It’s like ThisDay Style endorsing a candidate. Even though, some of you won’t be shocked by that – because Nigeria, and cash-and-carry. But this is a big deal for America. First, Trump has endorsements from zero major newspapers and magazines in America. And now, a fashion voice – supposedly the base for the shallow and... Read More
We are really tired of all the false accusations of ‘plagiarism’ that people on Twitter throw about every now, and again, and now again. Pulse journalist, Fuad Lawal, helps us make it even clearer…
“When I said something big is coming, I didn’t mean this office, or all of this,” Linda Ikeji told one of us two weeks ago. “That’s just office space – that’s not really a product or service. Linda Ikeji S is the big thing that is coming.” Then she proceeded to tell us what Linda... Read More
If you don’t know ‘DJ Cuppy Takes Africa’, which launched on the brand new Fox Life last week, we can’t help you really. And if you don’t know who DJ Cuppy is, shior, what are you even doing on this blog in the first, place. Three people who know her and know her show, and... Read More
You will remember the anticipation with which we welcomed Hustle (Weekdays, 9.30pm, Africa Magic Urban). And then the disappointment with its first cliché-ridden episode. But remember, also, what we told you? This was a show that would grow on you. That checked out. Exhibit A: Us. We have watched every single episode of the two-week-old... Read More
It ‘thundered’ so loud the cows died from all that noise making. Leadership newspaper, but why?
Let’s go! We were just talking about Twitter as a media company the other day. Read 2. Amazon has a new TV drama – that goes forward into the past. Read 3. This baba got a new job with a big title – and has absolutely nothing to say. Read 4. This one doesn’t really have problems... Read More
Chris Jeyibo passed on last week Friday in a car accident. It’s quite a frightening photo – his car crushed on Magodo Road, Lagos in a way that he couldn’t have escaped, in the middle of the night in a country where emergency services are mostly a myth. It’s terribly sad in and of itself... Read More
And at the end, for those who wondered, there is how the world’s most powerful women reacted to the misogyny. “His remarks were made in front of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who according to reports, glared and then, briefly, laughed.”
We just thought: it would be fun to put up a list of some of the politicians in Nigeria who own major media houses. Not a long list. But interesting regardless. James Ibori – Daily Independent Bola Ahmed Tinubu – Radio Continental, TV Continental, Adaba FM, The Nation Ben Murray Bruce – Rhythm FM, Silverbird... Read More
You know the other day, we were just thinking about it – politicians in Nigeria buy media platforms in order to own power, to shape conversations, to control narratives, to build and enforce a larger-than-life image. Atiku Abubakar has Gotel. James Ibori has the Independent. Tinubu has The Nation, and the entire Nigeria. Orji Uzor... Read More
One of our favourite people on television, Sika Osei (host of Studio 53 Xtra) was the guest on the Nigerian version of Moments, on EbonyLife TV yesterday. The topic was Cheating, and it was remarkable viewing to be honest – as Osei admitted to cheating on her boyfriend in the past (albeit, while on a... Read More
The Media Blog: @FoluShaw is warning Linda not to publish his tweets – but that’s not the law is it?
