Category Archives: Papers

I Started BHM In My Three Bedroom Flat – Ayeni Adekunle

By Charles Okogene (Daily Independent Newspaper)   Ayeni Adekunle is the PR practitioner, journalist and businessman behind Black House Media (BHM) group, a public relations and digital communications agency based in Lagos, Nigeria, with offices in London, UK. He founded BHM Group in 2006 from humble beginnings that manage strategic communications programmes for companies with […]

Digital PR to the Rescue

By Raheem Akingbolu (ThisDay Newspaper)   Like other aspects of marketing communications, the goal post for effective public relations practice has been shifted from traditional to a blend of traditional and digital. A survey of the industry shows that most companies now rely more on agencies with the understanding of the new trend for their […]

African Businesses are late to Digital marketing, says Ayeni

By Goddie Ofose (The Niche Newspaper)   Genesis of BHM Group BHM Group started in 2006 from my two-bedroom flat in Akute, Lagos while I was a reporter. My wife and I had no furniture so I bought a small chair and table, and could only afford to pay someone to assemble a computer. We […]

ID Africa: Uniting Continent With Digital Support

By Afolabi Idowu (The Union Newspaper)   The increased Internet penetration and the resultant increase in the publishing and consumption of content online are the factors that conspired to necessitate the emergence of ID Africa. The Group Managing Director of BHM Group, Mr. Adekunle Ayeni told the UNION recently According to him, “We will not […]

My Chat With Junior Chamber International (JCI) Members

Ayeni Adekunle with Members of JCI

Tell us about your work life? I had worked for five years before getting admission into the University. The five years I spent at home prepared me for where I am today. The only thing I got out of university when I eventually got an admission was that I got access to a very good […]

Celebrating Jahman Oladejo Anikulapo

One of the few good men around. We had ‘unplanned’ lunch last week at Terra Kulture, discussed business and politics, then we set Jahman up to finally receive his NET Honours awards from #NECLive3. Too fitting to have had Chris Ihidero and Tolu Ogunlesi – two of my favorite people ever – do the Honours. […]

Kicking off yet another venture, a travel into books

It’s already five years since we launched Nigerian Entertainment Today, the multi platform ‘newspaper’ that reinvented how entertainment and celebrity lifestyle is covered in Nigeria. When our website thenet.ng launched on November 23, 2009, to be followed by the weekly paper on April 26, 2010, it was the beginning of many things: an opportunity to […]

Rest In Peace, Dimgba Igwe.

Praying God comforts Dimgba Igwe’s family and colleagues at The Sun Publishing, Entertainment Express and Sunday Express.   What a shame…   Rest in peace Pastor Dimgba Igwe.     Image: Sun News online.

President Jonathan Must Take Responsibility For Nigeria’s Ebola Disaster

Yorubas say it well: “Ehinkule l’ota wa. Inu’le ni aseni ngbe”.   Nigeria and Nigerians are losing on all fronts because of leaders we didn’t prepare for the assignments we are giving them. Every child should be trained please. Everyone should be prepared with the right formal and informal education. We never know what we […]

In Celebration of Kunle Bakare: A Man Who Doesn’t Want To Be Celebrated

It was 10 years in June, since my first byline appeared in Encomium Weekly. My first byline anywhere, really. It was one of the most difficult periods of my life. Let me explain: My mother died in April, just as I was rounding up work on my final year project at University of Ibadan. I fell […]