In a rare demonstration of open, loving support for journalists and promoting their well-being,the Bobaselu of Odigbo Kingdom, Chief Akindele Omole, FCA, has donated a snooker board to the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), in Ondo State. While presenting the gift on Monday at the NUJ Press Centre in Akure, he said the gesture was […]
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By Dare Babarinsa I first met Oga Dan Agbese in 1984 during the preparatory days of Newswatch, the pioneering Nigerian newsmagazine. Before then, his reputation had preceded him as one of the stars among the alumni of our Department of Mass Communication of the University of Lagos, UNILAG. Then we met at the home of […]
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The Nigerian Guild Editors have presented an eight-point plan to rescue the Nigerian media from its present state of distress to President Bola Tinubu and the 10th National Assembly. Eze Anaba, the President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors , NGE, made the presentation on Wednesday at the opening of the guild’s 21st annual conference […]
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President Bola Tinubu (right); Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris; Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma; Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Ododo; Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, and President, Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), Eze Anaba, during the 21st All Nigeria Editors Conference (ANEC), 2025, held at the State House Conference Centre, Presidential […]
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By Etim Etim Very few Nigerian journalists would be able to attract such an eminent crowd for their event like the one that assembled at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) for the launch of Reuben Abati’s books on Friday, November 7, his 60th birthday. The author is one of our most celebrated columnists […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has congratulated superstar journalist and former Presidential Spokesperson, Dr. Reuben Abati, on the occasion of his 60th birthday. He celebrates him especially for his remarkable contributions to journalism and national discourse in Nigeria. In a statement in Osogbo, the governor extolled Abati for his clear-headed analysis […]
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By Kingsley Osadolor Long before kidnapping-for-ransom or money ritual became rife, and then assumed the current industrial-scale dimension, there was an unforgettable incident in Lagos. At the time, innocence still had meaning, and society could be revulsed by unacceptable behaviour, especially one that was novel and posed a significant threat to the saner majority. So, […]
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Ondo NUJ Chairman, Prince Leke Adegbite, middle, in a group photograph with the 2025 Media/Press Week Planning Committee members Celebration holds between December 14 and 21 The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Ondo State Council, has inaugurated a seven-member Planning Committee to organize its 2025 Ondo media/Press Week. It will be chaired by Banjo Egunjobi […]
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By Femi Adesina When you have a bachelors degree in English and Drama tucked in your belt, and follow up with higher degrees in Communication Studies up to doctoral level, you are poised to conquer the world of journalism. And that was what she did. Dr Doyin Abiola (née Aboaba) took Nigerian journalism by storm. […]
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Yakubu Mohammed Veteran journalist, Yakubu Mohammed, says an unexplainable friction between Chief MKO Abiola, the publisher of the defunct National Concord, and Dele Giwa, both departed , Ray Ekpu and himself led to founding of Nigeria’s first weekly news magazine, Newswatch. Mohammed, who together with Giwa, Ekpu and Dan Agbese founded Newswatch in 1984, said […]
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