The Nigeria Police Force has released a journalist, Ayoola Babalola, who was arrested during the nationwide End Bad Governance in Nigeria protests in Abuja. The 25-year-old journalist was arrested on Saturday and detained at Wuye Police Station under the Federal Capital Territory Police Command. Babalola was released around 3 pm on Sunday after his arrest…
Veteran television screenwriter, Charles Owoyemi, is dead. Mr Owoyemi passed away on 19 July after a brief illness. On Thursday, his colleagues Tunji Bamishigbin and Ralph Nwadike posted the news of his death on social media. The news announced six days after his passing did not reveal the cause of the illness or the location…
NIGCOMSAT Limited, Nigeria’s leading satellite communication infrastructure provider, has begun a collaborative partnership with the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON) to provide uplink services on the NIGCOMSAT satellite network. This strategic alliance aims to improve the quality and reach of broadcasting services for BON members across the country for a period of three months. This…
The Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria, BON, made a plea for the survival of the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, as it called on the government to adequately fund the organisation to enable it to do its job successfully. The NBC is the regulator of the broadcast industry. Usually the relationship between the regulator and BON members…
Seun Okinbaloye is a distinguished Nigerian broadcast journalist, renowned for his works as a political and investigative journalist. He has made a name for himself as a multiple-award-winning practitioner, particularly through his role at Channels Television in Nigeria. Seun began his journey in the entertainment industry as an actor, featuring in ‘Face to Face’ and…
Prof. Tom Adaba, born in Okene in the present day Kogi state, is of the Ebira ethnic extraction which constitutes the third largest ethnic group in the state, according to a demographic report. A foremost broadcaster and administrator, Dr. Adaba is the first Nigerian to bag a doctorate degree (PhD) in Mass Communications. He, however,…
Channels TV anchor, Seun Okinbaloye, addressed the public on Monday night after returning to the screens following a vacation in the United States. It will be recalled that the journalist was rumoured on social media to have been sacked by the media organisation. However, before hosting the Politics Today show on Monday night, Okinbaloye said…
Seun Okinbaloye has revealed that he is still a staffer of Channels Television, refuting the rumours in the social media networks that he has been sacked by the media organisation. A journalism teacher at a U.S. university, Prof Farooq Kperogi, who said he knew the journalist personally, wrote that he reached out to him, and…
The Oyo State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade has charged owners of broadcast stations to wake up to contemporary media challenges and reaffirm their roles in educating, entertaining, and informing the public. Speaking at the inauguration of the Society of Nigerian Broadcasters, Oyo State Chapter, held at the NTA Ibadan Network Centre,…
Nigerian entrepreneur and Hall of Fame Broadcaster, Dayo Adeneye has revealed how a bunch of military men visited their office, after one of their reporters pronounced the name of former president, Sani Abacha wrongly. Dayo Adeneye who made such remembrance during an interview with Nigerian comedian, Teju Babyface few hours ago, debunked rumours that his…
