s Journalist of the Year

Multiple award-winning journalist and Head, Fact-Check at TheCable, Taiwo Adebulu, has been named the publication’s Journalist of the Year 2021. On Friday, the newspaper’s editors announced him as the recipient of the annual award which recognises journalists within the ranks of TheCable “who have demonstrated industry, resilience and self-motivation as well as having produced impact

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I need a job – Visually impaired NIJ Distinction graduate

Grace Atukpa who is visually impaired graduated with Higher National Distinction (HND) Distinction in Journalism from the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, NIJ, Ogba, Lagos. The daughter of a former crime reporter, Cecilia Akpa who died over ten years ago, served with National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). Dr Mrs Grace Achum, a journalist

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Olaniyan : Experience, qualifications loaded new media specialist

Akin Olaniyan is a New Media Specialist, Trainer, Researcher and Corporate Communications expert. Presently Lead Strategist at The Chatter House, a New Media consultancy based in Lagos, Nigeria, Olaniyan was formerly Deputy Editor of The Punch, Corporate Communication Specialist at Zenith Bank and Group Business Editor at Independent Newspapers. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy

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