So @FoluShaw got a lot of RTs for this thread. Pretty remarkable tale to be sure. Someone wonders if his job isn’t at risk for it, and we say bleh – he appears to be a very smart person, must know the risks. But then at the end of thread, there is a threat to... Read More
We had a very active National Broadcasting Commission under former director-general, Emeka Mba. Successive ministers of information saw and left him alone to keep moving. Under this particular minister? Well, Change will have to begin with you. Passive-aggressive shading done, the reason we are referring to all that jazz is ‘cause to get any useful... Read More
Let’s go! Newspapers are dying, dying, dead, in America. Read Twitter’s woes show the perils of building platforms for ‘premium audiences’ alone Read. Hian. We agree Trump is a menace. But this takes the argument a little bit too far. Read Vice is still on that world-domination something. Read And an interesting look... Read More
Punch has been a thorn in the flesh of Presidents since Olusegun Obasanjo – their irritation crystallising with Goodluck Jonathan. Of course, straight from the backwaters of ignorance, some of his supporters assumed it was a ‘Yoruba Media’ conspiracy against a candidate from the Niger Delta. Anyone who actually pays attention knows it is embedded... Read More
On August 1, iROKO chief executive, Jason Njoku shocked those who pay attention when he announced (it’s an impressive Jason trick to always announce big things with such striking – and distracting – narratives they blunt the effect): subscription to iROKO TV in Nigeria is now basically N100 a week. iROKO’s subscriptions reportedly doubled within... Read More
This week, for a special project we have been working on, we have been playing around with data – with a focus on Nigerian television. What’s more interesting is how much people don’t know about the basic data, even when some of it is sitting on Google, within the reach of three clicks. So let’s share one of... Read More
What’s the reason why many people are shocked – SHOCKED – by the huge success of platforms like Linda Ikeji Blog and Nairaland? It’s because these are the same people that don’t know that Galaxy TV is one of the two most watched TV stations in Nigeria at any time, and that Africa Magic Urban,... Read More
What cows have not been sacrificed to get this particular show back on the road (Season 2’s finale was in September 2014!)? We have waited for almost two years for Ndani TV to crawl through Rumor Has it and Skinny Girl in Transit towards the real deal; actors have been told to plan their schedules... Read More
So we’ll just drop this here. Because we don’t know who’ll need it. These are the terrestrial (or DTT, if you want to impress someone) TV channels Nigeria has, today. Lagos (as the prime media market): ONTV, Galaxy, AIT, TVC, MITV, Silverbird TV, NTA 2 Channel 5, Superscreen, LTV Channel 8, Channels TV, NTA 10.... Read More
To understand what’s happening here, you have to unpack anodyne press statements with enough corporate-speak to drown the smart and the cynical. There are many analogies between Shane Smith and Jason Njoku. And now there is one more: they are both moving from online pioneers to traditional media juggernauts in their play for profitability and... Read More
You should especially watch this from 1.44, where the host pretends to be so shocked – shocked, we say – by this misbehavior, as he asks his MCR to play the video again, because, you know, ‘he couldn’t really see it the first time’. And as he condemns this atrocious, dramatic scene, that he is... Read More
According to confirmed rumour-mongers, ‘Your View’ on TVC is Nigeria’s most watched TV show. Some say it’s most watched talk show. But media planning agencies are certainly treated it as ‘most watched something’ at the very, very least. It doesn’t look like anything special, but if you know Nigerian television, you would have known it... Read More
Wow. Has it been that long already? The “#1 hit music station” turned 18 four days ago. And that’s actually a big deal. Because 96.9 Cool FM is a pionner for every urban radio station that came up after it. Because, despite everything that has happened and all the OAPs that have left, it has... Read More
So when you begin to wonder how ‘oyinbo people’ appear to know more about how we live our lives, even the cool random things that happen on the sidelines of our existence as Nigerians? We have a cool story for you. We just heard, yesterday, about how the BBC’s Media Action in Nigeria (which aims to transform... Read More
When we say Nigeria is not a rational market, we don’t just mean oil prices messing up everything. We also mean, the consumer. We are not ‘okay’. There is plenty we just refuse to pay for. Someone will figure it out, surely. But not yet.
Because the value being created is massive. Sad. Imagine if they paid even 50 Naira a pop. https://t.co/Ed1l0fWpAM — Requirement Already Satisfied (@je_mc2) October 3, 2016 We are sure they are already thinking through this. https://twitter.com/seyitaylor/status/783046334832058368 Beht Nigeria is such a tough market.
So we have been doing this snap poll. Asking people, even those who work in the media: how many stations does Nigeria have? We usually hear just about seven: AIT, NTA, Channels TV, Galaxy, TVC, Ebony Life TV, Africa Magic. First and foremost we mean stations owned by Nigerians, for Nigerians, but we’ll forgive people... Read More
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