The Great Rescue

http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=414...NAME:         AKINRINADE OLUKUNLE.Y

DEPT:           MASS COMMUNICATION

COURSE:     ONLINE JOURNALISM(Story board)

The Great Rescue

1. The story starts with a wide angle shot of a boy trying to cross a high way. Some vehicles are seen in a cut-away racing on high speed and their drivers not paying attention to the boy. Cut to the boy trying to flag down the moving vehicles to slow down, so he could cross the road.

2. Cut away of the boy trying to cross the road. ECU of the boy colliding with a vehicle. He is knocked down and passes out. Bystanders are attracted.

3. The vehicles stop and sympathizers try to rescue him.A man quickly pulls his car up and gives the boy first aid treatment. He resuscitates him.

4. We cut to the man pulling up his car and rushing toward the scene of the accident.

5. We cut to the man giving first aid to the boy

6. We cut to the boy regain consciousness

7. We cut to sympathizers with joy on their faces

8. We cut to the boy being taken to his home in the man’s car.

Row over death of 45-year-old ex-PHCN staff

By KUNLE AKINRINADE

•I suspect foul play — Deceased’s mother •Husband: she’s lying

The untimely death of 45-year-old Mrs. Adebola Kushimo, an ex-Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) staff has thrown her widower, Olalekan Kushimo, and her mother, Alhaja Agbeke Balogun, into war of words that may endure for a long time.The septuagenarian mother of the deceased has accused her son-in law of complicity in the death of her only daughter. She claimed that contrary to the belief that her daughter had died while undergoing a fibroid operation in a Indian hospital, she suspected Olalekan of manipulating information on the circumstances leading to her death and her burial in Lagos.She said:” I never knew that my daughter would suffer such fate in the hands of her husband. There is more to her death than what her husband has made people to believe. My daughter never told me she was going for an operation in India and her husband too did not inform me until she died.“Throughout their 13-year marriage, the couple visited me on three occasions. The last time I saw my daughter was on June 15, 2011 when I threw a bash in my residence. She came with her husband (Olalekan) in a space wagon car which she said she just bought and I prayed for her. Surprisingly, on September 2, 2011, Olalekan called me on the telephone to inform me that some people would be bringing an undisclosed consignments to me, not knowing that they were coming to break the news of my daughter’s death.“But the moment I saw those who came in company of some landlords in my area, I knew that something terrible had happened. Eventually, his siblings who came told me that my daughter had died in a hospital in India during a fibroid operation.”She further stated that when her daughter’s husband informed her that her daughter was dead, she told him not to bury her so that she could ascertain the cause of her death, but he allegedly went ahead and buried her without her consent. She, however, was given a picture of her daughter that was taken during the lying in state at the funeral by concerned friends, which showed a big cut on her head and her mouth was swollen. She said: “I may not have a university education but I can distinguish what is reasonable from falsehood. How come my daughter was going for an operation of that magnitude abroad and I was not informed? You won’t believe that it was the younger sister to my daughter’s husband who is a medical doctor and runs a hospital that wrote the referral to the Indian hospital, if the document given to us by Olalekan is to be believed. “That means my daughter was initially admitted at that particular hospital before her purported ‘operation’ in India. How come her husband or any relative did not accompany her on the trip? If truly my daughter died in India, how come her husband deceived me when her body arrived from India?” According to her, from the findings made by the family, no corpse entered Nigeria through the Airport from India on September 7 2011, as being claimed by Olalekan except the corpse of an old woman from U.S.A.“He had told me that her body was due to arrive on a particular day and having suspected foul play, I asked him to call me as soon as her body arrived the airport so that I could send my son to verify that it was her corpse. He instead chose to call several hours on the day asking me to send my son to come and look at the corpse somewhere on Airport Road, Lagos State. “From what I found out during a check, the only corpse brought into Nigeria that day was that of an old woman from US. Please, ask him why he hurriedly buried my daughter despite my instructions that he should put the funeral on hold until a proper autopsy was done. “He must have beaten my daughter to death because there was a deep cut on her head and her mouth was swollen. Some people took photographs during her burial ceremony and photographs don’t lie. He has been lying to the Police in order to absolve himself of complicity in the death of my daughter.”She said that her daughter did not have a good relationship with her husband as he had physically abused her several times in the past.“He was constantly beating my daughter when she was alive. There was a day my daughter sought refuge in my house for some days after she was assaulted by her husband. My daughter told me that Olalekan had resorted to beating her for daring to challenge him on some marital issues. “My daughter had worked all her life to make her husband a better person in life. She opened a beer joint for him because he was allegedly jobless. He has converted my daughter’s belongings, including her vehicles, into his personal use. I believe that since my daughter did not have children for him, he should be honest enough to return all her belongings. “In a telephone interview with our correspondent, the deceased’s widower, Mr. Olalekan Kushimo, however, denied complicity in the death of his wife and the allegations by his mother-in law. He explained that his mother-in law was trying to point accusing fingers at him in order to curry sympathy.“I don’t know what my mother-in law’s problems are. She is just trying to cook up stories in order to attract public sympathy. I want to believe that someone has been feeding her with lies and pushing her to do all these. “Her daughter had barely been buried when she started asking me for her daughter’s personal effects while I was still mouring and I told her it was too early. She had never taken off a single day to mourn her daughter. “She had even asked me for some documents that she gave to my wife and I have asked my lawyers to take them to her. Her belief is that my wife had made so much money from her job and that I wanted to corner her belongings. Is it possible for a low rank civil servant to amass wealth without running into problems?“Contrary to her wild tales or allegations, I asked my late wife to inform mama about her medical trip to India and she did. She was hale and hearty when she was leaving for India to undergo a fibroid operation because she was bent on having children for me. I had admonished her to consider adopting children, but she explained that since her medical hindrance was not beyond cure, she would rather prepare to have her own kids.”He explained how he disagreed with the mother-in law following her insistence on having another autopsy carried out on her body.“Even her family members were at the burial and I think she is saying these because of money. There was nothing I could have done because the Nigerian High Commission in India and Indian authorities were duly informed and an autopsy had already been carried out on the body in India. It was on the day of the burial that she called to say that I should not go ahead with the burial anymore.“I refused to heed her instructions because it came rather late when my late wife’s colleagues, friends and associates were already at the lying-in state. So, how could I have cancelled such an event and what would I have told those present? I cannot keep her corpse in my house because I had already set out the programme for her final interment. If she has any grievance against me, let her go to court. I was never at any time jobless; I am a car dealer and I have been running my business for many years now.“My wife and I had mutual agreement on what to do in case of death. I told her to ensure that a certain nephew of mine gets university education and today, I am happy that the boy is a graduate in my lifetime. She equally asked me not to let her mother suffer in case she dies. It was on the strength of this understanding that I considered it necessary to give her money for Ileya celebration in November last year. Unfortunately, the money I gave her to celebrate Eid-fitri (Ileya) is what she used to facilitate my arrest by the Police. I was taken to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti, Yaba, Lagos and I have explained my own side of the story.”Findings by our correspondent revealed that the late Adebola until her death worked in the Administration Department of PHCN Ikeja Distribution Zone, Alausa.A highly placed source, who asked for anonymity, said:”Ah, Bola (the deceased) was such an amiable lady. She actually applied for a sick leave and it was rather unfortunate that she died during operation in India. She was a Level 9 Officer until her death.”

