Tag Archives: PRCAN

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 […]

Issues in Public Relations in Nigeria – Emeka Oparah

Two unrelated incidents conspired to compel me to eventually make this intervention, which I have been planning forever. One was a personal experience a professional colleague shared with me, recently-a story that touches the heart, in a manner of speaking. After a recent event, he lamented, his Managing Director received a Google Alert barely an […]

‘Using Our Own Medicine’ By Ayeni Adekunle

Text of a speech by Ayeni Adekunle Samuel, Founder/CEO of BHM Group At public presentation of Nigeria PR Report 2015 Friday January 29, 2016. 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

PRCAN joins the International Communications Consultancy Organisation




The International Communications Consultancy Organisation (ICCO)has announced the Public Relations Consultants Association of Nigeria (PRCAN) as the latest member of the body. Francis Ingham, ICCO’s Chief Executive made the announcement earlier this month during the bi-annual board meeting held in Vienna, Austria.

The inclusion now makes PRCAN, the governing body for PR consultants in Nigeria, one […]

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 […]

Blackhouse Media Launches Revolutionary PR App In Nigeria

– Lagos agency builds first and only mobile application in Nigeria’s PR market BlackHouse Media, Nigeria’s leading media and public relations agency has announced the launch of its mobile application – the BHM App The App, according to the company’s founder Ayeni Adekunle, is the first and only mobile application in Nigeria’s PR market, and a […]