Author: Ifetayo Adeniyi

During a panel session on “Journalism Education in the 21st Century.” at the West Africa Journalism Innovation Conference #WAJIC23 WAJIC 2023: Journalism experts outline challenges, innovative trends in media The experts spoke at the inaugural West Africa Journalism Innovation Conference (WAJIC) organised by the Center for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) in Abuja. Journalism experts across West African countries, on Tuesday and Wednesday, converged in Abuja to discuss the issues at the intersection of journalism and technological innovation models in the region. The participants also highlighted the various concerns in media growth and development in West Africa and solutions that…

By Adeniyi Ifetayo Ngozi Iweala, Alistair Soyode, Adewunmi Adeshina, others bags *NIDCOM* Ambassadorial Awards. The Founder/Chairman, BEN Television, Mentoring Commandant Alistair Soyode, was in Abuja honored with a Special Recognition Award by the Nigerians In Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM, at the National Diaspora Day 2023 and the inaugural Diaspora Merit Award. The awards were set up in 2021 and due to Covid 19 and other matters only came to life this year. At the time it was annouced to recognise the contributions of Nigerians in the Diaspora as well as mainstream them into the national development agenda of the government’s…

Women’s World Cup: Nigeria beat Australia 3-2 for first win The Nigerian female beat their opponent to record their first win in the competition and the fifth win in the history of the Women’s World Cup. Before the match, the PUNCH reported that the nine-time African champions have recorded only four wins in the history of the competition – two at the 1999 edition (against North Korea and Denmark), against Canada in 2011, and at the 2019 edition, where they also recorded a 2-0 win over North Korea. With the win, the Super Falcon’s chance of reaching the round of…

Actors Guild of Nigeria to hold International Festival in Miami, Florida, USA By Adeniyi Ifetayo The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) says it plans to hold an international festival in Miami, Florida to create network for Nollywood actors with their global colleagues. National President of AGN, Emeka Rollas, who disclosed this on Tuesday at a news conference in Lagos, said the festival would be done in partnership with the African Travel Film Festival. According to him, the essence of the festival is to create networking platform for Nollywood actors with our global colleagues “We will be touring the telemundo studio…

Tinubu did not increase fees, federal universities remain tuition-free, says Presidency President Bola Tinubu signs the Students Loan Bill into law. Pix:Twitter The Presidency said reports suggesting that President Bola Tinubu increased tuition fees in federal government-owned universities are incorrect. “For avoidance of doubts, federal universities in Nigeria remain tuition-free,” Special adviser to the president on communication Dele Alake on Wednesday said in a statement. “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu remains committed to his promise of ensuring that every Nigerian, regardless of the economic situation of their parents, have access to quality tertiary education.” Alake said this in reaction to the…

My visits to Tinubu misinterpreted by politicians – Jonathan My visits to Tinubu misinterpreted by politicians – Jonathan Former President Goodluck Jonathan said his visits to President Bola Tinubu have been misinterpreted by politicians. Jonathan stated this on Wednesday in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Ikechukwu Eze. The former President said the visits were intended to brief Tinubu, who has just been elected as the Chairman of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government, on the recent developments in the sub-region. Recall that Jonathan himself is the Chairman of ECOWAS Council of the Wise. Jonathan…

Tinubu begs for time to address Labour’s grievances President Bola Tinubu has appealed to the organized labour to give him more time to look into their grievances rather than embark on industrial action. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, disclosed this after leading the House leadership to brief the President on the outcome of their engagement with the National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, which has declared a nationwide strike action. This is as the Federal Government has explained that it was yet to roll out palliatives on the effect of subsidy removal of petrol because it…

Nigerian Industrialists, Like Adenuga and Dangote, Are Key To Our Economic Recovery THE ALTERNATIVE Make no mistake about it, Nigeria is going through some of the toughest economic times of her existence. We have one of the fastest growing populations on Earth, with a 2.4 annual growth rate, and a spectacularly sluggish economy after eight years of an inept and clannish administration. We are facing an existential crisis, because we spent fifty years pissing away our national wealth in a fuel subsidy that subsidised consumption rather than production, and now we are almost broke and beggarly as a nation.…

Nigerian Student among Finalists for $100,000 Global Prize A Nigerian student studying at Vanderbilt University, United States, Noel Ifeanyi Alumona, is among the 50 finalists for the prestigious 2023 Chegg and Varkey Foundation’s Global Student Award with a prize of $100,000. The winner of the award will be announced later this year. Alumona was selected for the global award based on his work on ending gender-based violence in the country through his non-governmental organisation, Boys Champions. He founded the NGO in 2018 to educate male youths on responsible living and respect for female gender. He said such value orientation was…

Tinubu sends ECOWAS delegation to Niger Republic President Bola Tinubu said an ECOWAS mission had been sent to the Niger Republic to intercede in the attempted coup in the country. The President spoke after a meeting with the Benin Republic President Patrice Talon at the Presidential Villa on Wednesday in Abuja. He said Talon was mandated by ECOWAS to proceed immediately to the West African country that has been termed the most coup-prone in the region. Tinubu is the Chairperson of the ECOWAS Head of States and Government, and the body has decided to discourage an undemocratic change of government…