Tag Archives: TV

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 […]

SHUGA WINS GOLD AWARD AT WORLD MEDIA FESTIVAL

The MTV Staying Alive Foundation and MTV Base (Africa) have won the prestigious Gold Award in Edutainment at the World Media Festival for Shuga, the sex and relationships drama series filmed in Lagos, Nigeria. This is the second time that Shuga has won the award; after series 1 of Shuga achieved success in 2010, winning […]