Nigerian media aides and the Tantalus plague (1)
•Mutations of the journalist in the corridors of power Man loses wife and three kids to vehicle accident caused by bad road. Media aide justifies governor’s refusal to repair the road, claiming there...
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West Africa Media Excellence Awards holds Saturday
THE maiden edition of the West Africa Media Excellence Awards will hold on Saturday. The awards, according to the Executive Director of MFWA, Sulemana Braimah, are intended to inspire and promote...
View ArticleNigerian media aides and the Tantalus plague (2)
•Mutations of the journalist in the corridors of power A notable politician/public officer dismisses fear of backlash over his persistent rape and impregnation of minors. He brags to a friend in...
View ArticleCorruption and the media
It is obvious that the core value for the establishment of the media has completely changed over the years. Before now, media’s motto was to educate people and bring out the issues in front of the...
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Media urged to drive urban agenda narratives
Following Habitat III, the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, that took place in Quito Ecuador 2016, and the emerging need to further build the capacity of the...
View ArticleMedia under-developing Nigerian politics?
Remember Walter Rodney’s How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, that seminal work first published in 1972, which audacious thinking set the academia on fire? In the Nigerian university campus of the 1980s,...
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Minister to media: don’t mock anti-graft war
Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed has appealed to the media not to mock the Federal Government’s anti-corruption war, urging media practitioners to support the administration’s...
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Media stakeholders set up committees on 2018 IPI World Congress
Preparations for Nigeria’s hosting of the 2018 World Congress and General Assembly of the International Press Institute (IPI) have kicked off with the constitution of nine planning committees. The...
View ArticleJournalists urged to adopt positive narrative for peace, development
Journalists have been urged to use positive narrative and perspective to engender the peace and development of Nigeria as an integral part of Africa. The Chairman, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ),...
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Minister urges CSOs, media to remind Nigerians of treasury looters
•Anti-Corruption Situation Room (ACSR) launched in Abuja THE Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and media practitioners have been urged to ensure that the citizenry do not forget the evil committed by...
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