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Nominations have opened for the 2026 Tolucomms Prize for Tenacity, an annual cash award established to support young female public relations agency and consultancy founders in Nigeria. The prize was established by Tolulope Olorundero, Founder and Executive Director of PRWF Global and Founder and Principal Consultant of Mosron Communications. According to the organisers, the award recognises women building communications businesses with resilience, determination and the strategic use of digital platforms,…

Nigeria is set to host global public relations leaders, policymakers, diplomats and communication professionals in Abuja in November for the 2026 World Public Relations Forum (WPRF). The week-long event, themed “Responsible Communication – The Voice of the World,” will bring together stakeholders from PR, government, business, academia, technology, security and other sectors to discuss the future of communication. President and Chairman of Council of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Dr Ike…

The President of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Dr. Ike Neliaku, has advocated the use of development communication as a strategic means of highlighting the consequences of corruption and encouraging citizens to actively participate in the fight against it. Neliaku made the call last Thursday in Abuja during the 4th Economic Confidential Annual Lecture and 6th National Spokespersons Awards, organised by Spokespersons Digest, a publication of Image Merchants Promotion Limited, publishers of…

Airtel Nigeria has accelerated the expansion of its 5G network, integrating more than 1,000 new sites across the country in the past year, as rising data consumption puts growing pressure on mobile networks nationwide. The rollout, which gained momentum from August 2025, has seen the telecommunications company add 759 new 5G sites since December alone. The expansion extends high-speed connectivity beyond Airtel's initial deployment areas into a wider range of major cities and urban centres across Nigeria. …

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is on trial in a federal court in Oakland, California, this week in what is being described as the most consequential of thousands of lawsuits the company faces over child safety on its platforms. The lawsuit accuses the company of knowingly designing features that make its platforms addictive to children, contributing to a broader youth mental health crisis. It also alleges that Meta collected data on children under 13 without parental consent, in violation of…

Stephen Oluwatoyin Onaivi, Managing Director of MediaReach OMD has been elected Vice President of the Media Independent Practitioners Association of Nigeria (MIPAN), following the association’s 2026 Annual General Meeting (AGM) held at the Ogere Resort, Ogun State. Onaivi, a communication and media professional with more than a decade of experience spanning media planning, account management and marketing communications across West and Central Africa, brings extensive industry experience to his new role. A thought…

The Association of Digital Marketing Professionals (ADMARP) will host what it calls Africa's first cross-functional growth summit in Lagos this November. The summit is expected to bring together marketers, product managers, founders and tech executives into one room for a single day. The event, tagged "The ADMARP Digital Product Growth Summit 2026", holds on Friday, November 27, from 9am to 5:30pm, at 157 Gardens Event Centre in Ilupeju, Lagos. It will also stream live online for people unable to attend the…

WhatsApp users can now save a contact's username the same way they save a name and phone number, a small update that could offer real relief to Nigerian vendors who rely on the app to run their businesses. The change adds a new username box to the "add contact" screen, placed between the name fields and the phone number entry. It expands on a username system WhatsApp began rolling out in July, which lets people chat using a chosen handle rather than sharing their phone number directly. According to information…