Media

SEASON 3 of Baileys Boutique radio show kicked off on Beat 99.9 FM last Friday, December 12. The show, which airs every Friday between 8.30pm and 9.00pm, is hosted by Stephanie Coker. It also introduces Fade Ogunro, both renowned fashion icons. It is produced by Hauwa Mukan, a radio personality and celebrity stylist.    The…

AT a time many are clamouring for the revival of indigenous languages and other values, a new Yoruba newspaper called IROYIN OWURO has been unveiled.    With a seasoned librarian/journalist, Asafa Salam, as its editor, the weekly publication hit the newsstand last December.    According to its publishers, it is a general-news medium with a…

IN order to come up with strategies that will ensure effective implementation of the Freedom of Information Act, Over 100 civil society organizations (CSOs) from across the country working on issues relating to the freedom of information will hold a three-day meeting in Abuja from January 27 to 29, 2015.    Put together by Media…

IN order to ensure that its brand keeps providing the consumer with exciting opportunity through a contest, thereby creating better visibility for the product, the search has begun for the baby that will emerge the winner of the Cussons Baby Moments Competition 2, following the submission of entries for the contest.      With 298…

THE Advertising Council of Nigeria (APCON) has called on election candidates and their supporters, political advertising consultants and owners/managers of mass media organisations to exercise restraint and comply with relevant laws and regulations on political advertising, especially during this critical period leading to the 2015 general elections.   A release by the Registrar of APCON,…

FOR being loyal customers to its brand, Diamond Bank recently rewarded about fifteen customers with different cash prizes.     Duru Chukwuebuka Francis, a building materials trader at the Eket Market, Akwa Ibom State, won the star prize of “Salary4Life” at the just concluded DiamondXtra Season 7/DiamondWoman Special Draws at its head office in Lagos. With…

THE President of Nigerian Guild of Editors, Mr. Femi Adesina, has said that if the 2015 general elections would go well, without negative incidents, a lot will depend on how the media do their work.    Speaking in Lagos last week at the Media Tweet-a-thon organized by the International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos, Adesina identified…

MANY organisations before now do not take experiential marketing as an essential aspect of their marketing communication strategy. But with the change in communication process away from one-way communication to two-way communication and brands wanting immediate feedbacks for communication efforts, experiential marketing has now become a critical component of marketing efforts.     And brands do…

THE paradox is instructive. On the day set aside to remember and celebrate the principles of press freedom outlined in the Windhoek Declaration on Promoting an Independent and Pluralistic Africa Media, media workers in Nigeria under the auspices of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) were on the streets of Lagos protesting the killings of…

PREPARATION has reached top gear for this year's Annual General Meeting/PR Week and Public Lecture of Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, Lagos State Chapter. The officials of the institute announced July 16 to 23, 2010 as the date of the PR week at a briefing recently.With Building National Reputation through leadership development as theme, the…

THE time was 9.30am. The sky was clear on this September morning in 2009. No threat of rainfall. Charles Uche Ayika, a Nollywood producer, sat in front of his television, legs straddled. He sat patiently watching the television, while he waited for his business partners to come as promised. He asked for his meal to…

STAKEHOLDERS in marketing communications industry have described media tracking as a significant tool in ensuring compliance and enforcement.At a summit organised in Lagos by Media Monitoring Services Nigeria Limited (MMSL), the nation's foremost media tracking outfit to mark its 15th anniversary, some helmsmen in advertising, marketing and brand management said information provided by media trackers…