Peter Obi mourns Onyeka Onwenu, recounts her final moments

Nigeria was shocked by the sudden passing of legendary singer and activist Onyeka Onwenu on Tuesday night. The 72-year-old artiste collapsed shortly after a performance at a high-profile event in Lagos, leading to a frantic but ultimately unsuccessful effort to…

Soyinka headlines Naija Times’ grand anniversary event

In a resplendent celebration of its third anniversary, Naija Times, a rising star in the world of independent online journalism, has secured the distinguished presence of Nobel laureate Professor Wole Soyinka. The event, scheduled for October 19, 2023, will take…

Zenith Bank dedicates UNILAG Alumni Building in honour of late Prof Ibidapo-Obe

The memory of Professor Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe, a former Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, came alive as Zenith Bank Plc named the iconic building housing its UNILAG Branch and the University of Lagos (UNILAG) Alumni in his honour on…

StarTimes COO, Channels TV CEO elected members Of International Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences

The Chief Operating Officer of StarTimes Nigeria, Tunde Aina, and Chairman and CEO of Channels Television, John Momoh, have been elected a member of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. This is coming shortly after Aina was selected…

Book in honour of leading mass communication don, Ralph Akinfeleye, launched in Lagos

Issues in the fourth and fifth realms, an encyclopaedia on mass communication and its various adjuncts, a 900-page plus festschrift on foremost African journalism and mass communication scholar, Professor Ralph Afolabi Akinfeleye, was presented to the public Thursday, January 27,…

ABUAD offers jobs to 72 first class degree graduates (ThisDay)

The Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD) will graduate 72 first class among 1,042 students that will bag the university’s degrees in the sixth convocation ceremonies slated for Saturday, October 20. The university, founded by Chief Afe Babalola (SAN), has…

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.…

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