The Journalism Clinic has concluded arrangements to celebrate Nigerian media elders aged 70 and above at a ceremony tagged, Appreciation Day”, scheduled to hold Wednesday October 22, 2025.
Penpushing reports that Founder/Director of The Journalism Clinic, Taiwo Obe in a statement disclosed that it will take place at the Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ), Ogba, Lagos, where the veterans will converge in dozens for remembrances and reunions.
“It’s simply to thank these elders – around 68 of them – for working, over the years, to inform, educate and entertain our people, with little regard for celebrating themselves’, the statement reads
Penpushing further reports that the statement said apart from the elderly media personalities, distinguished guests, including the Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Information and National Orientation Minister Alhaji Mohammed Idris will be in attendance.
The statement stated that others are Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commissioner Dr Aminu Wada Maida – whose late father, Wada Maida, was an editor-in-chief of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) adding that Maida will deliver the keynote address.
“We also invited some current media leaders and media scholars to the event, with the hope that they can learn a few lessons from the reflections of the elders. It will be a day of nostalgia and thanksgiving’, Obe added
Penpushing also reports that the Centre for Research Information Management and Media Development (CRIMMD) Library and Museum will stage a mini exhibition of some works of some of the elders.
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