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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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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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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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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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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