Folashade Adebayo an award-winning journalist and former staff of The Punch recently launched a web resource that harnesses global and local scholarship opportunities for indigent but brilliant Nigerians and West Africans. In this piece, she explains the motivation for the project and what she hopes to achieve through www.coursefunds.com I have been a media entrepreneur for […]
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The Africa Report, a pan-African political and economics monthly magazine has vacancy for the post of Business Editor. The Editor is to organise corporate, economic and financial coverage in its digital newsroom. The full brief of the suitable candidate is as follows: Plan, write, and edit material for publication on our digital platform Liaise and
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Lekan Otufodunrin writes on the amazing career journey of Oluwatoyosi Ogunseye, Head of BBC West Africa In the social media world, there are various hashtags # for each day of the week. Among the popular ones are #MotivationMonday #WomancrushWednesday, #ThrowbackThursday and #FlashbackFriday. MondayMotivation is about motivating quotes shared on Mondays, while WomancrushWednesday is about
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Paper delivered by Mr. Victor Ifijeh, Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief, The Nation Newspaper at the 60th Birthday celebration of the Provost of Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Gbemiga Ogunleye. These are trying times for print journalists the world over. Our beloved industry is facing unprecedented challenges. Publications are gasping for breath. The future looks uncertain. We are
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The Nigerian Army has explained why its men and other security agencies stormed the premises of Media Trust (Publishers of Daily Trust) Headquarters in Abuja and regional office in Maiduguri on Sunday. Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Sani Kukasheka Usam in a statement said soldiers of the Nigerian Army along with elements of Nigeria Police
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Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has condemned the military invasion, occupation and takeover of the Abuja and Maiduguri offices of Daily Trust newspapers on Sunday. In a statement by its Programmes Director, Ayode Longe, MRA said the action was unlawful and unjustifiable and called on the Federal Government to take punitive action against the perpetrators in
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The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria has condemned the forceful closure of Daily Trust Newspapers’ head office in Abuja and the organisation’s Maiduguri office by military personnel on Sunday January 6, 2019. The IPC, according to a statement by its Director Lanre Arogundade said it considers the development as a fresh threat to freedom of the
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Anthony Osae-Brown has resigned as the Editor of Business Day Newspaper. His resignation is dated December 31, 2018 and will be replaced by Patrick Atuanya who is currently News Editor of the paper. Osae-Brown who was appointed Editor in October 2016 from United Bank for Africa (UBA) announced his exit in a tweet on his
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Premium Times journalist, Abdulaziz Abdulaziz and 11 others have emerged winners of the 2018 Wole Soyinka Awards for Investigative Reporting. Abdulaziz, with ‘The Kemi Adeosun expose’ published in Premium Times, won the overall Investigative Journalist of the Year award and the online category. In the print category, Mojeed Alabi emerged winner for his two-part story,
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A new radio station in Ibadan, capital of Oyo State has vacancies for the position of Station Manager and Head of Programmes. The suitable Station Manager who should be between the ages of 35-45 is required to have a University degree in any of the following disciplines: Mass Communication, Journalism, Social Science or Arts. A
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