2015 Young Investigative Journalist Award Initiative

You’re invited to apply for the 2015 young investigative journalist award initiative.

Organizer

Oikomedia, SciFY, Cafebabel, and The National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”

Prizes

1. A cash prize of two thousand Euros (2.000 €) for the best journalistic research
2. A software tools prize for data journalism that will be announced with the hackathon

Deadline

20 March 2015

Guidelines

• Only natural persons from 18 to 30 years old (on the Opening date of the Contest) regardless of nationality and place of residence are eligible to take part in the Contest.
• Participants are not obliged to have a journalism degree from a public or private school, or to be journalism students. Natural persons meeting the age requirements are eligible to participate, even if they do not have professional experience in the field of journalism.
• Participants are required to undertake the following actions:

1. To fill out the application form available in the especially designed webpage of the Organizer www.ijp.gr and
2. To submit the research online. In case that the research is submitted in a language other than the Contest´s official language (Greek), it should be accompanied by an official translation.

• Research shall be submitted in accordance with the following criteria:

1. As 7z, ZIP, GZIP or TAR files with maximum size 50 MB or
2. Accompanied by links with relevant content. Links should be active during the whole Contest and 3 months after its Closing date.

• Participants are allowed to carry out journalistic research on any of the fields mentioned below, concerning citizens who live in Greece and events that have taken, take or will take place in Greek reality within its geographical territory. The central elements of the journalistic research shall be the active civic and political participation, the public interest, the supervision of the work and the decisions of Greek public authorities, the action of civil society, the action of private and public legal persons in Greece, as well as the impact all these activities have on society as a whole or on economy.
• Research can deal with any of the following fields, either alone or in combination:

1. Society
2. Politics
3. Economy
4. Environment

• Participants are allowed to submit digital, television, radio and multimedia (video and slideshow) journalistic research.

Inquiries

For any information concerning the Contest, participants and third parties can send an e-mail to:
e.makri@cafebabel.com or elina.makri@oikomedia.com

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Government College Katsina Releases Buhari’s Academic Credentials(Pictures)

For some time now, the secondary school certificate issue of the All Progressives Congress(APC) presidential flag bearer, General Muhammadu Buhari has been a major story everywhere. At last, the secondary school he attended has finally released his academic credentials detailing his results upon his request.

See the picture of the certificate below as obtained exclusively by Premium Times

You can download it here

Our Leaders -A Poem By Jodekss Gloatkenf

So goes the moon exchanging guard with the sun

The sun repeating the repeated roll firing down the moon with his giant gun

Life is full of changes; constant is changes

Which is why, why the sun shrieks, teeters about, finding his way to shine his sun on souls

So same remains the earth

So same remains this campus filled with big beards

Doing learners with their good gray hairs

To win wits in their ends

What do you expect?

As it happens above

It happens to this dirt's stove.

The campus is heated up
Hands that need votes are vying for fame now
Lobbying with pleases is what we hear now
You see them on their knees, drably dope
Pleading friends and fiends they the hope
Of cause both bad and good minds need to win the cup
Perhaps to fail us again
Or lift this varsity's face that is down up from this filthy water-rain.

Leaders should lie like a lizard limping up and down nodding
Aye just for just just
Against chameleon; the excrete it gives clings till life leaves.


-Jodekss Gloatkenf

2015 General Election: Buhari, Jonathan & Others To Begin Debates On January 28

The Nigeria Elections Debate Group on Monday in Abuja said the 2015 presidential debates would hold between January 28 and February 5.

The Chairman of the Board of Trustees of NEDG, Mr Sola Omole, disclosed this to newsmen after a meeting of the board, hosted by the former Chairman of Daar Communications Plc, Chief Raymond Dokpesi.

Omole said that the Directors-General of the Presidential Campaign Organisations of the 14 participating political parties would open the floor on January 28.

This, according to him, will be followed by the Vice-Presidential debates, billed for January 29.

