Media and development
Development refers to an improvement in the economic situation of the people where the basic necessities of life such as food, housing, education, good income and health care are met at affordable cost...
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From theatre to the media: Odyssey of Yemi Ogunbiyi at 70
A former Personal Assistant to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo on Domestic Affairs, Mr Tunde Olusunle, in this piece, examines the contributions of a former Managing Director of Daily Times, Dr Yemi...
View ArticleNigerian media and the Presidency
Preamble The media is like a spider web. A small object that approaches it easily gets ensnared. But if the object is big, no time is wasted in attempting to tear the web apart. That is the parable of...
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Ambode tasks media on partnership to end recession
Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, on Saturday called on the media to partner with government and put the nation above every other interest. Ambode made the call while declaring open the 2017...
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Nigerian govt urged to create enabling environment for media practice
A coalition of media advocacy organizations in Nigeria under the aegis of the Partnership for Media and Democracy in Nigeria (PAMED) has called on the Federal Government to create an enabling...
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Democracy: How media has fared since 1999
The inaugural lecture of the Oba Adetona Professorial Chair in Governance in the Department of Political Science, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, was delivered last Wednesday at the...
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PTI students tour The Nation, other media houses
To learn the rudiment of print and broadcast journalism, members of Press Club of Petroleum Training Institute (PTI) in Effurun, Delta State, were in Lagos, last week, on excursion to five media...
View ArticleTOTAL RECALL MEDIA BRANCHES OUT
AFTER seven years of operating in the Nigerian entertainment space, Total Recall Media Limited, a member of T.Recall Group (Nigeria, South Africa and United States), has announced the official...
View ArticleWorrying state of the media
The restructuring at the Continental Broadcasting Services Limited, owners of Television Continental (TVC) and Radio Continental, which led to the sacking of 145 staff should not have come as a...
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Nigerian media celebrate World Music Day
•Okoroji advises on songs that unite From music of yesteryear to contemporary songs across different genres, and talks that center on sound and beats, radio and television stations in the country,...
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‘Ways to benefit from new media’
The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, gave the keynote speech at the 10th Jackson Annual Lecture Series organised by the Department of...
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Minister: media must avoid divisive contents
Minister for Information and Culture Lai Muhammed has expressed fears of the media being used as a vehicle for disintegration rather than unity. The minister was worried that the items of disunity,...
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Quit Notice: Sheath your sword, Yoruba leaders tell groups
Yoruba Traditional Council in the North has called on warring factions on the quit notice by Arewa Youths Coalition on the Igbos to sheath their swords and approach the issue with all sense of...
View ArticleNGE, media and democracy
It is often said that everyone is a leader until tried. Either correct or incorrect, events over the years have proved that the ability to lead, perhaps, a group, corporation or country, is not...
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Olubadan urged to check media aide against inflammatory statements
A Socio-cultural group, Oyo Development Initiative (ODI), has urged the Olubadan of Ibadan to caution his media aide for allegedly using abusive, derogatory and denigrating words in reaction to issues,...
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‘Media should defend democracy’
Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong has urged the media to be mindful of the information they send to the public to safeguard peace, security and democracy. He gave the advice in Port Harcourt, Rivers...
View ArticleNigerian 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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