Nigeria, Oct. 23 -- The Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID), on Thursday, launched its Living Archives Initiative, a project aimed at preserving Africa's media history.

Dapo Olorunyomi, publisher of PREMIUM TIMES and chief executive officer of CJID, said the initiative would digitise and preserve the works and legacies of people who shaped journalism across the continent.

"Among its broader goals is to digitise and preserve the works, the times, and the personalities that give meaning to our parts of the region, that is, the African region," Mr Olorunyomi said at the event in Lagos on Thursday.

He said CJID chose Mr Bonuola as the first subject because of his contributions to Nigerian journalism and his continued re...