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- 21 Nov 2021
NBC Grants First DTT Licence to Royal Media Group
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has granted the first Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) station licence to Royal Media Group in Ilorin, the Kwara capital. Mr. Gbenga Adebayo, chairman,…
- 5 Apr 2023
Media Groups Tackle NBC over N5m Fine against Channels
Media advocacy groups have slammed the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), for imposing a five million naira fine on Channels Television. This was contained in a joint statement by Edetaen Ojo,…
- 23 Jul 2013
Prime Media Group Selects Ericsson’s Foremost Professional Video Chip
Prime media group is the first APAC customer to deploy AVP 4000-based platform, powered by Ericsson’s first in-house professional video chip and will also deploy the AVP4000 in both MPEG-4 AVC…
- 19 Jul 2016
CECAD Proposes October as Nigerian National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
A media stakeholder group has called on the federal government, through the office of the National Security Adviser to adopt October as the Nigerian National Cybersecurity Awareness month as being…
- 15 Dec 2021
Digital Media, Veritable Platform to Enhance National Security - DG NITDA
Mallam Kashifu Inuwa, director general, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has said that digital media provides a veritable platform to enhance National Security, and can be…
- 10 May 2024
Dr. Adesina, AfDB Group President Calls for Media Transformation to Uplift Africa’s Global Narrative
Dr Akinwumi Adesina, the President of the African Development Bank Group, delivered an impassioned plea for more balanced media coverage of Africa and its development, noting it was critical for…
- 5 Aug 2026
Extremist Groups Are Using Social Media to Recruit African Youth, New Report Warns
Pan-African digital rights organisation Paradigm Initiative (PIN) has warned that violent extremist groups are increasingly exploiting digital platforms to recruit, radicalise and manipulate young…
- 20 Oct 2018
Groups to Host New Media Conference in Abuja
Enough is Enough Nigeria, Paradigm Initiative and BudgIT will host the 3rd New Media, Citizens’ and Governance Conference (NMCG) at the NAF Conference Centre Abuja. The Conference, as its name…
- 20 Feb 2026
Group Condemns Gabon’s Social Media Shutdown Amid Protests
Paradigm Initiative (PIN) has strongly condemned Gabon’s ongoing suspension of major social media platforms—Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube—ordered by the Haute Autorité de la…
- 19 Jul 2018
Civil Society Groups Unveil Plan to Hold New Media & Governance Conference
Three civil society organizations namely, Enough is Enough Nigeria, Paradigm Initiative and BudgiT will hold the third edition of their New Media, Citizens, and Governance (NMCG) Conference in Abuja…
- 17 Aug 2021
NBC Warns Broadcast Media against Secessionist, Terrorist Agenda
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has cautioned broadcast media to be wary of interest groups seeking to destabilise the country. Balarabe Ilelah, director general, NBC, who dropped the…
- 2 May 2023
Remmy Nweke Joins NIRA BoT
Mr. Remmy Nweke, lead consulting Strategist and Group Executive Editor of ITREALMS Media group, has been elected to the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA)…
- 5 Sept 2021
HURIWA Asks Nigerians to Beg Buhari to Resign Immediately
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has told Nigerians to beg President Muhammadu Buhari to resign immediately. The group is worried by the expanding frontiers of terrorism in the…
- 24 Feb 2021
Group Urges Minister to Review Suspension of SIM Card Activation
An advocacy group, the Digital Economy Media Support Volunteers Network (DEMS Volunteers Network), a non-governmental group of media practitioners, has urged the Minister of Communications and…
- 8 Nov 2012
NASS Buys into Social Media for Constitutio Review
The National Assembly is employing the social media to enable Nigerians become part of the constitution amendment process. Contributing during a public discuss on the Constitution Amendment process,…
