Category: Media

IMPORTANT NOTICE ON SPURIOUS SOCIAL MEDIA POST

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The attention of Guaranty Trust Bank Ltd (the “Bank”) has been drawn to a spurious post on Twitter by @ifygold21 alleging that the Bank gave the new Naira notes in the total sum of ₦500 million to one of the leading presidential candidates in the ongoing General Elections on the eve of the elections and at the order of a high-ranking Government official. ​The Bank wishes to refute this claim in its entirety and state categorically that it is completely false and is designed to bring the image of the…

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JUMOKE AKANDE JOINS AVANTI COMMUNICATIONSAS CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER

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Jumoke Akande today joins Avanti Communications (“Avanti”) as Chief Marketing Officer. Based in Avanti’s new offices in Lagos, Nigeria, Akande will be working closely with Avanti’s teams across the globe. She will be responsible for developing an integrated channel strategy across key sectors including mobility, enterprise, defence and education. Akande’s new role will be pivotal in accelerating Avanti’s roll out across Africa. Libby Barr, COO – Customer at Avanti Communications, said: “I am delighted to welcome Jumoke to our growing team of senior executives in Nigeria. Jumoke is a proven…

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TIKTOK UNVEILS FIRST CREATORS TO WIN #TOPCREATOR2022 AWARDS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

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African TikTok creators are amongst the first to be crowned Top Creator and Top Creator Runner Up for TikTok’s inaugural #TopCreator2022 – an award ceremony that recognises and awards content creators across Sub-Saharan Africa for the immense talent and creativity they brought to the platform in the past year. This ceremony follows a highly competitive eight-day-long public voting process on the app. The Awards were hosted at the Mövenpick Hotel & Residences Nairobi in Kenya and in attendance was the media community and fellow creators across Sub-Saharan Africa. The award…

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PRINCE HARRY’S BOOK. “SPARE” BECOMES FASTEST SELLING NON FICTION BOOK EVER

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Prince Harry’s book ‘Spare’ has become the ‘fastest-selling non-fiction book ever’ with over 400,000 combined recorded sales of the hardback, ebook and audio formats. Larry Finlay, managing director of Transworld Penguin Random House, told Sky News: “We always knew this book would fly but it is exceeding even our most bullish expectations. “As far as we know, the only books to have sold more in their first day are those starring the other Harry (Potter).” The book topped Amazon’s bestseller list this morning while a number of bookshops stayed open…

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NIGERIA 2023 ELECTION AND DIGITAL NEWS MEDIA

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By Otunba Femi Davies As the 2023 Nigerian presidential election draws closer, the importance of digital news media to the democratic process cannot be overstated. In today’s digital world, news media plays an integral role in informing citizens on the issues that are at stake in the election, as well as the various candidates and their respective platforms. Given Nigeria’s rapidly developing digital infrastructure, digital news media has the potential to be an increasingly important tool for citizens to engage in the electoral process. Through digital news media, citizens can…

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