BBC launches formally in Nigeria

The BBC had the official launch of its Lagos bureau, the biggest in Africa on Wednesday March 21, 2018.

 

The service already boasts an audience of 36m people in Nigeria through its Igbo, Yoruba, Pidgin, Hausa and English services.

The event also marked the official unveiling of Toyosi Ogunseye as the Head of BBC West Africa. The multiple award winning journalist is immediate past editor of Sunday Punch.

It was a night of networking, tasty hors d’oeuvres, fine wine and bonhomie.

Peter Okwoche was on  compere duty alongside colleague, Bilkisu Labaran and in the house was Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, John Momoh of ChannelsTV, , Okey Bakassi, Obi Asika, Bola Atta of UBA, Funke Egbemode of New Telegraph, Julius Agwu, Charles Aigbe of Fidelity Bank,  Ojoma Ochai of the British Council, Steve Babaeko of Extreme Ideas, Ugoma Adegoke, Kadaria Ahmed, Adesuwa Onyenokwe, Juliet Ehimuan of Google and many more.

 

 

Watch Dan D’Humorous thrilling the audience.