Category: Media

Lagos Traffic Radio, LTR 96.1FM has been advised to develop a stronger customer relationship and explore a mutually-beneficial partnership with key players in the transportation industry. The State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Kehinde Bamigbetan gave the advice over the weekend during the 2019 retreat organised for officials of the broadcast outfit in Lekki area of the State. Bamigbetan said that a relationship with Airlines, Rail and Waterway operators to facilitate discounts for the broadcast station’s loyal listeners is desirable, saying that such initiative would attract a larger audience…

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Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Kehinde Bamigbetan has disclosed that measures are underway to enhance the operations of the State’s five information divisional offices in Ikeja, Badagry, Ikorodu, Lagos Island and Epe. Speaking during an interview with newsmen during the week in his office, Bamigbetan said the upgrade becomes necessary to ensure that residents in the five divisions have real-time access to information emanating from the government and major stakeholders within their communities. According to the Commissioner, equipment in the offices would be upgraded while necessary personnel…

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WhatsApp Messenger, popular text messaging service, has reduced messages a user can forward to five recipients, in an effort to reduce the spread of false information. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that WhatsApp Messenger, acclaimed to be the world’s most popular messaging app, is a freeware and cross-platform messaging and Voice over IP (VoIP) service owned by Facebook. The application allows the sending of text messages and voice calls, as well as video calls, images and other media, documents, and user location. Previously, users could forward messages to…

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In its determination to cover all modes of transportation, Lagos Traffic Radio 96.1 FM has commenced the broadcast of information on Maritime Shipping Position, Airline and Train time schedules. The acting General Manager of the Station, Mr. Tayo Akanle said the determination to adequately inform the public, present a wholistic information on the transportation sector and attract more listeners to the initiative. Akanle urged listeners to “stay up-to-date with the latest maritime shipping information and port schedules as it concerns the shipping industry on Mondays to Fridays at 7a.m, 7:30a.m…

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Wale JAGUN Government functionaries, scholars and practitioners of Community Media in Lagos State have agreed that journalism at the grassroots level is an important tool that can be used to change the narrative in any community and also to bringing about harmonious relationship between the people and the government as well as engerder mutual co-existence among the populace.   In performing their functions, journalists at the grassroots were also enjoined to always uphold the tenets of the profession and be creative in engaging audience from time-to-time.   These among other…

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Kunle ADELABU -Enjoins them to ensure proper dissemination of information at the grassroots Community Media Practitioners in Lagos State should always endeavour to ensure proper dissemination of information at the grassroots and uphold the tenets of journalism.   This was the positions of the state government functionaries, scholars and practitioners at the Lagos State Government sponsored 2-day workshop themed, ‘Strategic Communication: A Tool For Media Networking and Community Relations”, held at the Orientals Hotels, Victoria Island, Lagos, between Thursday, December 27 and Friday, December 28, 2018.   The Commissioner for…

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Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Kehinde Bamigbetan has stressed the need for a coordinated and integrated information management among two tiers of government in the State to widen the scope of information dissemination among the citizenry.   Bamigbetan, who disclosed this at a meeting held with Public Affairs Officers of Local Government and Local Council Development Areas in Lagos State, noted that coordinated information management would further help bring governance closer to the people.   The Commissioner charged the Local Government Public Affairs Officers to key into…

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Lagos State Government Friday unveiled the ‘New Face of Lagos in the cyberspace’ as part of efforts to deepen information dissemination through a friendly and interactive social media platform. Speaking at the unveiling of the project held at Digital Village, the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Kehinde Bamigbetan said the state government had, in the past 15 years, spearheaded progressive drive in the direction of e-governance – thereby bridging the gap between the government and the governed. In his words, “It started with the adoption of the Oracle system…

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– ‘Truth Never Dies’ campaign for launch today Analysts are seeking fresh probe into the deaths of local reporters in controversial circumstances. Their push, in this article by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Reporter PRUDENCE AROBANI, is fueled by the October 2 murder of The Washington Post columnist in Saudi Arabia’s Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. THE United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) will today launch a new campaign tagged: “Truth Never Dies”.   It is part of programmes to commemorate this years’ “International Day to end impunity…

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Facebook says 20 million fewer accounts were breached than originally thought in one of the worst security incidents at the giant social network – 30 million instead of 50 million – but attackers made off with sensitive personal information from nearly half of those users that could put them at serious risk, including phone number and email address, recent searches on Facebook, location history and the types of devices people used to access the service.   According to USA Today, hackers got their hands on data from 29 million accounts…

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