The Ondo State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has threatened to shut down the state owned Owena Press PLC (publishers of The Hope newspapers) over what it decried as “some obnoxious” policies of the new Managing Director/CEO of the media outfit, Mr. Kayode Fasua. In a Notice of Intent to picket the office signed by the NUJ …

Anambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo has emerged as The Sun Newspaper ‘Man of the Year 2024’. According to the newspaper, the award is in recognition of his “excellent performance in governance with laudable achievements in his infrastructural and transformational advancement of the state, within a short period of his administration”. Soludo will receive the prestigious award on 1 …

The Kano State Government, on Friday, recalled two of the 14 journalists whose accreditations to cover Government House activities were previously withdrawn. Earlier, the state government withdrew the accreditation of the 14 journalists on 22 October  2024, barring them from covering activities within the Government House. According to Saturday PUNCH, two among the 14 journalists, Nasiru Mustapha Danhaki, a cameraman with …

Ahead of the National Delegates Conference/Congress of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) later this month in Owerri, the Imo State capital, Senator Shehu Sani, who once represented Kaduna Central district in the Red chamber, has pledged support for News Express Regional Editor (North), Garba Muhammad Project (GMP), who is a leading presidential aspirant. At the flag-off of the Kaduna …

Vice President Kashim Shettima; Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri; Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Atiku Abubakar Bagudu; and Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris are among distinguished figures who will lead conversation on the economy and security, as the 20th edition of All Nigeria Editors Conference (ANEC) starts in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, …

Regional Editor (North) of Nigeria’s authoritative newspaper, News Express, Garba Muhammad has emerged a presidential candidate of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He was cleared by the Credentials Committee alongside two others – Al-Hassan Abdullahi Yahya of Gombe State Media Corporation and Dele Atunbi of the Nigerian Television Authority, Abuja. The three men will battle it out at the …

Two civil advocacy groups – Dataphyte and the Progressive Impact Organisation for Community Development (PRIMORG) – have urged the Nigerian media industry and citizens to adopt the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in demanding good governance and accountability from leaders. Dataphyte developed Nubia, an open-source AI tool that draws insight from data provided and turns it into readable and relatable …

As part of its ongoing commitment to continually empower the Nigerian media and enable it play the critical watchdog role in the society, Polaris Bank is organising an open workshop for all classes of journalist across the media spectrum. It is one of its critical Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) interventions meant to positively impact key stakeholders. The 2024 media workshop …

The committee for the Ray Ekpu Award for Investigative Journalism has called for entries from journalism professionals in Akwa Ibom State with N1 million to be won. The committee said that the entries for the award, jointly sponsored by Inoyo Toro Foundation and Thompson and Grace Amos Foundation, will open on Monday, 1 November and run till Friday, 11 November …

The ninth Lagos Digital Public Relations Summit today released the confirmed list of keynote speakers and faculty members headlining the Summit, themed “Nurturing Authentic Connections in Digital Ecosystems”, scheduled to take place on 16 and 17 October 2024, at the MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos. The summit, which aims to place Nigeria at the forefront of digital public relations by examining …