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Viacom is acquiring influencer marketing company WhoSay as it looks to regain its cachet among young viewers who have been increasingly turning to platforms like Snapchat and Instagram to consume content. Since 2010, WhoSay (with financing from CAA), has worked with influencers and celebrities like Cassadee Pope and Vanessa Williams,...

H&M has removed and apologized for an online ad depicting a black child in a sweatshirt with text reading "Coolest Monkey in the Jungle." The image, which was viewable on the fast-fashion retailer's U.K. site, drew controversy over the weekend as social media users noticed it and shared their outrage....

Top Nigerian lender, Fidelity Bank Plc is championing a ground breaking innovation in the collection of internally generated revenue (IGR). Working in conjunction with SystemSpecs, a leading electronic financial transactions company and owners of Remita, Fidelity Bank has launched a more convenient collection and remittance of Federal Government Revenues via...

L-R: Olusegu McMedal, Chairman, Lagos NIPR; Prof. Ralph Akinfeleye, Joshua Ajayi, Publisher, Brand Communicator/Brandcom.ng and Tunji Faleye, Editor, Brand Communicator at the 2017 LaPRIGA Awards recently. Nigeria’s most consistent premium frontline all gloss brand and marketing communication magazine, Brand Communicator has been awarded the prestigious PR Magazine of the Year...

L-R: Director of Sports, Osun State, Mr. Layi Adesiyan; Commissioner for Sports, Osun State, Mr. Biyi Odunlade; Race Director, Ile Ife Heritage Marathon, Mrs. Adedayo Akinbode; and Chairman, Osun State Athletic Association, Mr. Ademola Adigun, during a press conference on the Ile Ife Heritage Marathon in Osogbo, Osun State recently....

  The TBWA AfricaMiddle East Network comprising Creative, PR and Digital Agencies from 26 countries  across Africa and the Middle East, gathered in Durban, South Africa for its annual Leadership Conference  between 27th November and 1st December. Conference ended with the  award night, dubbed “Africannes” celebrating creativity, craft and effectiveness...

In a swift  move to   curb the spate of  increasing  unemployment in Nigeria ,  Heal The  World  Movement ,  a Christian charity organisation  with headquarters  in Lagos, Nigerian  and branches within the country and globally,   recently  organised  a  one month  free  skill  acquisition/empowerment  for   young  men , women  and elderly ...

In a matter of days, a new owner will be announced for the country’s fourth largest telecom network, 9mobile. The company, which was hitherto known as Etisalat, ran into troubled waters when it could not meet its obligations of $1.2billion to a consortium of 13 banks that were asking for...

Widely celebrated comedy pioneer Alibaba has promised fans the upcoming edition of his annual ‘January 1st Concert’ will be an impressive upgrade over the previous editions. Date: Monday, January 1st, 2018. Venue: EKO Hotel Convention Centre, Lagos. The comedian-actor assured fans online there are numerous segments of the concert; which have been...

When history takes a census of men and women who have made impact and affected the society, what should indeed count, apart from social, economic development and values on the national scale, is critically the stepdown on how specific individual lives and organisations have been positively touched. A public opinion...