Tag Archives: PR

Movies, Adrenaline & Passion – My Top Gun: Maverick Journey (and what it takes to do what I love) by Iretomiwa Akintunde-Johnson

Sadly, I just found the joys of weekday cinema about a year ago. The demands of my life job don’t afford me the luxury of as much spare time as I would want. So, I decided that I must force some time out for my sanity and my wellbeing. Unfortunately, my epiphany hit smack dab […]

The Problem Of PR by Iretomiwa Akintunde-Johnson

Public Relations as we once knew it has since been dead and buried. Even as a newbie PR associate consultant in 2018, I cringed when a client expected me to focus on print, online and social media alone. They were mere means to an end. Three years ago, rapid technological growth, dark social, an audience […]

BHM Emerges PR Agency of The Year 2018

Foremost media and public relations company, BlackHouse Media (BHM), has been awarded the ‘PR Agency of the Year’ 2018, at the recently held Brandcom Festival. Organised by Brand Communicator — a leading brand and marketing communications magazine, and also the organiser of Women in Marketing and Communications Conference/Awards (WIMCA), the largest gathering of female marketing and communications […]

Why We Built The Nigerian Twitter Map – ID Africa

One of the greatest challenges to growth of Twitter, as reported by several analysts and commentators, is the difficulty for new users in getting familiar with the app and getting the best out of it during the early days of use. Most times, people don’t know where to go, who to follow and where to […]

BHM Restructures for Industry Leadership, Announces New Board Members and Business Heads

BHM today announced the appointment of two new Executive Directors, Femi Falodun and Moruff Adenekan to its Board of Directors. The new board was strategically constituted in line with the company’s corporate governance structure and is expected to steer BHM in the right direction towards realizing its corporate mission and vision. Femi Falodun is currently […]

BHM Announces Appointment of General Manager/COO

Lagos-based Reputation Management and Marketing Communications company, BHM has announced the appointment of Mr. Moruff Adenekan as its General Manager/Chief Operating Officer. Before his new appointment which takes effect August 1, 2017, Adenekan was the Head of Operations at C&F Porter Novelli Lagos, the affiliated agency of the London based global PR/Reputation firm –Porter Novelli. […]

Why I’m devoted to Nigeria PR Report

So we had an AMA ( ask me anything chat) session on BHM‘s Facebook and Periscope yesterday, and someone wanted to know why we are doing the annual Nigeria PR Report and what impact I  think it’s had. It’s a question I get asked a lot. Why are you doing this? What’s in it for […]

Shobanjo to Lead Discussion at NIMN Investiture

Foremost advertising practitioner and chairman of Troyka Holdings, Mr. Biodun Shobanjo has been nominated to lead marketing discourse at the forthcoming investiture ceremony of the new president of national institute of marketing of Nigeria, (NIMN) Mr. Tony Agenmonmen. Themed “Marketing Nigeria”, the lecture will hold at Eko Hotel and Suites in Lagos Friday, 17th February, […]

BHM: A Bellwether for highs and lows of Nigeria’s PR Industry

Consistently ranked Africa’s most populous nation and among its largest economies, in terms of Public Relations, Nigeria comes with an obvious paradox: it is a country whose image is arguably in need of laundering, yet also home to one of the fastest-growing PR markets worldwide. Nigeria’s PR industry has been through five eras, as outlined […]

The Transformative Story of a Little Lagos based PR Agency

On 7 November 2006, a wiry man with a random Microbiology degree, scant financial security but a surfeit of dreams decided to merge his strengths as an entertainment journalist with his wide network of contacts –to deliver PR services for the same artistes and creatives he had reported about, and socialized with. At the time, […]