Students want the best for themselves whenever they gain admission into a tertiary institution. Some schools give you the option of staying in the Hostel or paying for accommodation off campus. A research group known as Hypothesis.com did a study and found 11 solid reasons why you should choose to stay in school hostel, especially […]
By Chinenye Nwabueze (massmediang.com) Journalism is an exciting profession which keeps you at the forefront of events in the society. As a watchdog, people rely on you to inform and enlighten them on developments in their immediate and larger environment. However, this profession is seen as a man’s job across the world. This is because […]
Anyone who has passed through the department of Mass Communication knows that the first major task for all students is overcoming the introductory course entitled ‘Introduction to Mass Communication’. In most communication departments, the code used to identify this course is MAC 101. The course is often taught in two parts – MAC 101 for […]
Rural journalism is the coverage and presentation of news about specific rural community. It is a specialized branch of journalism which consists of locally-oriented, professional news coverage that primarily focuses on rural communities, individual suburbs or villages in the hinterland, rather than metropolitan, state, national or world news. Rural journalism could cover issues beyond a […]
Tragedy struck in Bayelsa State after a 300 level medical student of the Niger Delta University, NDU, allegedly died after plunging into Amassoma River in the State. Reports have it that the deceased identified as Uzakah Timi Ebiweni, took the decision to end it all today, after failing his #MBBS exams. It was gathered that […]
One of the most spectacular stories told on television has finally come to an end. After eight seasons, 73 episodes and a much-debated flurry of plot developments, “Game of Thrones” has come to an end. The saga came to a fantastic and fitting close, though it undoubtedly it was not exactly the ending all fans […]
Flights at Manchester Airport have been grounded and many others cancelled over a power cut that left planes unable to be refuelled, reports Daily Mail Uk. A power failure caused a problem with getting fuel into the jets, leading to many passengers being stranded on the runway. Manchester airport said so far a total of […]
A top Indian politician has raised alarm over what he described as a plot to assassinate him like Indira Gandhi. Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal Saturday claimed that he will be assassinated like former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by his personal security officer, alleging that the BJP was after his […]
A lecturer in the Department of Mass Communication, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), Anambra State, has adopted a strange method of grading his students in Feature Writing course. He scores the students by attempting to cook based on the content of the article they wrote in class on how to cook a particular delicacy. The […]
A group is under fire for urging followers to kiss cows in a bizarre cow-kissing competition. An Austrian government official is enraged over a bizarre Swiss app challenge urging followers to kiss bovines to raise money for charity. The “KuhKussChallenge,” launched earlier this week on the Castl app, urges users in Switzerland, Austria and other […]
Arnold Schwarzenegger was shockingly drop-kicked from behind while admiring athletes at his sports festival in South Africa. The ‘Terminator’ star was filming an athlete jump rope while in a gymnasium at the Arnold Sports Festival at the Sandton Convention Centre, when a stranger jump-kicked him from behind, reports Daily Mail. Fortunately and perhaps unsurprisingly, despite […]
A new study has suggested that it may be possible to pass gonorrhea through kissing, challenging the widely accepted notion that the sexually transmitted disease is spread almost exclusively through sexual contact. Researchers in Australia found that kissing with tongue may be a way to transmit oropharyngeal gonorrhea, or oral gonorrhea, particularly among gay and […]
A woman’s weird ability to run and jump like a horse has shot her into internet fame. A Norwegian woman named Ayla Kirstine appeared in a May 14 video that can be seen on Twitter. The video shows Kirstine walking along a dirt road on all fours, galloping around a field with a dog and […]
UNILAG 103.1 FM is the trail blazer in the campus radio landscape in Nigeria. It is owned by the University of Lagos (UNILAG). It was the first campus radio station to receive license from the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) in 2003. In fact, the history of Campus broadcasting in Nigeria began with the story of […]
Campus radio is an important educational and social facility for campuses around the world. It prepares students with real-life experience. Most of these stations feature news shows, sports programmes, and public affairs broadcasts, which prepare students for careers in journalism, television, and more. Campus radio station undoubtedly allows students to receive important media experience they […]