He said the debates involving the presidential candidates would hold in two sessions and would climax on February 5.

Omole said the group had contacted all the parties involved, adding that they all support the idea.

“We believe that debates are very important components of the democratic process aimed at giving the candidates the opportunity to speak directly to Nigerians.
“We want the Nigerian community to get used to the business of debating issues and we feel that this is a very strong part of building that culture.

“We have met with all the political parties, those we couldn’t meet directly, we contacted their senior officials and they are very supportive of the initiative,” he said.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that NEDG is a coalition of broadcast, civil society and professional organisations, committed to deepening the country’s democracy.

It is also aimed at entrenching an enduring democratic culture through organised television debates since the return of democratic rule in 1999.

NEDG has put together the presidential debates to give the Nigerian electorate an opportunity to hear directly from all the presidential candidates.



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GSF Pastor Emerges New UJCM President

The current President of Gospel Students' Fellowship(GSF), Pastor Muyiwa Olasehinde has been chosen as the University Joint Christian Mission(UJCM) set-man for the next one year.

During the final service which doubled as the Thanksgiving and Induction service marking the UJCM's beginning of the semester programme, new set of leaders who will be in charge of the coordinating body were announced and prayed for.
Pastor Muyiwa Olashinde  from Gospel Students' Fellowship(GSF) and  Pastor Ayilola Oyeleke from Anglican Students' Fellowship(ASF) were inducted as the UJCM President and Assistant President respectively. Other executive members cutting across almost all the sister fellowships of UJCM were also announced during the service.

The outgone UJCM President, Olumide Ajibola however expressed his appreciation to the entire fellowship for the privilege he was granted to serve. The attendance had in attendance numerous Christians from various fellowships under the umbrella of UJCM. Also present were some members of the Centaal Executive Council(CEC) of the Students' Union including the Union President.

February 14 Presidential Poll: How Well Do You Know Those Contesting?

How well do you know the contestants we have for the February 14 Presidential poll and their runnin mates?

Party	Acronym	Presidential Candidate	Running Mate
Action Alliance	AA	Tunde Anifowoshe-Kelani	Paul Ishaka Ofomile
Allied Congress Party of Nigeria	ACPN	Ganiyu Galadima	Balarabe Ahmed
Alliance for Democracy	AD	Rafiu Salau	Clinton Cliff Akuchie
African Democratic Congress	ADC	Nani Ibrahim Ahmad	Obianuju Murphy-Uzohue
All Progressives Congress	APC	Muhammadu Buhari	Yemi Osinbajo
All Progressives Grand Alliance	APGA	Goodluck Jonathan	Namadi Sambo
Hope Democratic Party	HDP	Ambrose Albert	Haruna Shaba
Kowa Party	KP	Oluremi Sonaiya	Saidu Bobboi
Labour Party	LP	Goodluck Jonathan	Namadi Sambo
National Conscience Party	NCP	Martin Onovo	Ibrahim Mohammed
Peoples Democratic Party	PDP	Goodluck Jonathan	Namadi Sambo
United Democratic Party	UDP	Godson Okoye	Haruna Adamu
United Progressive Party	UPP	Chekwas Okorie	Bello Umar

Matriculation Date For Fresh OAU Online Undergraduates Fixed

The Matriculation Ceremony for all ODL Programmes holds at the Oduduwa Hall, OAU campus on Tuesday, January 27, 2015 by 12noon. Collection of the matriculation gowns commences at Oduduwa hall at 9am prompt. All students are to be seated by 11am.

All Nursing candidates who have not been screened should report to the Department of Nursing, O.A.U campus on or before Friday, 23rd January, 2014.
All Accounting candidates who have not been screened should report to the Department of Management & Accounting, O.A.U. campus on or before Friday, 23rd January, 2014. Please note that only candidates who have been screened will be enlisted for matriculation.

Study tablets (Vigitabs) would be distributed after the matriculation and orientation on campus.