Category Archives: atg

The Concept of Virality – The Olajumoke Orisaguna report

Something from BHM Research & Intelligency I believe you’ll absolutely love. Highly recommended if you work in public relations, advertising, media, entertainment, digital marketing, social media, brand management or the academia. You’re welcome Please download the full report here  

Using Our Own Medicine – My speech at the Public Presentation of Nigeria PR Report

  Something happened in 2015.   A poor 72-year-old, unpopular, retired army-general ran to be president of Nigeria, an oil-rich West African country with population of about 200 million people.   His opponent, the incumbent, was a 57-year-old Ph.D. who, three years earlier while he was VP, was so popular and favoured that influential citizens […]

Introducing the official Chart Of Searches, Visits And Trends From Nigerian Entertainment Today

Starting December 31, 2015, we reveal the annual report on searches, trends and views from the world’s leading website on Nigerian entertainment, thenet.ng. The report, available for download on our website, is our close-to-scientific approach to identifying which people, events, places and things that shaped the year. Our website, thenet.ng has been visited nearly 50 […]

Surprise visit by City People publisher Seye Kehinde

Dr. Seye Kehinde, publisher of City People stopped by BHM this morning. Of course all we talked about was the past, present and future of the media industry in Nigeria He said he came to interview me. But I ended up asking all the questions and picking every part of his brain. City People is […]

Why NET Is No Longer A Newspaper Company

Today, I confirm what many have suspected: the weekly print edition of Nigerian Entertainment Today will no longer be available. Yes, we are stopping the 16-page newspaper we debuted on April 22, 2010 after 216 editions. I’m a print man. I worked for newspapers and magazines, gathering bylines from Hip-Hop World Magazine (now also out […]

#PRisdead: Setting a foundation for the #RiseofPR

I agree that PR is dead… But death is not always a bad thing. At times it gives us an opportunity to reflect, re-invent… a second chance to do this right. That’s why we invited stakeholders to BHM Group on October 6, 2015 to discuss the life and times of PR. It wasn’t just to mourn the […]

Now employing 18,000 people, Biodun Shobanjo couldn’t get N10m loan 28 years ago

‘Baba Niyen’ ‘That’s the godfather’ Yomi Badejo-Okusanya couldn’t stop gushing after seeing a portrait of Biodun Shobanjo while descending the stairs at BHM last week. Shobanjo, Nigerian advertising legend and chairman of Troyka Holdings is one of the many great men our bandits are mandated to study and emulate. As a reminder, we have their […]

PR Is Dead

It’s 2015. It’s July 9, and almost 50 workers at BlackHouse Media, a public relations agency in Lagos, Nigeria are out of patience waiting for June salaries. A week earlier, the finance team sent a mail to all staff, explaining the delay and promising payment in one week. It’s the first time in many years that […]

Inside Nigeria’s PR Industry of Brown Envelopes, Press Releases and Quacks

Honoraria. Flava. Keske. T-fare. Brown Envelope. These are just some of the code names by which cash exchange for editorial coverage is known in Nigeria. In a country where there are over 50 newspapers and magazines on the newsstands, hundreds of radio and TV stations, and an ocean of blogs and websites, it is no […]