The leading minds in Nigerian media practice gathered on 15 August 2024 for the Third FrontFoot Media Roundtable. They discussed core issues in the profession on the back of accounting by FrontFoot Media Initiative, which involved three years of training journalists on the reportage of government audit reports.
The delegation was led by Eze Anaba, president of the Nigerian Guild of Editors. Mr Ken Ugbechie, Vice President (South), represented the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers. Mrs Motunrayo Alaka, Executive Director of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism, and Edetaen Ojo, director of Media Rights Agenda, participated.
The roll call included:
Victoria Ibanga – Nigerian Guild of Editors
Dr Isah Momoh – Ehijiator Sunday Thisday
Oluwole Shogunle – News Agency of Nigeria
Abdultunde Hamza – Breezy News
Ngozi Onyeakusi – SuperNews
Samson Ademola – Wole Soyinka Centre
Babalola Seyi Emmanuel
Mayowa Adeniran
Geoffrey Ekenna – Sunday Telegraph
Dr Olayinka Oyegbile – Temple University
Hamza Idris – Daily Trust
Nasiru Alhassan – Daily Trust
Dr Ray Echebiri – Centre for Financial Journalism
Azuh Arinze – Yes! Magazine
Dr Marcel Mbamalu – Prime Business Africa
Okey Onyenweaku – Business Hallmark
Shina Badaru – Technology Times
Nkanu Egbe – Lagos Metropolitan
Lanre Idowu – Diamond Publications
Kabir Alabi Garba – The Guardian/NGE
Ugo Onuoha
Ugomma Cokey – Voice of Nigeria
Mojeed Jamiu – Upshot Media
Habib Aruna – The Pledge
