Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina in this piece, pays tribute to his sister, Professor Foluke Ogunleye who recently died in a motor accident while on a visit to the country from Botswana where she is on sabbatical. It’s a day in British tradition dedicated to opening boxes of gifts received at […]
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By Sunday Osanyintuyi sundayosanyintuyi@gmail.com | @SundayOs As a trained journalist, I don’t take lightly issues around my first constituency, media. I handle media issues and industry related matters with great passion. It is so because our positions and thoughts have immense impacts on nation building. Among the first news items and opinions read yesterday was
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By Kelechi Amakoh Journalists in the country have been urged to use the newly released media code in for reporting elections issues. President of Nigeria Guild of Editors, Mr. Femi Adesina made this call at a Media Tweet-a-thon organized by the International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos, tagged: “Promoting media role and citizen participation in credible
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By Alimi Banire Many people have often asked me. “Hello Mr. Alimi Banire, what’s this profession of your called Public Relations all about?” Whilst I tend to feel bewildered and completely taken aback by a question of this magnitude, I don’t waste too much time in “Wonder land” before coming to terms as to what
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Dr. Anderson Uvie-Emegbo The 2014 edition of Social Media Week Lagos has started in style and expectedly, the fireworks have started flying. On Thursday, February 20, an interesting summit on “Functional Social Networking for Journalists”, hosted by the UBA Groups will hold at UBA House, Lagos. I will join some seasoned journalists to examine
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Resolve to be a better journalist Lekan Otufodunrin writes on how journalists can make the best of 2014 At the beginning of every New Year, it is fashionable to make New Year resolutions. Many really desire and resolve to do things differently in the New Year. Unfortunately, only few manage to achieve their goals. Before
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Kelechi Amakoh writes of the feat by Toyosi Ogunleye, Editor, Sunday Punch who has won six awards this year with her three part investigative story, The rich also cry. This is the time of the year when excellence and hard work in the media is being rewarded. Time of the year when persons and organisations
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Journalists have the responsibility to change and learn and evolve. It’s your responsibility to not stand still, to not get behind so that you won’t be replaced by an intern or recent graduate. And you have to learn from young people because they help you understand the new stuff. Esther Vargas, founder of Clases de
By Lekan Otufodunrin, The Nation The first ever Impact Journalism Day- a unique project involving 20 leading newspapers across the world publishing dedicated sections packed with creative solutions to global issues on the same day- was marked on Saturday, June 22, 2013. The project, initiated by Sparknews in collaboration with media partners, seeks to kick
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By Sabella Abidde (sabidde@yahoo.com), The Punch Just before 5:00am on Sunday, April 28, 2013, I came off bed to read one of Nigeria’s greatest minds tells us that: “If you are a regular reader of this column, you might like to know that this is the final time I will be writing it in this
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