US Consulate Lauds Nigerian Press

Jeffrey Hawkins, consul general, United States Consulate in Nigeria praises Nigerian media for their effective coverage and voter education during the just ended political campaigns and general elections in the country …

Adesina Returned As NGE President

Femi Adesina, president of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, has been re-elected for a second tenure at the biennial convention of the editors in Lagos. Also elected for the first is Victoria Ibanga, formerly of Champion Newspapers as the general secretary …

Birthdays

Anthony Suleiman Momoh, lawyer, journalist and administrator, 76, April 27. Born in Auchi, Edo State, he was educated at Government School, Okpe, Edo State, 1949-1954; Anglican School, Okpe, Edo State, 1954; Provincial Teacher’s Training College, Abudu, Edo State, 1956-1957 …

NGE to Hold Biennial Convention

The Biennial Convention of the Nigerian Guild of Editors will be held on Saturday, April 25, to elect 16 officers to run its affairs for another two years …

Birthdays

Wada Abdullahi Maida, journalist and former managing director of News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, 65, March 5. Born in Katsina, he studied at Government College, Katsina, 1964-1968; Nigerian Institute of Journalism, NIJ, 1971; Indiana Institute of Mass Communication, 1972-1975; Aberdeen College of …