- 11 Oct 2020
Nigeria @60: Remmy Nweke Inducted into ICT Hall of Fame for Uplifting Internet Governance Ecosystem
Mr. Remmy Nweke, lead consulting strategist and group executive editor, ITREALMS Media group, has been inducted into the Nigeria @60 ICT Hall of Fame, hosted by Titans of Tech, an initiative of…
- 19 Jul 2021
HURIWA Slams NBC over Attempt to Gag Terrorism Reporting
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), rights advocacy group has condemned the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), for what it called its attempt to muzzle press freedom in the…
- 9 Dec 2021
NCC Shines @2021 ITREALMS E-Waste Dialogue, Bags Telecom E-Waste Regulator Award
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has bagged the 2021 ITREALMS Telecom E-Waste Regulator Award. From left: Publisher/Editor Newsmart, Ms. Rose Moses; President, Guild of Corporate Online…
- 5 Jan 2014
NNPC Says $10.8Bn not Missing
The $10.8billion out of $49.8billion is not missing but being reconciled, according to Dr. Omar Ibrahim Farouk, general manager, Media Relations Department, Group Public Affairs Division, Nigerian…
- 1 Mar 2020
Group Laments Senate’s delay on CNI Bill passage
The Digital Economy Media Support Volunteers (DEMS Volunteers), a non-governmental group of media practitioners that create awareness on digital economy, have bemoaned the non-passage of the Critical…
- 24 Jul 2017
Nigeria Plans Council to Regulate Social Media Use
National Council on Information (NCI) has recommended the “setting up of a Council to regulate the use of social media in Nigeria”. The recommendation is contained in a communique issued at the end…
- 3 Aug 2019
Ayeni Adekunle, BlackHouse Media Founder and CEO Named Fellow of the National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria
Ayeni Adekunle, Public Relations and Marketing expert and CEO of Nigeria’s leading PR agency, Black House Media (BHM) has joined an elite class of distinguished Nigerian professionals following his…
- 31 Mar 2021
HASG Rejects FG’s Order on Adverts on Foreign Media Channels
Heads of Advertising Sectoral Groups (HASG) have rejected the federal government’s fine for advertisements placed on foreign owned media channels and production of content abroad by advertisers. Lai…
- 24 Sept 2024
UNGA: Leo Stan Ekeh @ Media Dialogue, Seeks Mega Media Platforms for Africa
Dr Leo Stan Ekeh, chairman, Zinox Group, a tech company, has stressed the importance of media representation for people of African descent and the need for Africa to build its mega media platforms.…
- 3 Nov 2008
Ndukwe Wins Unique Innovator Award
Engr. Ernest Ndukwe, executive vice chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) recently in Lagos, received a special award from Vivante Media Group led by Professor Pat Utomi, for his…
- 25 May 2015
Media Fuse Dentsu Aegis Network Launches Services in Nigeria
Full-service media independent agency Network, Media Fuse Dentsu Aegis Network Limited has officially announced the launch of its services in Nigeria to a cross section of the media in Lagos.…
- 8 Mar 2023
FG Formulates National Policy on Artificial Intelligence, Commends Volunteer Expert Group
Owing to the immense potentials of Artificial Intelligence in revolutionizing technology and innovation, the Nigerian Government through National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA),…
- 4 Jun 2024
IG4D 2024: Edetaen Ojo to chair NDSF on Internet Governance
One of the top 10 digital change makers in Africa and Executive Director of Media Rights Agenda (MRA), Mr. Edetaen Ojo would preside over the 2024 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on Internet Governance…
- 16 Jun 2018
Nigerian Media Code of Election Coverage Receives Endorsements
Enthusiasm is running high that the Nigerian media is committed to the professional and ethical coverage of the 2019 elections. This is as a result of the growing number of media outfits…
- 9 Jul 2018
HURIWA Calls FG Out over NBC’s N2Bn, N500m Bribe @ MTN
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), one of the nation's foremost pro-democracy and civil Rights organisations has described the recently signed executive order by President…