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BHM Launches Nigeria’s First-Ever Annual PR Industry Report

Global communications and public relations organization BlackHouse Media (BHM) has announced the launch of its pioneering report on the Nigerian PR Industry. The 106-page book is a compendium of quantitative and qualitative research augmented by industry-wide perspective and knowledgeable commentary concerning PR practice in Africa’s largest economy. Nigeria PR Report is a partnership between the group’s research arm – BHM Research […]

Ten Eye-Catching Facts in BHM’s Nigeria PR Report

Global media and public relations organization, BlackHouse Media Group has launched the Nigeria PR Report – the country’s first-ever annual report on PR, dedicated exclusively to chronicling data on trends, perceptions, challenges and prospects within the industry. Ayeni Adekunle, CEO BHM Group, disclosed that the Nigeria PR Report is done in collaboration with independent research unit—BHM Research & Intelligence (BRI), digital […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

War Against Public Relations

PRCAN

Chido Nwakanma was still president of Public Relations Consultants Association of Nigeria when we sat in my office at BlackHouse Media in 2014. BHM, where I’m CEO, was launching Nigeria’s first mobile application in the PR industry and Nwakanma attended with the association’s excos John Ehiguese, Muyiwa Akintunde, and others. As we demonstrated and tested […]

Steve Babaeko: 20 YEARS OF INSPIRATION

Spent Monday evening at the BHM Lounge, in company of some of the brightest minds around, as we gathered to celebrate the founder of X3M Group Steve Babaeko. SB had announced last week that September 1 made it 20 years since he ventured into advertising. As we shared hot amala and orisirisi; with canapés and […]

BHM Boss Ayeni Adekunle Speaks To Project Fame Contestants About PR 

  BHM Group CEO, Ayeni Adekunle on Tuesday August 18 addressed this year’s sixteen Project Fame West Africa contestants on the subject of fame, Public Relations and image management.

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 […]

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 […]