By Joke Kujenya RECENT WHITE House restrictions on Associated Press (AP) reporters have sparked backlash from major press freedom organisations, raising concerns over media access and the erosion of journalistic independence. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), alongside a coalition o...
By JKNewsMedia A HEALTH crisis has disrupted the career of Bukola Joe-Oketunbi, a respected journalist with Channels Television and a member of the League of Airports and Aviation Correspondents (LAAC). She has been battling breast cancer since last year, requiring urgent financial assistance for critical treatment. Joe-Oketunbi, widely known...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter STRENGTHENING HER influence in African diplomacy, Nigeria marked key achievements as President Bola Tinubu arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the 38th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government. His visit comes amid discussions on security challenges,...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter AS ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) steadily integrates into various industries, its influence on journalism has sparked both fascination and concern. Founder of TheCable and columnist at THISDAY, Simon Kolawole, addressed these developments at the Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ) professional foru...
By JKNewsMedia EXTORTIONISTS MASQUERADING as assassins have threatened to kill the founder of Penpushing Media, Dimeji Kayode-Adedeji, unless he pays them N20 million. The gang, led by a caller who identified himself as Femi Poly, contacted the journalist at 7:30am, claiming they had been hired to eliminate him but were willing to spare his li...
Al HUMPHREY Onyanabo,aka, The Storyteller, a renowned journalist, author and publisher of the online news platform, www.nigeria360.com.ng, has been honoured as a Global Peace Ambassador. This prestigious recognition is a testament to his tireless efforts in promoting peace, justice, and humanity through his writing and community initiatives. A...
By Bola BOLAWOLE COMRADE (DR.) Segun Osoba – remember him? He celebrated his 90th birthday last week Thursday at his country home of Ijebu-Ode, Ogun state. Family, friends, comrades and students of the Marxist ideologue gathered to give him 90 hearty cheers. Comrade, as we fondly called him, was a Senior Lecturer in the Department [&hel...
By Folu Olamiti FNGE A LOT has been said and written about the late elder statesman Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, popularly known as LKJ, who passed on to the world beyond and was laid to rest recently. He was a man of many parts that no single individual comment or testimony can exhaustively cover. Though […]
Culled from: 9 worldwide opportunities with deadlines in January | International Journalists’ Network WITH 2024 coming to an end, and the winter holidays upon us, now is the perfect time to get an early start on your career goals for the new year. Here is our curated list of workshops, grants and scholarships with deadlines […]
Olukorede Yishau is a writer and award-winning Nigerian journalist based in Texas, United States. Yishau’s debut novel, “In The Name of Our Father,” garnered a prestigious nomination for Africa’s biggest literary prize, the Nigeria Prize for Literature, in 2021. Since then, he’s continued to captivate readers with his short story collection, “...
