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The strongest mark of a professional is continuous learning. This is why the Nigerian constitution demands that ONLY chartered PR professionals can practice PR in Nigeria. They are chartered because they are professionals. Now, to be chartered, you will go through NIPR certification exams. Jabborro PR Study Group advertorial THE PROCESS OF BECOMING CHARTERED The PR certification process involves registering as an NIPR student, studying on your own, in an NIPR school, or with study groups and professional tutorials, writing NIPR exams, and becoming chartered if you pass the exams. There are 2 levels to go through: The Professional 1 level, where you take 10 courses; and the Professional 11 level, with 5 advanced PR subjects. EXEMPTIONS You must pass all Professional 1 subjects before you can register for Professional 11. NIPR however can exempt people with certain academic qualifications and/or job experience. Graduates of Marketing, Communication A...

We don’t read, do we? Post a little thing on social, once it shows ‘continue reading…’ it is already boring to people, especially members of the 3 rd world. Unless it is about sensational topics like celebrity gossip, sex and the likes, it hardly gets impressive reads.  Dear Nigerian, or should I say African, as long as we don’t take interest in healthy enlightenment, we will remain a 3 rd world race. And since there’s too much to read in too little time, we have to learn to speed-read. Remember this quote attributed to a certain Dee Lee; “if you don’t want a nigger to see this, hide it in a book”.  FIND THE FULL TEXT OF THE LETTER HERE There is also this letter of a certain slave owner in 1712, who wrote about how to keep the black man in slavery. His name was said to be William Lynch, and here is the full text of the letter. I retitled it as How to know if blacks are still slaves, because if you read through it, you can tell if you’re still being en...

Essien Ndueso, SA to Gov Udom Emmanuel on Media [News] A Special Assistant to the Akwa Ibom state Governor, Mr Essien Ndueso has warned that despite the presence of the Freedom of Information law, professionals should always endeavour to be guided by the ethical codes of their profession, adding that it was a responsibility on the path of the journalists to maintain professional conduct at all times so as to escape litigation for abuses. In a paper at the 2016 celebration by the Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Ikot Ekpene Chapter of the Association of Mass Communication Students (AMASCOS), the governor's aide lamented that despite being empowered by the law, some journalists in the State fail to take the pains and cross check details of government transactions before bringing same to the public domain. Mr Ndueso who spoke on the theme, “Freedom of Information Law: Matters Arising,” told students that the law has granted journalist and everyone in general access to p...

At the end of tomorrow, AKEES will give 1,000 names that have registered for ICT skills under AKEES, to APTECH for a Scholarship. There will be an APTECH seminar tomorrow Saturday 14 May to kickstart the programme. Below are 11 facts you need to know about this programme.       1.       The World’s most lucrative jobs look for ICT skilled labour. Without ICT skills, your chances for getting a lucrative job are slimmer. 2.       APTECH is an international ICT trainer. They partner with MICROSOFT in providing ICT education, helping people develop internationally selling career skills. Aptech has presence in more than 40 emerging countries. As a leader in career education, it has over 1300 centers of learning across the world.       3.       A regular APTECH Nigeria 3-month course goes for at least N150,000. Their curriculum helps students acquire...