Category: Media
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A Rejoinder and a Clarification: On Sunday Dare, Economic Reform, and the Nigerian Public Square
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By Pat Utomi I was genuinely thrilled to read Sunday Dare’s response to my recent commentary on the management of the economy. Setting aside a regrettable touch of incivility, his…
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Journalism has changed; don’t you think?
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“Comment is free, but facts are sacred”- Charles Prestwich Scott. By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Let me state from this starting point that I am an accidental journalist,…
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Pat Utomi: An economic buccaneer flirting with intellectualism
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By Sunday Dare Professor Pat Utomi has once again chosen to dance naked in the public square, playing to the gallery with a familiar cocktail of grandstanding and gloom. This…
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Verbatim Magazine announces NOA DG, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu as keynote speaker for 14th anniversary lecture and 2026 Leadership Awards
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Verbatim Magazine has officially announced the selection of Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, Director General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), as the Keynote Speaker for its 14th Anniversary Lecture and 2026…
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“ATENUJE” AS BWALA’S NEMESIS
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By Tunde Olusunle Mehdi Hasan, the tough-grilling Al Jazeera inquisitor, did more than marinate and barbecue Daniel Bwala on global television, Friday March 6, 2026. You had to sympathise with…
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Why Gov Alia deserves commendation for honouring Dan Agbese
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By Andrew Agbese Just yesterday, Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State caught many unaware with a deft move that resonates with the majority of the people of the state. While…
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Boardroom Titan, Otunba Adekunle Ojora, Dies At 93
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Nigeria’s boardroom guru, corporate titan, industrialist and the grand Patriarch of country’s Social Establishment, Otunba Adekunle Ojora OFR, CON, JP, the Otunba of Lagos and the Lisa of Ile-Ife, is…
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THE FRUITFUL JOURNEY OF YAKUBU MOHAMMED
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By Dare Babarinsa, CON I am happy that Oga Yakubu Mohammed was able to publish his highly readable memoir before his final call on Wednesday January 14. The last time…
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Seven journalists killed in Gombe road crash
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By Chima Azubuike Seven journalists have been confirmed killed in a lone crash that occurred in the Gombe South area of Gombe State on Monday. PUNCH Metro learnt that the…
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A DAY FOR AGBESE (1944 – 2025)
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🔆🔆🔆🔆🔆🔆🔆🔆🔆🔆🔆🔆 DAN, THE MAN, DAMN TOO WITTY Master crafter. Writer extra ordinaire. Wordsmith per excellence. Like his friend and colleague, Ray, he was a polished, well-disciplined commander of language. He…
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Why AI must pay for the news it devours
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By Segun Adediran The collision between the newspaper industry and Artificial Intelligence companies is no longer news; it is a global legal and economic reckoning. Legal cases, which primarily focus…
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Of journalism and activism: Finding a place for balance
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By Akin Olaniyan As the ongoing debate about guerilla journalism suggests, there probably is no other subject in the annals of Nigerian journalism that provokes reverence and reproach in equal…
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Dan Agbese’s legacy: A great gain
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By Ray Ekpu While I was away from this country – and this page – three woes waltzed into my life in a whopping fashion. My step mother died. My…
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In search of FOI that barks and bites
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By Taiwo Adisa On September 11, 2025, an Ondo State High Court presided over by Justice T.M. Adedipe gave a landmark ruling in respect of a request on the Freedom…
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Cautionary concerns in conflict communication
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By Tunde Akanni In a country as diverse as Nigeria, conflicts are almost inevitable. Managing them requires not only tact and empathy but also deliberate, context-sensitive communication as exemplified by…
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Tinubu Recalls NTA’s DG, ED News; Cancels Fresh Appointments
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the recall of Mr Salihu Abdullahi Dembos, the Director-General of the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA, who briefly vacated the post following some management changes…
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ODE TO THE HEROINE OF THE PRESS
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By Dr. Dele Alake It is said that some are born great and others have greatness thrust upon them. Dr. Doyin Abiola, who joined the Saints yesterday, showed up on both…
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Editors to set up fact-check desks against fake news
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…As EU, NGE task media professionals on misinformation, disinformation Nigerian editors have agreed to set up fact-check desk in their various newsrooms as a measure to tackle fake news, misinformation…
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Court remands in prison Tik Toker who claimed President Tinubu died
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A Chief magistrate court Friday in Abuja has remanded Ghali Isma’il, a social media influencer, who posted online videos purporting that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu died as a result of…
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Uncle Sam @ 90: An Employer as a father; My 11-year sojourn in Vanguard
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By Kehinde Olaosebikan My father, the late Alhaji Yisau Bello Olaosebikan, was shocked when I informed him of my travelling to Lagos from my home town Ibadan, the second day…