MEDIA

  StarTimes Nigeria has rolled out a new action crime TV series titled, Paper Bolt. The show is currently enjoying massive viewership on the ST Nollywood Plus channel. The first crime series airs every Monday – Friday on ST Nollywood plus at 7:30 pm and features leading Nollywood actors and...

    Director-General, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Is’haq Modibbo Kawu has disclosed that the commission had decided to issue 200 additional licenses for broadcasting stations across the country. Kawu made this announcement while speaking at the fifth anniversary of the Fresh Insight Newspapers, held in Ilorin, Kwara state. He...

  Cision, a public relations and earned media software company and services provider, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois; with clients worldwide has just released its 2019 State of the Media Report, which sheds light on the public’s trust in the media and how journalists choose which stories to write about. According...

The Department of State Services (DSS) has invited the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newsdiary online, Danlami Nmodu, to the headquarters of the Agency in Abuja for questioning. A DSS operative who called Danlami by telephone on Wednesday morning, said the invitation was with respect to a story recently published on the Kano...

Facebook on Thursday released its ‘2019 Year in Review’ infographics showcasing some of its investments across Sub-Saharan Africa. Nunu Ntshingila, Regional Director Facebook Africa, said in a statement that in 2019, Facebook trained over 7,000 woman-owned businesses in digital skills across sub Saharan Africa. Ntshingila said that because the company...

The International Press Institute (IPI) has declared that the Hate Speech Bill currently being debated at the National Assembly is inimical to press freedom and fundamental right to free expression. IPI, a body of global network of editors, publishers, media executives, communication scholars and experts in the communication industry, stated...

  The Realnews Magazine and Publications Limited, publishers of Realnews Magazine, is to unveil its book: Pathways to Political and Economic Development of Africa at its Seventh Anniversary Lecture on Tuesday, November 19, 2019. The Pathways to Political and Economic Development of Africa is a compilation of the presentations at...

The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) on Thursday suspended its immediate past National President, Abdulwaheed Odusile and three others for anti-union activities. The decision was taken at the quarterly national executive council meeting of the union which was presided over by the National President...

As part of the several activities lined up for its third annual conference holding on Friday, October 4, the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) organised a pre-conference lunch and interactive session with leading lights in the marketing and communications sectors. Speaking at the event, the President of the Public...

Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State will be the Chief Guest of Honour at the third annual conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) holding at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos State on October 4, 2019. A statement on Tuesday by GOCOP Publicity Secretary, Mr. Olumide Iyanda, said the...