Bonuola bags Soyinka’s lifetime award for journalistic excellence

Founding Editor and former Managing Director of The Guardian, Mr Lade Bonuola (Ladbone), Left; with the newspaper’s former Parastatals Reporter, Mr Adeleke Adeseri, at the conferment of Lifetime Award for Journalistic Excellence on Bonuola, by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism, WSCIJ, in Lagos … on Wednesday, November 9, 2020 By Banji Ayoola A […]

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Adeleke mourns SOJ Worldwide publisher Adesoji Omosebi

Departed Publisher of SOJ Worldwide, Mr. Adesoji Omosebi plans health insurance scheme for journalists By John Dike, Osogbo Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has mourned the death of Adesoji Omosebi, Publisher of SOJ Worldwide Online News and a prominent member of the Osun Online Publishers Association (OOPA). In a statement by his spokesperson, Mallam Olawale […]

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NUJ to induct eminent Nigerians into hall of fame in Osun

By John Dike, Osogbo The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Osun State Council, will on Wednesday induct distinguished personalities into its prestigious Hall of Fame. A statement by the Chairman of the Council, Comrade Wasiu Ajadosu, and Secretary, Comrade Adeyemi Aboderin, said the ceremony would hold at the NUJ Press Centre, Iwo-Ibadan Road, Osogbo, beginning […]

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Odigbo chieftain, Omole donates snooker board to Ondo NUJ

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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Dan Agbese: A voice that rings with bitter truth – Babarinsa

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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Editors give Tinubu 8-point rescue plan for Nigerian media 

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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High operational costs killing Nigerian media, NGE tells Tinubu

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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Adeleke celebrates star journalist Reuben Abati at 60

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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Ladbone: Sometime In 1991

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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