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TheNewsGuru.com, PBA, C&F hold 2023 election colloquium Saturday

TheNewsGuru.com (TNG), Africa’s number one news portal in collaboration with Prime Business Africa and C&F Porter Novelli will on Saturday 28 January 2023 hold a one-day colloquium on the forthcoming general election in Nigeria.

TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the 2023 General Election Colloquium scheduled for this Saturday from 2:00 pm prompt to 4:00 pm WAT will hold with the theme: Assessing the Presidential Election Campaigns.

The colloquium, which will hold virtually via Zoom, is expected to dissect topical issues on how the major political parties in the presidential race and their candidates have fared with their campaigns so far ahead of the February 25 polls.

Representatives of political parties, including the All Progressives Congress (APC), the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the Labour Party and the New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP) are expected to participate in the colloquium.

Also expected to participate in the all-important colloquium are representatives of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) and Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON).

To anchor the epoch-making event are Ambassador Aminu A. Wisdom, former Nigeria Principal Representative to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and Prof. Charles Okigbo, Professor Emeritus of Strategic Communication at North Dakota State University, USA.

TNG reports the 2023 General Election Colloquium, hosted in conjunction with Prime Business Africa and C&F Porter Novelli is supported by Jackson Centre for Innovative Journalism and Media Development (JCIJMD).

Click here at 2:00 pm WAT on Saturday 28 January 2023 to join the 2023 General Election Colloquium.

For further details, see the flyer below:

JOIN THE 2023 GENERAL ELECTION COLLOQUIUM THIS SATURDAY

January 27, 2023
Profs Okigbo, Beckermann, others lead training for TheNewsGuru

The reality of the changing times in the media space and how to tackle prevailing challenges will be the focus as TheNewsGuru holds a training webinar on Thursday, October 2022. It is themed: beyond a refresher course, to treat specifics of the essence of advertising media sales and key principles to drive success.

Other themes include communicating audits in digital media evolution, advertising planning for media sales, and trend analysis.

Leading the session is US-based Prof (emeritus) Charles Okigbo whose presentation will be on the Six Laws of media sales. He is a renowned professor of media and Public relations.

The next presentation will be done by Dr. Kay Beckerman and Emmanuel Aneke which is on Communication Audits in the Digital Revolution.
Professor Elizabeth Crawford Jackson takes on Advertising Media Planning for Media sales.

TheNewsGuru reports that Dr. Kay Beckerman is a professor of Advertising and Social Media at Minnesota State University and Dr. Elizabeth Crawford Jackson is a professor of Advertising at North Dakota University also in the United States.

From the array of scholars and high-flying professionals, veritable training is a huge promise, destined to change advertising media competence and enhance revenue drive among others.

According to Okigbo, “we shall cover the most essential topics: market concept, advertising, public relations, mass media, online media, selling and sales concept, strategic challenges, persuasion, and trend analysis “.

The training is recreating impetus for TheNewsGuru team and Advisory Board members. They will be joined by representatives of advertising sections of Vanguard, GWG.ng, and ThisDay newspapers.

October 19, 2022
TheNewsGuru.com columnist, Owei Lakemfa, appointed SIRA Chair

The leading foreign relations Think Tank in Africa, the Society for International Relations Awareness (SIRA), has elected human rights activist, labour leader and author, Mr Owei Lakemfa as its new President.

Mr. Lakemfa who for over two decades has run two weekly columns on Nigeria and international affairs in the VANGUARD Newspapers and recently TheNewsGuru.com (TNG), succeeds Professor Nuhu O. Yaqub
OFR, former Vice-Chancellor, University of Abuja and Sokoto State University.

The new Vice President is Colonel Wilson Ijide RTD, former Training Team Leader, Nigerian Army School of infantry with wide experience in international peacekeeping. He has a PhD in Industrial/Organisational Psychology and lectures in the Department of Psychology, and Institute
for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ibadan.

Dr. Adaora Osondu-Oti, Associate Professor and Head of the Department of International Relations and Diplomacy, Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, was elected the Chairperson of the Editorial/ Publication Committee.

Elected Secretary is Mrs Fatima Mahmud, Lecturer in Political Science and International Relations, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.

Prof. W. Alade Fawole, a leading foreign affairs expert and author of books like ‘The Illusion of The Post-Colonial State: Governance and Security Challenges in Africa’ and ‘Nigeria’s External Relations and Foreign Policy Under Military Rule: 1966-1999’ was elected the Chairperson of the Research Committee.

December 17, 2020
Join TheNewsGuru hangout | Learn how to monetise opportunities online

In bid to provide a pathway to ensure steady growth of Nigeria’s digital media space, Africa’s number one news portal, TheNewsGuru.com will hold its first social media hangout on the 15th of September, 2017.

The event themed “Digital Media Gurus Speak: How to monetise opportunities online…” is a virtual forum for speakers and participants to brainstorm on how online investors best harness digital media gains in Nigeria.

The event which will commence from 10:00 am – 11:30 am will be hosted by the Publisher, TheNewsGuru.com, Mr. Mideno Bayagbon.

Special guests include an array of media gurus – Vice President Corporate Communications/CSR Director Airtel Nigeria and founder of Ethelberts, Mr. Emeka Oparah; renowned Editor, Online and Special Publication, The Nations Newspaper, Mr. Lekan Otufodunrin; President, Professional bloggers, Mr Chris Kehinde Nwadu, CKN and veteran showbiz journalist/publisher Media Room Hub, Azuka Ogujiuba.

As a fact, the digital media industry in Nigeria has witnessed more entrants of investors, but many of them are still struggling to keep up with the market expectations due to lack of experience needed to see their ideas to fruition.

The primary goal of the hangout, is to provide an avenue for young media investors to learn from the wealth of experience of some of the carefully selected media entrepreneurs who are invited as guests on the #TNGhangout.

Join the conversation by following the dedicated Hashtags for the event on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, #TheNewsGuru #TNGhangout #TheGurusSpeak.

September 10, 2017
Prolific scholar, Femi Aribisala writes for TheNewsGuru.com

Prolific writer and scholar, Femi Aribisala joins the growing list of influential writers and columnists writing for TheNewsGuru.com starting from this Sunday.

As usual, It’s controversial. It’s “unputdownable”. It’s hot. It’s typical Femi Aribisala!

Join us from tomorrow (Sunday) to sip from the revered scholar’s pool of knowledge.

January 28, 2017
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If your materials meet our terms and conditions, you will be contacted and compensated (10,000 per story) after publishing your materials on the TheNewsGuru website.

Interested persons can reach us via email: info@thenewsguru.ng

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December 7, 2016