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Nigeria: Yar'Adua And the Undertakers - a Case of Morbid Journalism

03.10.2008 18:41    allafrica.com
Recent reports emanating from the all pervading Western media machines about the various stages of illness and death of the North Korean President Kim Il Sung which was copiously regurgitated in the Nigerian press should have given the editorial gurus


Nigeria: Remains of Yinka Craig Arrive Home

03.10.2008 18:41    allafrica.com
The remains of Yinka Craig, a veteran broadcaster who died of cancer in a U. S. hospital last week were brought to the country yesterday.

Blamoh Nelson Urges Journalists

03.10.2008 18:41    allafrica.com
Members of the Press Union of Liberia yesterday observed the 44th anniversary of the union with a call for them (journalists) to be good and honest journalists.

Rwanda: Report Corruption With Integrity - Minister

03.10.2008 18:41    allafrica.com
Journalists were yesterday advised to cover corruption related stories with integrity, objectivity and balance. on fighting corruption.

Nigeria: N4.8 Billion VON Station to Be Ready in 2009 - Jijiwa

03.10.2008 18:41    allafrica.com
The Voice of Nigeria (VON) transmitting station in Abuja would be completed by the first quarter of 2009, according to Alhaji Abubakar Jijiwa, the station's Director-General.

Nigeria: The Nigerian Television Authority - Simply Not Our Television

03.10.2008 18:41    allafrica.com
It was the 29th of Sha'aban. I sat in my sitting room awaiting news on the sighting of the Holy Moon of Ramadan. NTA Kaduna was hooked to the network service of the NTA. Each time I tuned the TV

Namibia: New Era Still Troubled By Financial Woes

03.10.2008 18:41    allafrica.com
A newspaper owned by Government still owes the Receiver of Revenue N$990 000 because it did not pay taxes deducted from its employees for several years, although they were deducted from their salaries, a Parliamentary committee heard yesterday.

Nigeria: Yinka Craig (1947-2008)

03.10.2008 18:41    allafrica.com
I ran into Yinka Craig some time in 1997 or so when I went to the NTA for one of their Morning Ride programmes. I arrived that morning and it seemed I had been scheduled to be interviewed by a

Namibia: New Era Turns Profit

03.10.2008 18:41    allafrica.com
New Era Publications Corporation recorded a profit of N$824 109 for the financial year ended March 2007.

Africa: Broadcasters Grapple With How to Create Local Content That Travels Well

03.10.2008 18:41    allafrica.com
Last week saw 200 African broadcasters and film-makers gather for the first genuinely pan-African conference for these two important sectors. There was a palpable excitement in the air as participants realised that the African broadcast and film industries are at

Liberia: PUL Should Accept the U.S.$100,000 From the President's Friends

03.10.2008 18:41    allafrica.com
At programs marking the 44th anniversary of the Press Union of Liberia (PUL) on Tuesday, the Deputy Minister of Information, Mr. Cletus Sieh announced that President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has donated US$100,000 to the PUL to assist with the construction of

Senegal: Minister Sues Jailed Newspaper Editor for Defamation

03.10.2008 18:41    allafrica.com
El Malick Seck, jailed editor-in-chief of the privately-owned newspaper "24 Heures Chrono", will appear in a Dakar court on 28 October 2008 to answer defamation charges brought against him by the country's Minister of the Interior, Sheikh Tidiane Sy.

Ghana: Journalists - Effective Advocacy Tools

03.10.2008 18:41    allafrica.com
Not long ago several groups of women including non-governmental organizations advocated through the media for government to pass the domestic violence law.

Kenya: Calls to Protect National Broadcaster

03.10.2008 18:41    allafrica.com
The Kenya Broadcasting Corporation should be "protected" from the commercial interests that drive most private media to boost its public service role, according to top media managers.

Zimbabwe: Press Freedom Central to Recovery

03.10.2008 01:11    allafrica.com
THE preamble to article xix of the political agreement signed between Zanu-PF and the two MDC formations instructs the new government to take "appropriate measures" to ensure that the public media refrains from using abusive language that may incite hostility,

Ghana: Coomson Campaigns for Nana Akufo-Addo

03.10.2008 01:11    allafrica.com
THE Publisher of The Chronicle and a leading member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Effia-Kwesimintsim constituency in the Western region, Nana Kofi Coomson on Tuesday joined the Muslim community in his constituency to celebrate this year's

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