A Profitable and Peaceful Year December 2003Quite a lot happened in the advertising industry in 2003. These events were positive as they were geared towards making the industry more vibrant to face new challenges. For the Association of Advertising Practitioners of Nigeria, (AAPN), there was a change of executive baton when a new council headed by Mr. Kola Ayanwale succeeded the Mrs Bola Thomas led council after an annual general meeting in Ijebu-Ode, April 24-26.....Read More Keeping faith with excellence November 2003The 12th Presentation of the Diamond Awards for Media Excellence lived up to its billing. It was exciting, engaging...
1992 Media Review
The Savagery On Alifa Daniel November - December 1992Whichever way you asked the question, you get similar answers. What kind of person is Alifa Daniel? Oh, he is an okay fellow, straight, easy going. And what kind of a journalist is he? Again, the answer is positive: He is a very good journalist; married to his job, not compromising. But someone wants Alifa Daniel blind. Someone has unleashed savagery on National Concord's chief correspondent in newly created Kogi State. Alifa, 25, at about 8pm on October 8, had hitched a ride from a yet-to-be identified person from his residence to...
1991 Media Review
MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY COMMITMENT ALONE December 1991It is no more news that journalists complain of poor rewards for the amount of work and risk that their jobs entail. However, the very essence of journalism makes it out as a job that requires commitment. The journalist is at work 24 hours daily. Even when he is not on the beat or at the office he is required to be on top of the news. That means being constantly watchful, always seeking new developments, issues or ideas that have a bearing to his job as society's watchdog. It is simply...
Media Review
History Established on March 19, 1991, Media Review is the unique Nigerian publication that focuses on the importance and place of the media of public communications in the lives of Nigerians. It operates from the premise that the media being powerful organs of information and socialisation occupy a privileged position of trust that what is served to the public should be in the public interest. But because of human frailties, it appreciates they may not always deliver on what is expected of them. Media Review, therefore, holds that the media as keepers of public conscience and morality need a regular...