Gunmen kill businessman moments after he staged remebrance party for father

It was meant to be a day of festivity, but it turned out a tragic day for Yakubu Azeez, an Ibadan-based jeweller. A few hours after he organised a befitting thanksgiving service for his late father, gunmen stormed his residence in Olomi-Olunde area of the city and shot him dead.
Sources, who asked not to be named for fear of reprisals, said the incident occurred just as Azeez retired into his room after observing the 22nd anniversary of his father’s death on February 3, 2012.
His assailants were said to have scaled the fence of his residence and gained access into his room through the ceiling at about 2 am.
The deceased, whose trader-wife, Morufa, was said to have travelled to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to buy goods, was allegedly shot in the chest. The assassins were also said to have dragged Azeez’s aged mother out of her room to see her son’s body in a pool of blood.
Not done yet, the unwanted guests vandalised a Pathfinder Sports Utility Vehicle the deceased had just bought and carted away assorted jewellery kept in the vehicle.
Our correspondent learnt that but for providence, the deceased’s younger brother, Isola, would also have been killed by the aggressors. Isola was said to have been aroused by his late brother’s shout for help while he was being tortured by his assailants. But as soon as Isola made his way toward his late brother’s room, the attackers shot sporadically in his direction, asking him to go back to his room or get killed.
A younger brother of the deceased, Abiola, who spoke with our correspondent, said he received the news of his brother’s assassination with shock.
“It was a rude shock when I was told on the telephone that my brother had been killed by suspected assassins. He had just organised a remembrance bash for our late father before he was killed.
“He had never fought with anyone because he was an easy-going person. He never engaged in any shady deal or unholy partnership with anyone. He led a pious life. He was a likeable fellow because of his generosity and he was a devout Muslim. He even built a mosque for the community. He will be greatly missed.”
While describing the deceased as a devout Muslim and philanthropist, one of the leaders in the mosque built by the late Azeez said: “I knew that something had gone wrong when I was summoned on the phone at 2 am to the residence of the deceased. The news of his death confirmed my premonition that all was not well.
“The Police were invited by neighbours and his body was taken away at about 8 am for autopsy at Adeoyo General Hospital, Ibadan. It was not long before his remains were released to us for burial, because he was a Muslim.
”He was such a courageous man. In spite of the challenges he faced when his father died, he summoned courage to serve as an apprentice with a goldsmith. After completing his apprenticeship, it did not take long before fortune smiled on him.”
The deceased, according to a source who asked not to be named, was a self-made person. The source added that Azeez went through a lot before things started looking up for him. When success came his way, he built a house and bought a fleet of cars.”
Another younger brother of the deceased, Muniru, said his late brother was the breadwinner of the family, adding that his death had created a vacuum that could not be easily filled.
Muniru said: “My brother was the one taking care of the family, including our mother. There is no doubt that his death has created a big vacuum that would not be filled for a long time to come.”
The Public Relations Officer of the Oyo State Police Command, Mr. Femi Okanlawon, declined comments on the matter when our correspondent called him on the phone.

