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Journalists urge to see social media as positive challenge, says NPAN, NUJ

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Mr Nduka Obaigbena, Chairman Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN) on Thursday advised the Nigerian media to see the social media as a positive challenge. Obaigbena made the call while delivering a goodwill message at the ongoing All Nigerian Editors Conference (ANEC) holding in Port Harcourt. He stated that the emergence of the social media […]

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How I started writing my column – Adeniyi

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By Kelechi Amakoh The current chair of the editorial board of ThisDay newspapers, Olusegun Adeniyi has recounted how he started off as a columnist twenty years ago. Recounting his odyssey on his Thursday, April 8 “The Verdict” Backpage column on ThisDay Newspaper, Adeniyi noted how Prof. (then Dr.) Dele Sobowale’s “Please Give Me the Bones”

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Mass sack at Thisday

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The job of many staff of Thisday Newspapers may be hanging in the balance following a memo on Tuesday terminating the appointment of staff, not “on duty and working”, when the publisher, Nduka Obaigbena arrived the Lagos office of the company. Obaigbena, in the memo dated February 23, 2016 addressed to the senior management staff

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New appointments at Thisday

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With effect from March 1, 2016 the Board of Directors of Thisday Newspapers has approved the promotion and redeployment of some members of staff in furtherance of the ongoing restructuring in the company. The changes were contained in an internal memo signed by the Chairman/Editor-in-Chief, Nduka Obaigbena. The affected staff are as follows: 1. Ms.

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