Day: January 10, 2023

How AMAA Founder, Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, Died

Abibat Babalola

““How can 2023 start like this?” Movie stars, allies recall Anyiam-Osigwe last moment at St. Nicholas Hospital   The Founder of the African Movie Academy Awards, Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, is dead, Platforms Africa reports. There were fears over her health status over the weekend, with many calling for prayers for her. Available reports indicated that Anyiam-Osigwe eventually died on Monday at St. Nicholas Hospital, Lagos on Monday. READ ALSO: How Veteran Actor, Baba Feyikogbon, Battled Kidney Failure, Died DSS DG’s Wife Orders Governorship Candidate’s Arrest At Airport Robber Kills 200-Level UNIZIK…

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DSS DG’s Wife Orders Governorship Candidate’s Arrest At Airport

Aliyu Aliyu

There are reports that Aisha Bichi, the wife of the Director General of the Department of State Services, Yusuf Bichi, barred the Kano State governorship candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party, Engr. Abba Yusuf, from boarding a flight at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano. However, there are conflicting reports on the arrest of the governorship candidate on the orders of the DG’s wife. Reports had it that trouble started on Sunday when Bichi arrived at the airport only to discover that the access to the VIP Lounge…

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Why NUC Should Include SoJo, Reporting Religion In New Journalism Curriculum, By Jamiu Folarin

ADEOLA YUSUF

Few days after I advocated the inclusion of Solutions Journalism into journalism education at an event in Ibadan, the National Universities Commission (NUC) unveiled a new curriculum, Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS) to replace Benchmark Minimum Academic Standards (BMAS) being used for universities since 2007. And a week after NUC unveiled the new CCMAS, I held a meeting with the international media literacy group comprising journalists and researchers from NGOs, fact-checking, research and tertiary institutions across the world. The meeting which is the offshoot of the International Fact–Checking…

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How Veteran Actor, Baba Feyikogbon, Battled Kidney Failure, Died

Gbenga Adeoti

The veteran actor suffered kidney failure for years and sought help from the public in 2019.   Popular 1980s Nigerian actor Sunday Akinola, Baba Feyikogbon, is dead. The veteran actor died on Monday. He was 80. Sulaimon Aremu, a singer and poet popularly known as Ajobiewe, announced the death of the actor in an Instagram post. The elder statesman and thespian hit the limelight in the 1980s and 1990s with his popular weekly sitcom, the Feyikogbon series. READ ALSO: ‘I’m Going Through Pains’, Empress Njamah’s Fiancé Denies Releasing Nudes Sinikiwe…

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