The name Nigeria is claimed to have sprung from the Niger River, which is one of Nigeria's main rivers today. Lord Lugard, the colonial governor, established the name. Apart from the connection to the Niger River, no other meaning has been derived from the name Nigeria.

Since the advent of home-video movies on the Nigerian entertainment scene in the late eighties, it has become a widespread form of family home entertainment as well as providing a lucrative source of livelihood for a good number of movie makers, some of whom had to find a way of staying in business after the decline of celluloid film.

The Nigerian home video industry, without doubts, has become a phenomena in Nigeria. Home films, widely known as Nollywood, have become household fixtures in social contexts(Haynes, & Okome, O. 2000). Many broadcast stations now show them as part of their entertainment repertoire, thereby sustaining their potential for socializing impacts and boosting the expansion of the sector.

A equipment called 'Firedrill' was used to perform the cauterization therapy. Physicians have been describing comparable situations in their clinics for generations, with the same result. Doctors didn't discover a relationship between breast cancer and lymph nodes in the armpit until the 17th century, when they gained a better grasp of the circulatory system.

Terrorism and conflict have become a worldwide trend that has sparked widespread worry. Nigeria has seen its fair share of terror incidents, the most of which have been caused by internal insurgency. The Fulani herdsmen and farmers dispute is one of Nigeria's worst crises and conflicts.

Most home-video movies flourish on what is now the familiar ground of the presentation of ritualized activities. These offer bizarre portrayals of spirits or else entities whose usual activity has been altered(Nwogu, 2007). The prominent motif in these films is the exploitation of rituals and grotesque characters to establish settings in which luxury and riches transfer the actors from a regular reality to a realm of fantasy.

Many broadcast stations now show them as part of their entertainment repertoire, thereby sustaining their potential for socializing impacts and boosting the expansion of the sector. In unraveling the development strategy of the industry, Uduakobong(2013), asserted that the themes and concentration among others makes the Nigerian video thrive.

Print media channels are also seen to have the ability to reach and enlighten huge audiences, although interpersonal methods have proved more effective in driving attitudinal change. In light of this, media campaigns have been regarded as critical techniques for getting much-needed swift and prompt cooperation from women in the fight against breast cancer. In other words, successful media efforts encouraging women to present breast cancer early will make the 90% likelihood of survival a reality.

Terrorism and conflict have become a worldwide trend that has sparked widespread worry. Nigeria has seen its fair share of terror incidents, the most of which have been caused by internal insurgency. The Fulani herdsmen and farmers dispute is one of Nigeria's worst crises and conflicts.

During the powerful wind of nationalism that swept the continent in the 1950s, Nigeria joined other African colonies in agitating for freedom and political independence. Nigeria gained independence and self-rule in 1960, and became a republic in 1963. This autonomous Nigeria, which was characterized by numerous ethnic and cultural groupings, was taken over by the military, which deposed the civilian government of the day in a coup d'etat in 1966, and Gen. Aguiyi Ironsi became Nigeria's first mil... read more

A number of corporate organizations are using social networks to publicize production, services and even deploy promotional activities. This has also caused uproar in the world of advertising. Advertising can be done with relatively less funding and yet attain a mass reach with social media. It is much easier to find your target audience direct your message to them and be adequately sure that they will see it.

Obesity is a chronic disease that affects both developed and developing countries, and it affects both children and adults. Obesity is now so common that it is displacing more traditional public health concerns, such as malnutrition.

Radio broadcasting, in particular, has made significant contributions in this field. This is mostly because to its broad reach and capacity to reach everywhere; humans can work on land, in the sea, and in the air. Radio is cost-effective when combined with its broad reach. A radio receiver may be purchased for as little as 500 naira or little more, making it affordable even to those without work.

Public Relation is the art and social science of analyzing trends predicting their consequences, counselling organization’s leaders and implementing planned programmes of actions, which will serve the interest of both the organization and its public. It is also a deliberate, planned and sustained effort to establish and maintaining mutual understanding between organization and its public.

Social media is a type of online media that expedites conversation as opposed to traditional media, which delivers content but doesn’t allow readers viewers/listeners to participate in the creation or development of the content. There is a wide variety of social media ranging from social sharing sites such as YOUTUBE and Flicker through social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. Today, the world boasts of several emergent brand names that were practically unknown six to seven years ago Face... read more

Radio waves consist of electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). These waves are produced by a transmitter which is an electronic device connected to an antenna which radiates the waves, and received by a radio receiver connected to another antenna.

During the powerful wind of nationalism that swept the continent in the 1950s, Nigeria joined other African colonies in agitating for freedom and political independence. Nigeria gained independence and self-rule in 1960, and became a republic in 1963.

Despite the fact that the illness is prevalent in both male and female patients, women have a hundred times the incidence of males. Breast cancer is defined as a proliferation of breast cells characterized by aberrant cell growth and division leading to tissue death via the filtration of malignant cells into the bloodstream.

Nigeria's unemployment problem, which affects both educated and unskilled workers, has emerged as one of the most pressing and contentious challenges facing the country today. The unemployment scenario has shifted from one characterized by protracted periods of unemployment and under employment to one in which graduates from higher institutions must typically wait for a considerable period of time before landing their first job.

The term "news commercialization" refers to the practice of electronic media outlets reporting news or analysis as commercial messaging from an anonymous or unidentifiable sponsor, giving the audience the impression that the news is objective, fair, and socially responsible.