by Jide Ojo It was a rare honour and privilege to be part of the august gathering of communication experts from across the country that gathered on October 17 and 18, 2016 at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru near Jos. It was a rainbow coalition of sort. Participants were drawn from...
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Naij.com made an announcement: a new platform that will enable it aggregate content from all over the blogosphere to be published on their website and app. It’s called the Naij.com Blogger Network. Content from any blog owner -from writers to photographers and everyone in between. To be sure, Pulse and Naij are doing the Nigerian...
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Alder Consulting is a strategy and consulting firm in Nigeria, whose well-respected chief executive tweets about sex, and relationships regularly. A member of the team was invited to a new media and governance conference. Because cross-dresser Idris Okuneye (Bobrisky) was invited, they pulled out, via a press release this morning: The inclusion of Bobrisky unfortunately...
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We realize many people, including very many media professionals, are deeply confused about what exactly Nigeria’s television digital switch over means. So, as we promised last week, we got a professional, who was deeply involved in the process under the former director general of the National Broadcasting Commission, but sadly refuses to be named, to...
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Ambassadorial nominee, Usman Bugaje who rejected his nomination has explained the reason behind the decision. Bugaje on his Facebook page on Wednesday said his hands were full, while thanking President Muhammadu Buhari. “Regarding the published nomination for an ambassadorial posting, I have not spoken to the press and may not do so anytime soon,” he...
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Yesterday, the flyer for this year’s Enough is Enough (EiE) New Media and Citizens and Governance conference and it caught everyone’s attention more than any of its other flyers ever had. It features Idris Okuneye (Bobrisky), the new media sensation as one of the key speakers alongside, presidential aide on new media, Bashir Ahmed; Femi...
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The Edo State Governorship election Tribunal has asked the Peoples Democratic Party and Young Democratic Party to serve their petitions to the All Progressives Congress (APC) by substituted service. PDP governorship candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu and the YDP governorship candidate, Nurudeen Inwanfero had approached the tribunal challenging the outcome of the election on September 28. The...
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by Farooq Kperogi Mrs. Aisha Buhari bucked tradition by openly criticizing the political appointments in her husband’s government. There is no precedent for this in Nigeria’s entire history. In fact, I know of no parallel in the world for a First Lady (or Wife of the President) to openly disagree with her husband through a...
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It went off StarTimes for a bit, but no one ever got rich counting out Agatha Amata. The presenter and producer of the almost 15-years-running Inside Out with Agatha has bounced back with the station now on GoTV channel 112. RAVE TV NOW ON GOTV, CHANNEL 112 – Rave TV https://t.co/wLM3XzoDUk — Insideout wit Agatha...
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The All Progressives Congress has told ex-President Goodluck Jonathan to help the National Security Adviser during his administration, Sambo Dasuki prove his case in court if he thinks he is innocent. Jonathan while speaking at the Oxford Union in the United Kingdom had dismissed reports that Dasuki stole $2.2bn. “They said the National Security Adviser...
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The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has urged the Federal Government to involve clerics in the rehabilitation process and counselling of the 21 released Chibok girls. Niger State CAN Chairman, Mathias Echioda said this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday. “I appeal to the Federal Government to involve clergymen that...
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Bijou Abiola is a successful Fashion Buyer who is known for bringing the best of apparel to retail stores in the USA. She has worked directly with several top brands and designers such as Donna Karan, Ralph Lauren, Miss Selfridge and BCBG. On the 12th and 13th of November. Bijou Abiola will be at the...
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The Nigerian Army has started investigations into how 83 soldiers disappeared after an attack by terrorist group, Boko Haram last Monday, Premium Times reports. Soldiers attached to the 145 Task Force Battalion had come under attack while manning a station in Gashigar, Borno State, near the border with the Republic of Niger. The attack had...
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Yesterday, a flyer was circulated on the internet showing Bobrisky as one of the individuals to speak at the New Media conference organised by Enough is Enough Nigeria(EIE). Not too long after, Nigerian Twitter went into a frenzy, with many questioning the relevance of Bobrisky at such an event. Bashir Ahmed, Personal Assistant to the President (New...
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by Peregrino Brimah I penned an article this July captioned, “Buhari Condemns Saudi Bombings, Skips #BaghdadBombing.” He never did. It was mostly Shia Muslims who were killed in that “worst single terror blast worldwide” of the year, that happened in Iraq claiming over 300 innocent lives. WashingtonPost had this to say as its caption: “The worst...
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday said it has surpassed a 12-year record in terms of recovery of looted funds in the last 11 months. This was disclosed by the commission’s chairman, Ibrahim Magu when a team of participants at the National Management Course of the Pakistani National School of Policy visited...
