LAWAL SABO IBRAHIM writes on the lingering struggle for the ownership of Newswatch magazine after a Lagos High Court last week ruled in favour of Mr Jimoh Ibrahim with regards to the directorship of some foundation members of the company. Last Wednesday, a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos under the leadership of Justice Okon [...]
Mr Gbenga Adefaye is the erstwhile president of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) and Editor-in-Chief/General Manager (Publications) of the Vanguard newspapers. In this interview with ABDULAZIZ ABDULAZIZ, a day to his exit at the NGE, Adefaye recounts his achievements as the leader of the Nigerian editors as well as the challenges he faced. He [...]
ABDULAZIZ ABDULAZIZ, just back from Ibadan, the Oyo state capital – venue of the convention of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) writes on the eventful day and how editors ended up with entirely new set of leaders, including the behind-the-scene politicking By the time members of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), the highest [...]
Last Tuesday, the Sun newspapers staged a lecture in commemoration of its10th year anniversary. MUSA SIMON REEF reports on the highlights of the event From Sudan to Nigeria, from Mali to Somali, religious extremism seems to be tearing African nations apart and casting threatening unpredictability on the future of democracy. The media, being a vehicle [...]
Minister of State for Niger Delta, Arc Darius Ishaku, has tasked media practitioners in the country to imbibe the ethics of the profession while discharging their constitutional duty as the forth estate of the realm. The minister disclosed this when members of the Arewa Journalists’ Forum paid a courtesy visit on him in Abuja at [...]
There is a growing disquiet over who succeeds Mr. Gbenga Adefaye as president of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) as two media giants, New Nigerian’s Tukur Abdulrahman and The Sun’s Femi Adesina slug it out over the coveted position. ABDULAZIZ ABDULAZIZ writes on the unfolding succession battle The political turf of Nigeria’s highest journalism [...]
Mr. Femi Adesina has edited the National Concord and the Daily Sun before his elevation to the position of Deputy Editor-in-Chief of The Sun titles. He also pens a weekly column for the paper. In this chat with ABDULAZIZ ABDULAZIZ, Adesina states his reasons for vying for the presidency of the Nigerian Guild of Editors [...]
Malam Tukur Abdulrahman is the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of the New Nigerian Newspapers Limited. He had edited the vernacular Gaskiya Ta fi Kwabo and the flagship New Nigerian daily, both belonging to the company. He tells Abdulaziz ABDULAZIZ his reasons for contesting the position of President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) and what he [...]
Malam Magaji Galadima was among some Kano state indigenes sent to undergo training in broadcasting in the United States, in the early 80s. They came back to midwife the state-owned City Television (CTV) now Abubakar Rimi Television (ARTV). Galadima, who later studied at the University of Maiduguri and Bayero University, Kano, also worked with Rima [...]
Last year, when Alhaji (Dr) Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan ventured into the media business with Liberty Radio, not many people gave him a chance of surviving the capital-intensive industry. However, the politician and maritime magnate did not only weather the storm but international rating agencies have also given his Kaduna-based radio station an A rating. On [...]
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