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Prof. Nnamdi Ekeanyanwu has emerged as the new National Coordinator of African Council for Communication Education (ACCE), Nigeria Chapter. Ekeanyanwu who is of the Department of Communication Arts, University of Uyo, was elected today after keen contest at the end of the National Conference/AGM of the Council held at the …

The 2017 edition of Annual General Meeting/National Conference of the African Council on Communication Education (ACCE) began today at the Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, Jos, Plateau State. Theme of this year’s event is Communication Education, Research and Publishing in a Changing World. The AGM/National conference will be …

The National President of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Mrs Ifeyinwa Omowole has denied misappropriating journalists’ housing fund. Omowole in statement issued on Sunday, said the report, which alleged that $227,000 meant for housing units for members of the association had been embezzled were false. There were reports …

  Eminent Nigerian scholars in communication education stormed Free Town, capital of Sierra Leone, to honour one of the leading communication scholars in Africa, Professor Cecil Blake. Professor Blake, was honoured for his contributions to communications and media by the organizers of the Idowu Sobowale International conference. The conference was …

Professor Cecil Blake is a living legend in the field of Communication Education in the African Continent. The Sierra Leonian has taught in several Universities across countries in Africa including Nigeria and Sierra Leone. Blake was one-time the Minister of Communication and Broadcasting in Sierra Leone. He has consulted widely …

A Zimbabwean journalist has been detained for writing a news story deemed insulting to the country’s first lady, Grace Mugabe, a legal aid group said on Tuesday. Kenneth Nyangani of the privately-owned Newsday newspaper was detained late Monday, police spokeswoman, Charity Charamba, confirmed, adding that a full statement would later …

  The circulation manager of Daily Sun Newspapers in Onitsha, Mr. Fabian Obi has been shot dead by armed hoodlums. Reports have it that Obi was shot dead this morning in his office along Old market Road, Onitsha, Anambra State. Details of the incident are still sketchy but reports have …

One of the major and most effective communication strategies in Africa is Traditional communication. This consists of application of culture-based, people-oriented channels of communication in dissemination of information and sharing ideas. They are basically face-to-face participatory modes of communication often with immediate feedback. They are still very relevant in modern …

Quackery in journalism is about to become a thing of the past in Nigeria as the Senate has expressed readiness to partner the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) to check activities of fakes in the profession. Sen. Aliyu Abdullahi, Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, said this in …

Press freedom in Nigeria has taken another punch as one Mr Emmanuel Atswen, a reporter of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), was arrested by the Benue Police Command over a report on the protest by IDPs at the International Market camp in Makurdi. NAN reports that the IDPs, on …

Mass Media Versus Social Media! Five Reasons Why Traditional (Mainstream) Media Still Matters   By Lisa Noble I’ve read the reports about how dwindling resources in the newsroom are turning people away from newspapers and other traditional media outlets, and how local TV is becoming increasingly vulnerable due to a …

Police in India have detained 4 persons in connection with the brutal murder of a  young television journalist in the North-Eastern Indian state of Tripura while covering a protest on Wednesday. Shantanu Bhowmick, 28, from Dinraat news channel, was attacked and abducted late Wednesday while he was at protests held …

  By Peter Ikegbunam The African Council for Communication Education (ACCE), Nigeria Chapter will hold her 2017 Annual General Meeting (AGM) and national conference at the National Institute of Policy & Strategic Studies, Kuru, Jos, Plateau State. In a statement signed by the National Coordinating Secretary of the Council, Dr. …

By Peter Ikegbunam The 4th Edition of Prof. Idowu Sobowale International Conference is billed to hold at the prestigious University of Sierra Leone. The conference which is schedule to hold from 18th to 19th October is to be hosted by the Department of Mass Communication of the University based in …

This is a comprehensive piece on Oral tradition by the Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University. Read it. 1. The Nature and Kinds of Oral Literature Epics, ballads, prose tales, ritual and lyric songs, as genres, existed orally before writing was invented. We do not have a special word to …