Anike Agbaje-Williams

  PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has sent condolences to the family and the broadcast media industry on the death of Chief (Mrs) Anike Agbaje-Williams. Agbaje-Williams, the first African to be on television, died on Feb. 26 in Ibadan at the age of 88, according to her family. The veteran broadcaster, who retired from active service in … Read more

    Anike Agbaje-Williams, the first face to appear on African television, is dead. Agbaje-Williams, who died at 88, appeared on the Western Nigerian Television (WNTV) station on the test transmission night and on the official opening night on October 31, 1959. The WNTV, now the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), was the first television station … Read more