Columnist

Columnist: Citizen Journalism: A misnomer

Ihesiulo Grace 17 November 2020 0

By Ray Ekpu Nigeria’s political elite are strange animals. They give the outward – and deceptive – impression that they want democracy but inwardly the only thing that they truly want is power, raw power, and authoritarian power. When the first television station was established in Ibadan in

News

NGO trains Mass Communication students on peace journalism

Ihesiulo Grace 15 September 2020 0

By Kingsley Chukwuka, Jos Catching them young on peaceful ways of reportage formed our basis for organizing this training for selected Mass Communication students drawn from the various tertiary institutions in Plateau State, says the Media and Communication manager, Search for Common Ground (SFCG), Mr. Temisan Etietsola. The three days training which will qualify the […]

Politics

Social Media Bill, threat to journalism, democracy — Kadaria

Ihesiulo Grace 26 November 2019 0

Lagos – A former British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Senior Producer, Kadaria Ahmed, on Monday said that the Social Media Bill in the National Assembly was a threat to democracy and journalism. Ahmed told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sidelines of the 2019 Future Awards in Lagos that the bill would undermine the […]

Editorial

Increasing arrest of Journalists and need for caution

Ihesiulo Grace 7 November 2019 0

The growing threat to journalists and the profession of Journalism in the country is causing grave concern to all who cherish and believe on democracy. A number of journalists have come under arrest in recent time while many others have been beaten, harassed, intimidated and kidnapped in the course of their work. Some others are […]

Columnist

Babachir, ‘Cabal’ as anti-theory

Ihesiulo Grace 2 November 2017 0

Just a couple of hours before President Buhari’s last Monday bombshell on the suspended former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Lawal Babachir and the D.G. National Intelligence Agency, NIA, Ayo Oke, I was at the Abuja residence of my erstwhile Concord Press boss and former Chairman of Progressive Peoples Alliance PPA, Lisa Olu […]

News

Married woman, lover found dead in a car in Lagos

Ihesiulo Grace 30 October 2017 0

The bodies of two lovers were on Sunday morning discovered in a vehicle at Ogba, Ikeja, Lagos State. It was gathered that the love birds had died mysterious during a sex romp inside a Toyota Corrola car. Eye witness account has it that the man and his alleged mistress, believed to be a married woman […]

News

NGE:  Ajimobi Lauds Adeshina’S Re-Election

Ihesiulo Grace 28 April 2015 0

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has described the re-election of Mr. Femi Adesina as the President of Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE) as a reward for robust leadership and unwavering commitment to journalism excellence in Nigeria. The governor stated this in a congratulatory message issued in Ibadan, on Monday, by his Special Adviser on […]