18-month-old found in Jos cemetery...three months after he disappeared in Lagos

Like every other day, one-and-a-half-year-old Michael Osarentin was woken up and prepared by his mother for another day at school at Igando, a Lagos suburb, on November 14 last year.
He was assumed by his teachers to have left for home with his elder brother at closing time only for the parents to realise that they could not find him. It was not until three months later that a good Samaritan found the toddler at a cemetery in far away Jos, the capital of Plateau State.
His worried parents had reported his disappearance to the Police. They launched a search party and made announcements in the media to no avail. His disappearance generated a serious crisis. Both the proprietor of Michael’s school, Homes International School, and his class teacher were arrested by the Police and detained for three days.
Recalling the incident, Micheal’s mother, Mary, who now carries another pregnancy, said: “Michael went to school on that day and I was expecting him to return in the afternoon. When I did not see him, I contacted some of the teachers in his school, which is just a stone’s throw from our residence, but I was told that he left for home as soon as school was over.
“I went back home but still could not find him. I became confused. I told my husband about it and we reported the matter to the Police. His teachers were invited for interrogation and we all started looking for him but to no avail.”
Explaining how her son was later miraculously found by a Good Samaritan at a cemetery in Jos, she said: “He was found in Jos by a man who said he found him loitering around in a local cemetery. The man said my son gave his name as Michael or Gift.
“He was taken to the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) Jos, and some of our church members who are now based in Jos saw him on the TV and alerted us. We promptly informed the Police. The Police actually facilitated how he was subsequently brought back to Lagos. We are so happy to see our son hale and hearty. All glory goes to God.”
However, the Proprietor of Homes International School, where Michael attended, Mrs. O. Odebunmi and his teacher, Mrs. Beatrice Adeojo said the toddler’s disappearance had caused them pain following an allegation of complicity levelled against them by Michael’s parents.
Adeojo said: ”The incident occurred on November 14, 2011. On that day, the pupils had taken after-school lesson and Michael’s brother came to pick him up at about 5 pm and left, presumably for home. There is no agreement between the school and parents that pupils would be brought home by teachers. That is the more reason why I was stunned when I was held for complicity in the matter.
“Not long after the boy was taken away by his brother, his mother stormed the school, asking for the whereabouts of his son. I told her that he had been taken home by his elder brother. She later returned to say that he still had not been found. Before I knew it, she had invited Police. I was locked in police cell for three days for something I knew nothing about.
“The boy’s parents are not saying the truth about the disappearance of their son, based on their conflicting accounts. To be honest with you, there was nothing I did not do in order to unravel the mystery behind Michael’s disappearance. I even had to consult spiritualists because the matter was beginning to tarnish my image.”
Still recalling the incident, Odebunmi said but for God, the controversy engendered by Michael’s disappearance would have cost her school the reputation it had painstakingly built for about two decades.
She said: “I was attending a programme in my church in Egbeda at about 9pm when words got to me that Michael was missing. I quickly abandoned the service and headed straight to his parents’ residence to confirm the veracity of the story. We then went to report the matter to the Police in Igando and I was locked in cell for three days together with Michael’s teacher.
“After we were granted bail, I consulted some landlords and the traditional ruler of the community because of the impression the incident could create about the school, and they all promised to assist.
“The school had been in existence for 19 years now and we have never had any case of a child missing from school. I believe the parents of the boy are hiding something or simply could not admit their negligence.
“I later learnt that the boy was found in Jos. But while some people claimed that he was found in a cemetery, others said he was found in the home of one of the relations of his parents.
“However, I thank God that he has been found and my hands are clean. They just wanted to use the matter to tarnish the image of the school, but the God I serve has exonerated me and my school.”
Reacting to the allegation that Michael’s parents are hiding something, his mother, Mrs Mary Osarentin, said the family had nothing to hide concerning the boy’s disappearance. “It is also not true that his elder brother brought him home from school,” she said.
At press time, the Public Relations Officer of the Lagos State Police Command, Mr. Joseph Jaiyeoba, was yet to get back to our correspondent who had sought his comment on the incident.

