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The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) is a news reporting agency owned and run by the Federal Government of Nigeria just like Nigerian Television Authority. [1] NAN was formed in part to disseminate news easily across the country and to the international community and also as a means to counter negative stories about Nigeria.
Newspapers published in Nigeria have a strong tradition of the principle of "publish and be damned" that dates back to the colonial era when founding fathers of the Nigerian press such as Nnamdi Azikiwe, Ernest Ikoli, Obafemi Awolowo and Lateef Jakande used their papers to fight for independence. [1]
The Punch is a Nigerian daily newspaper founded on August 8, 1970. Punch Nigeria Limited is registered under the Companies Act of 1968 to publish newspapers, magazines and other periodicals. The newspaper's aim is said to be to "inform, educate and entertain Nigerians and the world at large." [2] [3] [4]
News agencies were created to provide newspapers with information about a wide variety of news events happening around the world. Initially the agencies were meant to provide the news items only to newspapers, but with the passage of time the rapidly developing modern mediums such as radio, television and Internet too adapted the services of news agencies.
TVC News is a Nigerian news 24-hour television news channel [4] based in Lagos. [5] The channel airs on British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc (BSKYb) in the UK , Naspers Ltd. (NPN)'s DStv and Startimes in Nigeria, and Multi TV in Ghana .
P.M. News is a daily newspaper published in Lagos, Nigeria, by the Independent Communications Network Limited (ICNL). The company also publishes the weekly TheNEWS magazine and Tempo , a tabloid. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Other Nigerian papers fall between these extremes. [12] However, The Guardian has often insisted that it caters to the interests of the different segments of the society, ranging from the most educated to the barely literate. The Guardian was described by The New York Times in 1988 as "Nigeria's most respected newspaper". [13]
Bayo Onanuga (born 20 June 1957) is a Nigerian journalist. He founded TheNews Magazine and was appointed managing director of the News Agency of Nigeria by president Muhammadu Buhari. Precceding that, he that he was CEO and managing director of PM News and TheNEWS magazine. [1] [2] [3]