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January 3, 2018

#YNaijaPowerList2017: Stephanie Busari, Uche Pedro, Fisayo Soyombo… See the most powerful young persons in the media space

In 2017, YNaija committed a big part of its time and resources towards carefully documenting the big stories happening in the country and on the continent and highlighting the efforts of young Nigerians and Africans challenging the tired narratives around the continent through personal achievement and social good. Sometimes these stories are forgotten, buried under... Read More
#YNaijaPowerlIst, Featured
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October 25, 2017

Opinion: Mirroring governance with evidence-based reporting

by Abdullahi Bego   The DG NGF, ladies and gentlemen, there is no question that our country as a growing democracy is moving at a hectic, albeit exciting political and cultural pace. Advances in knowledge and the resources to organize, disseminate and communicate in real-time have enabled tectonic shifts in citizen democratic participation across the... Read More
Opinion
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August 23, 2017

Everything you should know about President Trump’s Phoenix rally

by Wareez Odunayo   U.S President, Donald Trump at a rally in Phoenix on Tuesday threatened to shut down the government over border wall funding and said the North American Free Trade Agreement is likely to be terminated. Trump said, “If we have to close down government, we are building that wall,” He condemned the... Read More
Donald Trump
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August 14, 2017

Pence attacks media for criticizing Trump over Charlottesville

by Adedotun Michael The U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has leaned to his boss’ defense by criticizing the media for its coverage of President Donald Trump’s remarks on Saturday of the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia were the president said, “We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on... Read More
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Agatha Amata
August 4, 2017

[The Media Blog] Inside Out with Agatha is a survivor at 20 and we should all be taking notes

To gain entry into the media industry at a time when most people didn’t quite know what they were doing and the few who did were not materially and financially empowered to survive, deserves applause. To remain in that industry for two solid decades and sustain relevance like Agatha Amata has done is the sufficient... Read More
The Media Blog
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July 4, 2017

LONG READ: Where the media and advertising meet with racism, prejudice and #BlackLivesMatter

Positives from Racial Stereotyping Racial stereotyping tends to create constructive results in conditions where the adverts are targeted to a particular demographic. Viewers habitually associate a perceptual bias toward people or characters similar to themselves. This is called an in-group. An in-group comprises of individuals that people socially recognise themselves with, for example, features like similarities... Read More
Thinking Through
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June 30, 2017

Even Fox News is disgusted with President Trump’s latest tweets

According to the Washington Post, Fox News took a detour while other media networks had their eyes on the White House Daily Briefing. They had bigger fish to fry –Republican National Committee Chair Ronna Romney McDaniel about Trump’s tweets. McDaniel defended the president, her angle of argument that the president’s tweets were a natural response... Read More
Donald Trump
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June 29, 2017

‘Crazy’, psycho’, ‘low I.Q’ Morning Joe hosts speak badly of Trump and he comes for them

President Trump has bashed MSNBC’s Morning Joe hosts, calling them ‘Psycho’, low I.Q’ and ‘Crazy’. The President tweeted that hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski visited his Mar-a-Lago resort for three nights around New Year’s Eve and that he turned down their request to join him. I heard poorly rated @Morning_Joe speaks badly of me... Read More
Donald Trump
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June 29, 2017

Trump mocks CNN and Nancy Pelosi at closed door republican fundraiser

President Donald Trump attended the first fundraiser of his 2020 reelection campaign at the Trump International Hotel in Washington and took no prisoners bashing his favorites- the media. In an almost 30 minutes address at the closed-door event, the president continued to bash CNN after railing on them non-stop Tuesday. Trump mocked the network for errors... Read More
Donald Trump
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June 29, 2017

African Women In The Media symposium holds in Birmingham UK next month

by Rachel Ogbu// On the 27th of July 2017, Birmingham City University will place host to the African Women In The Media symposium to discuss and debate the issues affecting African women in the media. The symposium aims to bring together African women working in the media, and academics in the field of media and communications concerned with media, diaspora, race,... Read More
United Kingdom
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June 27, 2017

