Nigeria: Celebrating 160 Years of Journalism in Nigeria

21 November 2018

Adedayo Adejobi writes that in celebration of 160 years of newspapering and journalism in Nigeria, the Nigerian League of Veteran Journalists and Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, have set plans in motion to host the world to a grand event in Abeokuta, where it all started in 1859

When Reverend Henry Townsend, the founder of journalism in Nigeria, introduced the profession by publishing the first tabloid 'Iwe Irohin Fun Awon Ara Egba' on November 23, 1859, he probably had no inkling how far his idea would stretch through the decades. However, 160 years down the line, journalism has truly evolved in Nigeria from sectional to national and even global reportage.

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