BattaBox presenters, Odunayo and Kayode visited the popular Mushin perishable market in Lagos to talk to traders and customers about how the hike in tomato prices has affected their business. “A basket used to be N20,000 ($60)but it now costs N45,000 ($120),” complains one of the market women. But what has prompted the scarcity... Read More

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January 23, 2012

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Have you heard of Battabox? CNN’s Christian Purefoy launches online channel in Nigeria

On the heels of Nigerian web music and video platforms like Afrinolly and iRoking and Nollywoodlove, here comes another media startup that is looking to make its mark on the Nigerian web space. Enter Battabox.com, “Nigeria’s Online News & Entertainment Channel for you, by you”. While the terms of service portion of the site indicates... Read More

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January 16, 2012

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Former CNN reporter Christian Purefoy detained by Security in Ojota… Now released

Early this morning YNaija first broke the news that Christian Purefoy, former CNN Lagos correspondent and now founder of online video startup Battabox, was picked up by government security operatives at Ojota. From his Twitter timeline, we gather that he first began to encounter Military road blocks at Orile Iganmu, and passed through four such checkpoints... Read More

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