Lekan Otufodunrin pays glowing tributes to the Chief Executive Officer/ Executive Director of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism Motunrayo Alaka who clocked 40 on May 25, 2021 Some years ago, I applied to implement a media training project on the platform of Media Career Development Network, then known as Media Career Services. Unknown […]
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Emmanuel Udom reports on tributes for media leaders who died in the last fifteen months at the event tagged “An Afternoon of Tributes – Honouring the Dead, Inspiring the Living” In Nigeria, it seems many journalists prefer to celebrate other people and neglect their own achievements, no matter how modest. This is rather strange, as
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Investigative journalist and media executive Maria Ressa of the Philippines has been named as the 2021 laureate of the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, following the recommendation of an international jury of media professionals. The Award Ceremony held on 2 May in Windhoek, Namibia, on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day Global Conference,
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Executive Director of the International Press Centre and former Features Editor of the defunct National Concord, Lanre Arogundade pays tributes to his former editor Mr Isikak Essien who clocks 70 recently. It was a near tussle. Tunji Bello, Former National Concord’s Political Editor and strong insider in Publisher Late Chief M.K.O Abiola’s presidential campaign had
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The former Manager, Editorial Training and Language Control of The Punch Newspaper, Mr Seth Akintoye who retired from the company in June last year, left earlier than he wanted to. In his memoir titled Twist and Turns of Life: My birth, Career and Faith published in January, this year, Akintoye explained that his decision to
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Crime Editor, New Telegraph, Juliana Francis who recently won three awards at the Nigeria Media Merit Award (NMMA) has named her newsroom heroes, mentors and role models who she praised for their contributions to her career success. Francis won the Defence Reporter, Power Reporter and Human Rights Reporter of the Year categories. She paid tributes
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Chairman and Founder of LEADERSHIP Group Limited, publishers of Leadership Newspapers and National Economy, Mr Sam Nda-Isiah, died on Friday, November 11, 2020, in Abuja. His sudden death has been greeted with lots of tributes and condolence messages from across the country. The 58 years media mogul, writer, politician and serial entrepreneur, according to a
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Chairman of Lagos Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Dr. Qasim Akinreti writes on the academic and professional legacies of Late Professor Dayo Alao who died recently. On December 17th 2020, the remains of our father, mentor, journalist, Media and Academic Administrator, Professor Dayo Alao will be committed to mother earth at Ilorin,
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Lekan Otufodunrin recalls the outstanding impact of the media advocacy by Late Omololu Falobi, former Features Editor of Sunday Punch Newspaper On October 5 , 2006, Omololu Falobi, founding Executive Director of Journalists Against AIDS ( JAAIDS), a media-based Non-Governmental Organisation was killed in Lagos by unknown gunmen on his way home from work.
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The management of Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ) has appointed Mr. Kemi Busari as Editor of Dubawa. Busari disclosed his appointment in his updated work experience on Facebook. The investigative journalist joined Premium Times as a reporter in August 2017 and was promoted to Senior Reporter in April 2018. His journey into journalism
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