Enrollment of 14M out-of-school children, elevation of 16M out of poverty – will Nigerian Reps achieve these audacious goals?
Do citizens have confidence that the House of Reps will address the yearnings of Nigerians, or is this another ruse for PR?
Do citizens have confidence that the House of Reps will address the yearnings of Nigerians, or is this another ruse for PR?
“You do not push a man to the wall and expect that he would not fight back. That is not to say that we should justify the wrong they do. Rather, we adopt better communicative and collaborative strategies that add values to both sides.” – Umukoro says why overemphasis on constant adversarial journalism as a strategy can be a loaded gun.
Miss Juliet Buna, a graduate of Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, emerged victorious in the “Broadcast Category” of the WABMA Political Reporting Project on Friday, at the American Corner, Ikeja, Lagos.
Her award-winning story on women in politics, titled “Harassed to defeat”, aired on Crest 91.1FM, Ibadan, where she is currently a reporter and editor.
Juliet’s winning story for the award, which comes with a scholarship, was also a part of the African Women in Media (AWiM) Women in Politics Fellowship, 2023.
The Technology-driven Talent Hunt Research through Hackathon leverages Emerging Digital Technologies to facilitate the development of home-grown innovative solutions and local content development in the telecommunications sector while fostering economic growth and social advancement in Nigeria.
The increase in reports of assault and abuse within the sacred grounds of the academia by lecturers and their adminstrators is no longer news. What is news though, is that many of them get away with such abuse of power where they weild unimaginable influence and the code of “see no evil, speak no evil” is the mantra they live by.
As citizens’ awareness heightens about their rights alongside the domestication of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act (VAPPA), parents and students alike are no longer keeping silent. The proverbial knee on the neck that leads to wailing: “I can not breathe”, is a shackle guardians and wards no longer can bear.
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How to know you’re the source of your own career stagnation.
In this interview with us at LightRay Media where we bring to the fore the extraordinary tales of women in media as we navigate the space of Nigerian women in Media in this project series, we meet Folashade Ogunrinde who dropped some jewels! She says, “You’ll come across people who would try to make you doubt your ability, but never permit that!” You hear a comment like that and you see passion and fire. You see drive and grit. You know that when you look at Folashade’s bookworm face, there’s more deeper within than meets the eyes.
And we found more! Enjoy the read.
In this Special Exclusive Interview with us at LightRay Media, we have a long historical tete-a-tete with Olufunke Fayemi an outstanding multiple award winning development journalist, gender advocate and Chief Producer with Voice of Nigeria on our special project series on Women in Media in Nigeria. She takes us on a nostalgic journey where she evokes buried memories of a time past in Nigeria’s media history when many who were at the cusp of that media evolution will hit their fits on their laps with raucous laughter as the memories of the good old media days flood in! Enjoy this ride with us as we uncover what makes Fayemi tick. Wait for it… you won’t see it coming.
I have written this note with the hope it helps anyone aspiring to apply for the Chevening Awards (FCDO) this…