Kemi Adetiba, a highly revered Nigerian filmmaker, recently treated film enthusiasts around the world and Nollywood film lovers at large, to the release of King of Boys: The Return of the King, a limited series that follows King of Boys, Nollywood’s 2018 political crime thriller. The much-talked-about film tells the tale of Alhaja Eniola Salami, […]
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Keynote address on Photojournalism: What the future portends for practitioners, by ‘Dayo Adedayo, Nigeria’s acclaimed documentary photographer and cultural anthropologist at the 2021 Photography Day organized by Lagos Chapter of the Photo Journalists Association Why are we celebrating World Photography Day? World Photography Day is observed on August 19 every year. It is a
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At a recent programme by the United States Consulate in Lagos, acclaimed Investigative journalist and Founder of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), Nigeria, ‘Fisayo Soyombo was asked what extent of risk is too much for a journalist to take in getting a story, however important. His first response was that the answer lies in
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Prior to the outbreak of COVID-19, we just began the (2019/2020) academic session and it was my third year at the university. I cruised through life, attending lectures, spending time with my learning colleagues, and engaged actively in journalism activities on campus. Little did I know my fast-paced life would come to a halt in
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In her opening address at the 4th edition of the Female Reporters Leadership Programme (FRLP), last Monday in Lagos, the Executive Director of the Wole Soyinka Centre For Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) Mrs Motunrayo Alaka made a renewed call for more women in the leadership of media organisations in the country. She expressed concern about the low
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International development experts have called on the government to collaborate with youths to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in Africa. The call was made at the Youth Sustainability Development Conference 2021 – Pan African Edition (YSDC) organized in partnership with Jet Escp, Panta Group, International Supply Chain Education Alliance (ISCEA), OXZY and Hofstede Insight
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Keynote by Martins Oloja, Editor-in-Chief, The Guardian, at the Nigerian Academy of Science 2021Media Award Dinner at Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Ikeja, Lagos on Friday, June 18, 2021. I would like to thank the Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS) for the invitation to deliver this keynote on science journalism at this time. I have been
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One thing I like to pay attention to at media awards ceremonies is not only who the winners were, but the reasons they won. I pay attention to the verdict of the judges who assessed the entries and why they preferred the winning entries out of the whole lot they looked through. Some keywords usually
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Journalist and poet, Simbo Olorunfemi writes that the media has carried on as if above the law and has to learn to take responsibility Every time a media organ or practitioner is queried on the basis of the law, what we have come to see is for those who lay claim to the protection of
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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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