Comparative analysis of newspaper online sites

NAME: AKINRINADE OLUKUNLE .Y
DEPT: MASS COMMUNICATION
MATRIC NO: 106072023
COURSE: ONLINE JOURNALISM


Comparative analysis of newspapers online sites: A case study of The Sun, The Nation, Nigeria and The Sun, London.

The Sun, London (www.thesun.co.uk)

The stories appeared in big, bold and screaming headlines with riders on the left while their colourful photographs are displayed on the right.

There are different interesting sections on the website with short, crisp intros: example, “David Cameron wants to introduce US-style Drunk tanks to combat drunks on the street. Is it a good idea?

The website is also child-friendly as it offers a link to its children website for kids to learn about history, sport and science. And it also has audio-video version.

All the stories in the print version were displayed on the website with interesting headlines to arrest the attention of readers. The cover of the print version, accompanying photographs and adverts are featured in slide view; same with the leading stories and photographs.

Interestingly, an exclusive video of the page 3girl and some stories can also be viewed online.
Additional stories are featured in a section called “other features”.
The web design was clean, tidy and well structured. Colour, space and type are meshed to produce a visual delight; the site was navigable.
Some of the stories are however not devoid of typographical errors.

The Sun, Nigeria (www.sunnewsonline.com)
The paper fashioned after its British tabloid counterpart (The Sun,London) in terms of stories and style lacks similarity in online contents.
The stories are not well displayed and not easily navigable. They are briefly introduced with the same headlines used on its print version.
The cover of the print edition was not displayed on the website and the website is crowded with stories thereby making the site uninviting.
There is no child –friendly link or section on the websites while the photographs and adverts are motionless.

The Nation (www.thenationonlineng.com)
Stories on the paper’s website are far from being panoramic as the stories are crowded on the site.
The photographs and adverts are displayed motionless.
The cover of the print version is also conspicuously missing on the website while some sections and links either lacked contents or cannot be accessed at all.
The site retained the same contents of its print version with the same headlines.
In all, there is a need for Nigerian newspapers to repackage their online sites if they are to measure up to standards obtained in developed climes, in order to make their sites reader-friendly.

Comparisons of story in print and online sites

NAME: AKINRINADE OLUKUNLE.Y
MATRIC NO: 106072023
COURSE: ONLINE JOURNALISM
COURSE CODE: MAC 435



The Radio Lagos/Eko FM on Friday February 10, 2012 published on its website the comments of former Super Eagles Coach, Amodu Shuaibu, during a visit to the Super Eagles camp.
The story was published in a language similar to that of the print media; it was a four-paragraph story with the headline “Amodu gives Keshi success tips.”
The first paragraph of the story reads: “A former Super Eagles Coach, Shuaibu Amodu was the August visitor to the team’s camp on Thursday morning. Amodu who was sacked from his post on the way to the World Cup was full of advice for the current national coach, Stephen Keshi and his crew…
However, the news broadcast version of the report as monitored on Radio Lagos employed the language of immediacy typical of the broadcast gamut. The report went thus with this opening paragraph: “Former Super Eagles Coach, Amodu Shuaibu says current Super Eagles Coach Stephen Keshi would perform well if he develops thick skin towards critics.”
The above style was also obvious in a broadcast monitored on the Africa Independent Television (AIT) which says:” Former Super Eagles Coach, Amodu Shuaibu says the best way for Coach Stephen Keshi to excel is to shun cynics.”
The station did not however feature the story on its website.
Meanwhile, the same story was published in The Nation of Friday February 10, 2012 on page 62 with the headline “Amodu storms Eagles’ camp” with a bullet-rider, “As players battle for shirts”. It was a nine-paragraph story that captured in details the visit of the former national coach and the remarks he made during the visit.
The intro reads:”Former Super Eagles sweat merchant Shuaibu Amodu was the August visitor on Thursday morning ostensibly to encourage the players and particularly the technical crew.”
It was published in the same format on the paper’s online site, www.thenationonlineng.net.