Media Career Development Network, (MCDN), Nigeria’s foremost mentoring and coaching organisation has announced the publication of its annual Nigeria Media Capacity Development Report. The publication according to the Executive Director of the organisation, Mr Lekan Otufodunrin is to provide journalists…
Eunice Afolabi The Nigerian government has been advised to address barriers responsible for the increasing number of out-of-school children in the country. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Country Representative to Nigeria, Peter Hawkins, gave the advise to journalists on…
Eunice Afolabi The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has disclosed that Nigeria needs about N3 billion annually to improve access to clean water in the country. MAPNEWS reports that UNICEF representative in Nigeria, Peter Hawkins, made this known while speaking…
Eunice Afolabi As part of efforts to commemorate this year’s World Patient Safety Day, Nigeria’s Ministry of Health is sensitising members of the public against self medication – knowing the right drugs to consume for a particular ailment. The Honourable…
Kenyan banker Jeremy Awori has been appointed as the new CEO of the West Africa-based Ecobank Group, replacing the retiring Ade Ayeyemi who, as CEO, has been a driving force behind the bank’s realisation of its pan-African ambitions since his…
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) announced today that it has filed a Freedom of Information (FOI) suit at the Federal High Court in Lagos against the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) for its refusal to act on the organization’s information request seeking…
Abudu A. Olalekan | The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has suspended procurement in the National Agency for the Control of AIDS following a discovery that bids for a contract worth $12m for the upgrade of warehouses…
The story you are about to read was published by the Nigerian Tribune 38 years ago. It was the lead story of its June 5, 1984 edition. Written by Joe Aladesohun, it was headlined: ‘Man commits suicide with a rider:…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, has challenged the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and other left-wing supporters of Labour Party, LP, to come open on their stand on the LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi’s…
Eunice Afolabi Some experts in Nigeria’s media sector have approved a National Response Mechanism (NRM) aimed at addressing issues facing the safety of journalists in the country according to global best practices. The NRM will be guided by a detailed…
