By Dare Babarinsa July is a special month in Nigeria. It is when the heavens open up to release the rain in torrents and expose the hidden shame of our cities. About 60 years ago, a young graduate of the University of Ibadan, John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo, wrote a poem to celebrate the city. We were […]
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By Femi Adesina Hahahahahaaaaaaa. I burst into an uproarious laughter as I write the headline above. What a way to celebrate your boss, mentor, an icon, and your journalistic dad at 70. Yes, Mike Awoyinfa, editor of the celebrated Weekend Concord, and pioneer Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of The Sun, which hit the newspaper market like a […]
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Osun State Police Command has clarified that a journalist with The Nation newspaper, in the state, Toba Adedeji, is not dead. However, the police neither took responsibility for the shooting by its officials nor apologise in a statement issued 24 hours after the incident. Police officials deployed to disperse some protesters in Osogbo had shot […]
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A team of police, military and vigilante operatives in Niger State have rescued a staff of Guardian Newspapers Limited, Mr Ajibade Alagbe, after spending several hours in their den. Mr. Ajibade Alagbe, who works in The Guardian Newspapers’ Abuja office, was abducted in the early hours of Wednesday from his home located along Kaduna-Abuja road, […]
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Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has condemned the shooting of Osun State’s The Nation correspondent, Toba Adedeji, and another citizen by some police officers at Olaiya, Osogbo, the State capital on Tuesday. Adedeji and a yet-to-be-identified citizen were reportedly shot by some policemen who were trying to disperse a group of people who had gathered […]
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Osun State correspondent of The Nation newspaper, Mr Toba Adedeji has been shot. He was reportedly shot together with a teenager at Olaiya, in Osogbo, the state capital by policemen while covering the protest of a mourning crowd. The policemen were trying to disperse the crowd of protesters protesting the killing of Mr Abiola Afolabi […]
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Mourners pay last respect to Akleh Qatar Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, said yesterday that those responsible for killing veteran Al Jazeera reporter, Shireen Abu Akleh, must be held accountable. His comments were made at a live press conference with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran. Abu Akleh suffered a gunshot wound to the […]
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A Nigerian investigative journalist, Fisayo Soyombo, has emerged a 2022 fellow of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom. As contained in a statement, Soyombo, the founder of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism, is one of the 13 fellows selected worldwide to participate in the six-month fellowship […]
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Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN Ondo State Government on Tuesday promised to pay the backlog of outstanding gratuities of former staff of the state owned print media outfit, Owena Press Limited, OPL, publishers of The Hope newspaper. As reported by the newspaper in its Wednesday April 27 edition, “government said it was touched by […]
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commends governor for hiring 2 late journalists’ widows The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has appealed to Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, to pay the gratuities of retired staff of Owena Press Limited, publishers of the state-owned newspaper, The Hope. Besides, it urged him to incorporate the staff of the publishing firm into […]
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