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Osinbajo to Attend The Guardian Book Launch
Professor Yemi Osinbajo, Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has accepted the invitation to attend the launch of the epochal book on The Guardian.
The event, billed to hold in Lagos on April 7, 2021, will also be attended by many top media icons, politicians across the political divide, captains of industry and other high profile Nigerians.
Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on media, to the Vice President, Pastor Laolu Akande, a former star correspondent at The Guardian, has confirmed that professor Osinbajo has scheduled the event as one of those to attend in the second quarter of the Year.
The authors, Aaron Ukodie and O’seun Ogunseitan had sent an invitation to the Vice President at the close of last year to attend the event as Special Guest of Honour and to deliver a keynote address.
Several governors, among them Governor Kayode Fayemi, Chairman Governors Forum, who also had a stint at The Guardian, have also been invited as special guests to attend the event.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the governor of Lagos State where The Guardian was founded in 1983, flourished and became iconic within its first five years, is expected to be the Chief Host.
Gov Sanwo-olu will be supported by Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, the governor if Delta State, the ancestral origin of the equally iconic Mr. Alex Uruemu Ibru, the proprietor of The Guardian who died on November 20, 2011.
Mr Alex Ibru, who will be posthumously honoured at the event for his sterling entrepreneurship and proprietorship, will be represented by his wife Lady Maiden Alex-Ibru, who is now the publisher of The Guardian who’s management has also endorsed the epochal publication.
The late Publisher Alex Ibru gathered a selected handful of the best hands in Nigerian journalism practice back then, mixed them with a sprinkle of the best of the academics in the arts, philosophy and even the sciences, to found The Guardian.
The newspaper attracted the late iconic writer Dr. Stanley Macebuh and outstanding authors, media men and teachers like the inimitable Lade Bonuola, Professors Onwuchekwa Jemie, Femi Osofisan and Dr Ibekwe Chinweizu.
The Guardian also had the likes of Harvard University teacher Herbert Ekwue-Ekwue and Oxford-trained economist Dr. Ashikwe-Egom, who called himself the motor park economist and then advert guru and now Professor, Jide Oluwajuyitan.
The Guardian also had emeritus Professors Godwin Sogolo and Emebvo Baikolo apart from hordes of Ph.D holders Edwin Madunagwu, Yemi Ogunbiyi, Patrick Dele Cole and Tunji Dare who converged, at The Guardian then, to make the newspaper the Flagship of Nigerian journalism.
The Guardian Book is expected, by many, to be the historic book of the year, also because of the number of professors and top media men that have contributed to its making.
Contributors to the book include all the founding stars of The Guardian and others including media industry icons such as Mr Femi Kusa, top media manager and SMEs advocate, Ted Iwere, renown NTA-anchor Kingsley Osadolor, senator Ayogu Eze, Mr Onuoha Ukeh, Managing Director of Sun Newspapers and Thisday editorial board chairman, Segun Adeniyi, have alsob contributed to the making of the book.
Limited customised copies of the book are still available for preorder at www.theguadianera.com.
Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has announced the postponement of its maiden annual Public Relations, Reputation, Ideas, Concepts and Excellence (PRICE) Awards and Prizes to January 25, 2026.
NIPR
The event, earlier scheduled for December 7, 2025, was deferred to accommodate stakeholders whose observance of Christmas festivities had commenced earlier than expected.
Chairman of the Organising Committee, Mr. Israel Opayemi, urged stakeholders to note the new date and prepare to participate in the ceremony.
He said the awards would motivate professionals, practitioners and scholars, while enhancing Nigeria’s global competitiveness in the public relations ecosystem and strengthening brand equity for all stakeholders.
Opayemi reaffirmed the Committee’s commitment to delivering a best-in-class award administration and ceremony, describing the PRICE Awards as a credible and enduring platform to identify, celebrate and elevate outstanding individuals, campaigns and organisations shaping the public relations landscape across sectors.
The development of the PRICE Awards peaked in September 2025 when the NIPR President and Chairman, Council, Dr. Ike Neliaku, inaugurated a 12-man committee to organise the maiden edition. The inauguration followed the Council’s adoption of the report of a technical team tasked with establishing the awards.
Netflix has announced a landmark agreement to acquire Warner Bros. and HBO Max in a transaction valued at $82.7 billion, a move analysts say will reshape the global entertainment industry.
Netflix
The deal, which includes Warner Bros.’ film and television studios, HBO, HBO Max, and Warner Bros. Games, was unanimously approved by the boards of both companies. Under the terms, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) shareholders will receive $23.25 in cash and $4.50 in Netflix shares for each WBD share.
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos described the acquisition as “a defining moment” for the streaming giant, noting that the company intends to maintain Warner Bros.’ current operations while expanding its production capacity.
“By combining Warner Bros.’ incredible library of shows and movies with Netflix’s culture-defining titles, we can give audiences more of what they love and help define the next century of storytelling,” Sarandos said.
The transaction is expected to close within 12 to 18 months, following the planned spin-off of WBD’s TV networks division, Discovery Global, in 2026. Netflix projects annual cost savings of $2–3 billion by the third year after completion and expects the deal to be accretive to earnings per share by year two.
Industry groups, including the Directors Guild of America and Cinema United, have raised concerns about the impact on movie theaters, while regulators are expected to scrutinize the deal over antitrust issues. Netflix has pledged to continue supporting theatrical releases, with Warner Bros.’ cinema commitments running through 2029.
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav hailed the agreement, saying it “combines two of the greatest storytelling companies in the world to bring to even more people the entertainment they love.”
Observers note that the acquisition comes 15 years after former Time Warner chief Jeff Bewkes dismissed Netflix as “the Albanian army,” underscoring the dramatic shift in the entertainment landscape.
A major shake‑up rocks viewers and subscribers of DSTV/GOTV as many channels are set to shut down and be removed on January 1, 2026.
The trigger for the upcoming shut‑down is a breakdown in negotiations between the owners of multiple global channels and the pay‑TV operator.
As of December 2025, the deal between Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) and DStv/GOtv has expired and the two parties have not reached a renewal agreement.
Without a new carriage/distribution agreement, the channels belonging to WBD risk being pulled off the DStv/GOtv line‑up.
This is the most significant content cutback the service has seen in years.
The affected channels are:
Discovery Channel
TLC
Cartoonito
Cartoon Network
CNN International
Food Network
The Travel Channel
TNT
Investigation Discovery
Real Time
HGTV
Discovery Family
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