Former Chairman of the Lagos Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) and Director Digital Media, Voice of Nigeria Dr Qasim Akinreti, pay tributes to late Chairman of Ogun State NUJ, Soji Amosu who died recently. 53 years ago, a child, Soji Samson Amosun was born. His parents ensured he had a good education […]
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Alofe Faith Opeyemi of the department of English and Literary Studies, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) has been elected the 50th and first female President of the Association of Campus Journalists (ACJ) of the institution. She was elected along with other executive members on September 25, 2021. Other Executive council members: Vice President ( Administration )
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Innocent Duru of The Nation Newspapers in Nigeria was announced as one of the eight winners of the 2021 West and Central Africa Migration Journalism Awards by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). We asked Duru for his reaction to being one of the winners and his response is published below: The IOM award is the
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The 17th All Nigeria Editors’ Conference 2021, held October 21 – 22, 2021, in Abuja, has come and gone. But, the successes and impart recorded by the event still lingers in the minds of reporters, editors, media houses and concerned stakeholders across the globe. The conference with the theme: “Media in Times of Crises: Resolving Conflict,
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A former Acting Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Chief Jide Adebayo, is dead. Adebayo died in a Lagos hospital on Thursday at the age of 66 during a brief illness. Retired Maj.-Gen. Lasisi Abidoye, a close friend of Adebayo, also the President of Omu-Aran Development Association (ODA), confirmed this in a
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Journalist and media career development specialist, Lekan Otufodunrin recalls the media exploits of the late founding executive director of Journalists Against AIDS, Omololu Falobi who died 15 years ago. How time flies indeed. 15 years on October 5 when the founding Executive Director of Journalists Against (JAAIDS) Omololu Falobi, journalist per excellence and media visionary
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Sanmi Falobi, Programme Manager of the International Press Centre, pays tributes to his late elder brother, founding Executive Director of Journalists Against AIDS, Omololu Falobi. Fifteen years ago (October 5, 2006), yet-to-be-identified assailants cut you short with bullets, strapped to the seat of your car as you drove home, leaving us in shock and anguish.
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How many Managing Editors of major national newspapers in Nigeria who are women do you know? There is probably none for now, except Stella Iyaji of Daily Trust Newspaper, who is one of the very few women occupying top management positions in the print media sector in the country. Iyaji who marked her birthday on
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The ordinary librarian is concerned with the arrangement of books in the library. But Nyaknno Osso, who is 50 years today in the library profession, is not ordinary. His peers unanimously consider him extraordinary and he is. Osso is sold out and addicted to books, research, and documentation. 📚Once he steps into any library, whether
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Accolades rained on vibrant and indefatigable Richard Akinnola on Monday, August 23, 2021, as he strutted proudly round the Ijakadi Hall of the Radisson Blu Hotel, GRA, Ikeja welcoming guests who came to honour him as he celebrated his 63rd birthday with a lecture bordering on the insecurity situation in Nigeria. Irrepressible as ever and
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