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There’s
need for conference of veteran journalists – Steve
Raymond, ex- associate editor, TSM
By MATTHEW DIKE
Wednesday,
May 7, 2008
Dr Steve Raymond is the General Overseer of World
Healing of Faith Church, Olodi-Apapa, Lagos. Until he
answered the divine call years ago to work in God’s
vineyard, he was a passionate journalist, whose investigative
reports in the dark days of military dictatorship made
him a regular guest of the security agencies. |
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Dr. Steve Raymond
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| Journalism
is a terrible disease – Wale Adebanwi
By TOPE ADEBOBOYE
Wednesday,
April 30, 2008
To many followers of Nigerian journalism,
Dr Wale Adebanwi’s name will not appear
strange. A journalist, writer and media scholar,
he, at various times, reported for a number of
newspapers, including The Punch, Sunday Tribune
and the defunct Sketch. Currently teaching at
the University of Ibadan, Adebanwi, who recently
wrapped up a second doctorate at the University
of Cambridge in England |
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| In
America, some journalists earn more than the president–
Kayode Ajala
By TESSY OKOYE
Wednesday,
April 23, 2008
Kayode Ajala is Nigeria’s foremost
romance journalist. In the early 80s, he was the
youngest editor of Hints, a national magazine
that was a must read for all and sundry, most
especially the young and the young-at-heart. Besides
Hints, where he is currently the managing director,
he has also edited Hearts Magazine, Sweet Hearts
and Sweet Dreams. |
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| Journalism
in Nigeria very frustrating – Kayode Soyinka,
publisher, Africa Today
By Tessy Okoye
Wednesday,
April 16, 2008
A brief encounter with suave, soft-spoken
media chief, Kayode Soyinka, in Ijebu Ode, Ogun
State, during the burial of his father-in-law,
Pa Samson Odukoya Odugbesan, was not enough to
decipher his personality. But stepping into his
posh, serene office in one of the high-rise buildings
in central Lagos immediately gives you a peep
into the enigmatic nature of this international
journalist. |
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