By Juliana Francis, Securitynewsalert.com MS. ENE Oshaba, an investigative journalist with Blueprint Newspaper, has become a reporter to watch, earning admiration not only for her fearless fieldwork but also for doing so while caring for her nursing baby. Driven by her strong advocacy for exclusive breastfeeding, Oshaba often takes her baby al...
By JKNewsMedia SUBMISSIONS HAVE opened for the 34th Diamond Awards for Media Excellence (DAME), with entries invited across 25 categories that span reporting, commentary, documentary-drama, aesthetics, and overall awards. The organisers led by Mr. Lanre Idowu, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Editor-in-Chief, Diamond Publications Ltd, confir...
By JKNewsMedia JOURNALISTS SEEKING career development, funding, or international exposure this year can now apply for 20 major opportunities available in September. The programmes range from global reporting fellowships to academic scholarships, providing access to specialised areas such as investigative journalism, environmental reporting, na...
By Olugbenga Adebamiwa SHOLA OSHUNKEYE is a celebrated Nigerian journalist whose distinguished career spans over three decades of impactful reporting, editorial leadership, and pioneering human-interest storytelling across West Africa. Renowned for blending sharp investigative skills with deep compassion for the human condition, his work has ...
By Joke Kujenya SHOCKWAVES RIPPLED through Nigeria’s media and cultural circles following the passing of Evelyn Osagie, Assistant Editor (Arts) of The Nation Newspaper, who died in the early hours of Sunday, August 17, 2025, at the Catholic Ancillia Hospital in Fagba, Lagos. She was 50. Colleagues first learnt of her death through messages on ...
By Joke Kujenya MULTIPLE AWARD-winning Kenya’s investigative journalist Caroline Atieno Nyanga has made a global appeal for assistance after recounting how her media career, health, and fortune collapsed following years of dangerous reporting assignments and alleged encounters with forces of darkness. Nyanga, a respected figure in Kenyan medi...
By JKNewsMedia MAJOR CHANGES have been announced at the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) as President Bola Tinubu approved the appointment of veteran media executive Rotimi Richard Pedro as the new Director-General of the state broadcaster. The move, which brings in a new leadership team at the NTA, is seen as one of the most significant [...
By Joke Kujenya SEVEN DAYS after the death of the pioneer Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Doyinsola Hamidat Abiola, the Concord Press family is still in mourning. They declared in a short release on their WhatsApp platform, “The Great Concord Family,” that from Sunday morning until Tuesday night, former staff members of...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent PROFOUND SADNESS has been expressed by the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) over the death of Dr Doyin Abiola, former Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief of the defunct Concord Newspapers, at the age of 82. In a statement signed by President Eze Anaba and General Secretary Onuoha Ukeh, the NGE...
By Joke Kujenya LEGACY OF pioneering journalism, newsroom innovation and unmatched leadership has been noted to define the transition of Dr Doyin Abiola, former Managing Director of Concord Press of Nigeria, whose death has marked the end of a remarkable era in Nigerian media. Described as a woman who inhaled and exhaled journalism, Dr Abiola...
