WHAT Premier Obafemi Awolowo’s Western Nigeria government did in Ibadan on October 31, 1959, was a long throw into the ages ahead of his era. Establishing a TV station, the first in Africa, was part ...
It has been said of Obafemi Awolowo, Western Nigeria’s first premier, that like Roman Empire’s first emperor, Augustus Caesar, he was ‘’an efficient organizer” and a ‘’great builder”who struck several ...
NIGERIA has what it takes to attain greatness, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said yesterday at the grand finale of the 60th anniversary of the Western Nigeria Television (WNTV) in Ibadan, Oyo State.
There is no doubt that there are many dimensions to the Nigerian postcolonial predicament. And to get a handle on these dimensions and the lessons they teach requires that we also get a regular dose ...
History is ever conveniently trampled here and no one cares. An example is how 40 years has become identified with television broadcasting in Nigeria. Evidence of this miscarriage of history is ...