By Olasunkanmi Arowolo LANGUAGE IS never neutral. In Nigeria, it has always been political, cultural and symbolic. Our journalists are not only recorders of events but also guardians of language and national identity. Through them, British English was stabilised as the country’s official standard while Nigerian English developed its own rhyth...
By Jemimah Wellingon, JKNewsMedia Correspondent THE NIGERIAN Guild of Editors (NGE) has demanded a swift and thorough investigation into the killing of Arise News Television Anchor, Somtochukwu Maduagwu, who died following an armed robbery attack at her residence in Katampe, Abuja, on Monday morning. In a press release issued on Tuesday by NG...
By Joke Kujenya EIGHTY YEARS of life and more than four decades of fearless commentary were marked as Dr Femi Orebe, widely called the Citizen Journalist, celebrated his milestone birthday on Wednesday, 24 September. Known for his unflinching voice in Nigerian journalism, Orebe has written columns since the 1980s and continues to be recognised...
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 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 Joke Kujenya NIGERIA’s PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has paid tribute to the late Dr Doyinsola Hamidat Abiola, describing her as a media trailblazer, gender equity advocate, and soldier of democracy. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the President confirmed her passing at the age of 82 and recounted her decades-long impact on journalism and the ...
By Joke Kujenya  DR. DOYIN Abiola, Nigeria’s first female Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief of a national daily newspaper, National Concord, has died at the age of 82. Messages shared among former colleagues on The Great Concord Family WhatsApp platform by Dr. Tunji Bello, confirmed she passed away at exactly 9:15pm on Tuesday after a bri...
Dapo Olorunyomi’s lecture at Ajayi Crowther University on Nigerian journalism MR. VICE Chancellor, sir, [and, by the way, a fellow Great Ife-Ife, principal officers, staff and students at this august university, I should begin with a statement of gratitude for your kind invitation. In doing this, please also allow me to offer a very affectiona...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter FEW JOURNALISTS have left as indelible a mark on Nigerian media as Chief Dare Babarinsa. F or more than four decades, his pen has chronicled power, challenged tyranny and carved a dignified path through Nigeria’s turbulent press history. Born in Okemesi, Ekiti State on 9 May 1955, Babarinsa’s journalism...
By Esther Olaifa, JKNewsMedia Reporter ISSUES AROUND journalistic quality and ethical standards took centre stage at a newly launched capacity-building programme targeting young Nigerian reporters. Organised by the Media Career Development Network (MCDN) with support from the United States Consulate General in Lagos, the initiative aims to ra...
