Media
15 Feb 2015
IN a bid to ensure quality of information transmission, Kaduna State Governor, Mukhtar Ramalan Yero has commissioned two 50 Kilowatts AM Digital Transmitters for the Kaduna State Media Corporation (KSMC) to improve the services of the state owned media outfit. Commissioning the equipment on Wednesday, last week, Yero said the installation of the digital…
15 Feb 2015
DIRECTOR General, Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Mr. Olusola Adesina Omole has just clocked one year in office having been appointed by President Goodluck Jonathan on February 7, 2014. On assumption of office, Omole, a distinguished communication and public relations expert, whose experience and training spanned not only media and communication but also management cadre, assured the…
15 Feb 2015
“WE say the Nigerian media have grappled with the challenges of reporting the 2015 elections. They have done well in general terms reporting the utterances and activities of politicians, the political parties and other principal stakeholders. They haven’t done enough independent reporting or analysis to justify public confidence in their editorial prowess as independent analysts…
8 Feb 2015
IN engaging with the publics and its customers to get goodwill, companies use different platforms and strategies. One of such is the execution of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects and programmes. Many Nigerian organisations are also not left out in this regard. Although many corporate entities have been executing CSR projects and programmes over…
8 Feb 2015
SUBSCRIBERS of StarTimes, who emerged winners in the second draw of the Christmas promo were last week presented their prizes at the StarTimes Iju Ishaga office, Lagos. Some of the winners could not hide their excitement as they received StarTimes LED TV sets and luxury sofas courtesy of Bedmate furniture. Speaking at the…
8 Feb 2015
AS part of efforts aimed at helping media practitioners have better understanding of gender-based violence, United Nations Women in collaboration with Nigeria Women Platform for Peaceful Election (NWPPE) last recently held a one-day capacity building and interactive seminar for 50 participants drawn from 10 states. Held in Abuja, the seminar had participants from the six-geopolitical…
8 Feb 2015
THE Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has described the practice of public relations as a veritable tool to promote the country’s non-oil sector. The Institute stated this at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) with the theme: Building a sustainable non-oil economy for Nigeria: The stake of public relations, was held at the International…
8 Feb 2015
AN experiential marketing company, Keskese Limited has clinched the experiential marketing business of MTN Benin Republic. The company emerged the Agency to handle the brand activation business of the leading telecommunication company after rounds of keenly contested business pitches, which involves several big agencies within Benin Republic, Nigeria and other West African countries. …
8 Feb 2015
AHEAD of the general elections now to be held later next month, communication scholars and practitioners at a forum at Covenant University, Ogun State, charged media stakeholders to strictly adhere to the existing professional codes of journalism in its coverage of the 2015 elections. At the one-day consultative forum, the participants reiterated the role of…
8 Feb 2015
A TOTAL of two hundred and three reporters were trained during the pilot edition of the Pro-Engage: House-to-House project conceived by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism and executed through funding partnership with the British High Commission. The initiative, which held from Monday 19 to Friday 30 January 2015, took advocacy for investigative reporting…
8 Feb 2015
THE International Press Centre (IPC) Lagos last week took its voter education campaign to the grassroots educating representatives of women, youth, artisans groups and people with disabilities on the need to enlighten and sensitise members of their community to participate actively in the forthcoming election in a non-violent manner. The Coordinator, Strengthening Citizens Engagement in…
8 Feb 2015
A REFRESHINGLY new site, www.daylight.ng, has joined the league of online publications in Nigeria. According to the publisher, Azuh Amatus, the news site is a highly focused, vocal, reliable, impartial and agenda setting online newspaper with a difference. Shedding light on his latest exploit, Azuh, a former Society Editor of The Sun Newspapers…
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