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Let’s go! 1. The death of print media has been greatly, and deathly exaggerated. http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/10/newspapers-digital-first-214363#ixzz4NP0T8Ny8 2. Newspapers are paying a price for speaking their minds in America. http://www.poynter.org/2016/this-newspaper-is-paying-a-price-for-endorsing-donald-trump/434972/ 3. Sometimes, journalism takes your dignity. https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/12681 http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/media/301553-sorry-not-sorry-politicos-thrush-doubles-down-on-podesta-emails 4. The media and the political establishment are in cahoots – unavoidably. http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/10/john-podesta-emails-wikileaks-press-214367 5. Someone got veeeeeery excited about...
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Yesterday, the Nigerian Senate passed a motion for the reintroduction of toll roads. It was moved by a Senator Suleiman Nazif from Bauchi-North senatorial district. Remember the Lagos-Ibadan expressway from a few years ago? That road so notorious or it’s traffic? It used to be a toll road. Now, it is understandable if you do...
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After Madam Obiageli Ezekwesili, co-founder of Transparency International tweeted the words below, @i_am_Anomeli responded with a personal story to underscore the fact that the rule of law is important in any democracy. See below: One can regard DSS operation as an EXTRAORDINARY INTERVENTION to WAKE UP a willfully LETHARGIC Bench &Bar to COMPULSORILY TACKLE CORRUPTION. —...
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Chude Jideonwo, managing partner of RED is the personality featured on the latest edition of CNN business and enterprise programme, Passion to Portfolio. The show spotlights inspiring profiles of people who dared to chase their dreams and turn their passions and hobbies into successful careers. Other personalities who have been featured on the programme include...
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https://twitter.com/seyitaylor/status/791030679626715136 Bobrisky here, Bobrisky there! For those who have had enough of Nigeria’s social media sensation, you might as well just pack your things and leave this country because this young man has clearly come to stay. When the flyer for this year’s edition of the New Media Conference surfaced online and we saw Bobrisky...
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by Anthony Ademiluyi The defeat of King Harold by the Norman William the Conqueror in the Battle of the Hastings in 1067 saw the ascent of French culture in England. French became the language of the court with the English language being reduced to the vernacular not to be spoken in public by the Nobles....
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So we we minding our business when we saw this in the press release for Innoson Group’s latest investment – in Cable TV infrastructure, in collaboration with some Chinese people: “Also, an investment of $100 million to establish technology-based Direct-To-Home Digital Bing Television Stations in Nigeria, among others.” Digital Bing? Digital Bing? We have never...
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Mae in Nigeria,
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microsoft,
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The Media Blog,
TMB
by Bolade Ogunfuye What is the perfect age for a woman? What is the optimal tooth-length for the fashion-loving, private-room swearing, trash-talking, liquor-swigging, TV-show bingeing, hubris-prone female human specimen? I say, thirty two years old. Give me a minute, allow me to introduce you to the 32 year old Nigerian woman. Step back, see the...
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FG will present N6trn as 2017 budget – Adeosun This was in the news yesterday. And I am just confused. Why are we presenting a NGN 6.86 trillion budget when we are still trying to finance a NGN6.06 trillion budget? Why will half this budget (let us assume it sees the light of day) still...
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So the Special Assistant to the President on New Media says he will not attend a New Media conference.. Because Bobrisky is on the same panel. We like Bashir Ahmad. He’s a fine young man – who appears to do his work with a charming single mindedness. But, sorry, dude, that don’t make sense. The...
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So this invitation found its way around the internet yesterday. Fatima Buhari will be getting married to one time managing girector and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Gimba Kumo in Daura Katsina State. What does that mean for us at the countdown? First time the President and Mrs. Buhari will be...
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Convener of the Arise Women Conference, Pastor Siju Iluyomade is set to host the wife of the Vice President, Mrs. Dolapo Osinbajo and other first ladies at the 8th edition of the ARISE Women conference on Saturday, October 29, 2016 at the RCCG City of David Sanctuary, Victoria Island, Lagos. Thousands of women from will...
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Lagos State has been named the fifth largest economy in Africa. Governor Akinwunmi Ambode expressed delight at the development while receiving a delegation from the from the Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce. Ambode said his administration was about to set up and Economic team which maintain the state’s growing status. Ambode said, “Very soon we would...
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Here are some of the biggest stories from yesterday and others that unraveled while you were asleep – and are still buzzing this morning. Kaffy lashes out at Davido for maltreating dancers In a video that is slowly going viral on social media, celebrated Nigerian dancer, Kaffy lambasts Davido for ditching the dancers who had...
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