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The Governor of  Oyo State government, Abiola Ajimobi-led  has disclosed that no fewer than 22 private radio stations that are operating without approved building plans in Ibadan, the state capital would soon be shut down. This was made known by the Director General, Bureau of Physical Planning and Development Control …

Business has ended abruptly for five persons impersonating as journalists to gain access to important events so as to steal from people, as the Nigeria Police force has arrested them after investigations. NAN reports that Police on Friday announced the arrest of five persons who had allegedly specialised in impersonating …

  Ernest Sissei Ikoli (1893–1960) was the first editor of the Daily Times of Nigeria which was launched in June 1926. He later became publisher of the now defunct African Messenger. For a period he worked at the now defunct Lagos Weekly Record. He was one of the pioneer Nigerian journalists that took the …

  Professor Chinyere Stella Okunna is the first female Professor of Mass Communication in Nigeria. She had her B.A. from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, M.A. from the University of Leicester Centre for Mass Communication Research, Leicester, England/UK and her Ph.D from the University of Lagos, Nigeria. Her area of …

Media Independents constitute a major pillar in the advertising industry. They ensure that advertisers reach their audiences through strategic and cost effective channels. These establishments specialise in media planning, buying, monitoring, and research, among other functions.  Nigeria has quite a number of media independents operating in various parts of the …

The quest for practical training in broadcasting for students in higher institutions of learning has led to establishment of campus radio stations by Universities and Polytechnics in Nigeria. However, the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) gives approval before such stations go on air. Below is a list of campus radio stations …

This is the use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in data gathering for journalistic purposes. It consists of the use of drones, also known as Unmanned Area Vehicles (UAV) to record events to be reported by conventional and citizen journalists through the media. The information captured by drones consists of …

This is an emerging branch of journalism which consists of the use of various kinds of data (statistics, charts, graphs or infographics) to present and provide context to a news story. Coping with rising flood of information in a data-driven digital world is tasking. Journalists adopt systematic data collation and …

Unilag Radio is the first Campus radio station to receive a license. The station went on air in 2004. The license to operate a radio station was granted to the University of Lagos to operate a radio station in 2002 while the frequency of 103.1FM assigned to the institution in July 2003.