Trump puts CNN on full blast after it retracts Russia story

The CNN’s decision to retract a story  that connected a member of President Donald Trump’s transition team to ongoing Russia investigations  last week has been the butt of jokes for the network’s critics on social media and even mainstream media. President Trump would not let a golden opportunity to attack his favorite media target, calling... Read More
Donald Trump
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June 26, 2017

Press secretary Sean Spicer continues to leave the press and public in dark

The White House continues it’s most recent antic: shutting out the press and the public. Press secretary Sean Spicer will answer a barrage of questions from reporters in a restricted setting on Monday, according to reports. The press briefing will not be allowed to broadcast on TV networks, except for the audio of Spicer’s responses... Read More
Donald Trump
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June 14, 2017

Opinion: Nigerian journalism is collapsing. Here is how

by Orukotan Samuel The Press is a business that spans the shared occupational philosophy of the cultural diversity of journalistic values plus media objet d’art, and a common understanding of writing balanced stories, long-form journalism and investigative reporting among news workers. Therefore, whether as a populist disseminator, opportunist facilitator, detached watchdog or critical change agent,... Read More
Opinion
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June 13, 2017

Donald Trump demands apology from mainstream media for false stories

President Trump is on a roll today. After tweeting about the “fake media” doing “wrong and dirty ” with their false stories from phony sources. The Fake News Media has never been so wrong or so dirty. Purposely incorrect stories and phony sources to meet their agenda of hate. Sad! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)... Read More
Donald Trump
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June 11, 2017

Fake news media refusing to report ‘great economic news’ – Trump

President Trump on Sunday blasted “fake news” media for not reporting “great economic news” since he was elected. The president mentioned the number of jobs added since his election and the unemployment rate. “The #FakeNews MSM doesn’t report the great economic news since Election Day. #DOW up 16%. #NASDAQ up 19.5%,” Trump tweeted. “Drilling &... Read More
Donald Trump
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June 10, 2017

Why the media needs to choose its words on the Kaduna declaration

by Alex O.Onukwue   The news of the week has largely revolved around the declaration by some youth groups in Kaduna State which asked all Igbos to leave. The tension generated by the statement has continued to evoke reactions from North and South of the country, with condemnations far outweighing the few who have supported... Read More
Story of the day, Thinking Through
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June 6, 2017

I would have lost the White House if I relied on fake news media – Donald Trump

In the 136 days, 20hours, 11 minutes and 40 seconds that Donald Trump has been President of the United States, he wants you to do something for him; take his tweets literally and very seriously. A fact that the White House battles daily, left to clean the mess their Tweeter-in-Chief leaves behind with every errant 140 character post he drops... Read More
Donald Trump
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Ambode
May 30, 2017

The Media Blog: Why does the Lagos government want to regulate online?

We know many people didn’t really pay attention, but they should have. Anytime a politician muses about ‘regulating’ any party of the media, all hackles should be up. In this case, the Lagos government suddenly woke up and decided to review the 14-year-old Newspapers Law. “In view of the realisation that the State Newspapers Cap... Read More
The Media Blog
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May 23, 2017

[The Alausa Blog]: LASG to review laws for print media organizations

Lagos State on Tuesday said it is set to review the existing Newspaper Law in the state to effectively regulate their activities. The statement was made at a press conference by Steve Ayorinde, State Commissioner for Information and strategy. The commissioner said that the existing Newspaper Law in Lagos had become obsolete. According to Tribune,... Read More
The Alausa Blog
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May 3, 2017

President Trump’s controversial #100Days ad may have violated federal laws

by Itunuoluwa Adebo According to the Daily Beast, a few hours after President Trump’s reelection campaign released a new ad to celebrate the many accomplishments of the president’s first 100 days in office, it was yanked off. The advert was taken down by the campaign because it might have violated federal laws that prohibit members... Read More
The News Blog
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April 20, 2017

“Bluffing” | South Korea mocks Trump and his ‘armada’

by Itunuoluwa Adebo President Trump said he was sending “an armada” to Korean waters to potentially deal with threats from Pyongyang. That turned out to be  a no-show  and has caused some South Koreans to question his leadership and strategy regarding their unpredictable neighbor in the north. For South Korea which prepares to vote for... Read More
The News Blog
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