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The First TV in Africa — When Nigeria Brought "Light" to the Continent 📺🇳🇬
Today is #TBT, and we are going back to October 31, 1959. While many countries in Europe were still struggling to set up national TV, and countries like South Africa didn't even have TV until 1976, Nigeria was already "On Air."
The Visionary:
Chief Obafemi Awolowo, the Premier of the Western Region, wanted a way to educate and inform the people. He didn't wait for the British; he went ahead and launched WNTV (Western Nigeria Television) in Ibadan.
The Historical Milestone:
1. "First in Africa": That was their famous slogan. Ibadan became the media capital of the black world.
2. Education over Entertainment: It wasn't just for music and movies; WNTV was built to broadcast educational programs to schools across the region.
3. The Infrastructure: They built a massive transmitter on Mapo Hill that could reach as far as Lagos.
In 1959, Nigeria was setting the pace for the entire continent. From the first TV station to the first stadium (Liberty Stadium), we were the "Tech Giants" before the word was even invented.
As we look at our media space today in 2026, with all our streaming apps and digital stations, let’s not forget the "Ibadan Pioneers" who showed us that Nigeria can always be #1.
Ans this:
Do you remember the 'First in Africa' slogan of WNTV? And for the younger generation: Did you know that Nigeria had television 17 years before South Africa? Let's discuss our 'Firsts' in the comments! 👇
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🇮🇷🇺🇸 Leader of Iran, Imam Khamenei's speech today:
• First of all, the nature of this sedition was American, this was clear. The Americans planned it and carried it out.
• America’s goal, and I say this firmly and explicitly, based on over 40 years of experience in the Islamic Republic, is to devour Iran.
• From the beginning of the Revolution until today, the dominance they had over this country was destroyed by the people, by the youth, by all segments of the people across the country, under the leadership of the great Imam.
• From day 1, they have been thinking about restoring that dominance, meaning placing Iran once again under their military, political, and economic control.
•That’s the goal. This is not about the current US president, nor about the person who is no longer president; this is about US policy.
•America’s policy is this: A country with these characteristics, in such a sensitive geographic position, with these capabilities, this size, and this population…. they cannot tolerate it.
•Such a country, with the progress it is making scientifically and technologically across various fields, is intolerable to the Americans.
•We consider the US president a criminal, both for the casualties, for the damages, and for the slander he directed at the Iranian nation.
• Of course, in the past, when unrest of this kind occurred, it was usually American journalists, second-tier US politicians, or European countries that intervened.
• What distinguished this unrest was that the President of the United States himself—personally—entered into incitement and plunder.
• He spoke, commented, threatened, encouraged the rioters, and sent messages from America to these individuals (whom I will explain later who they were), telling them to move forward, not to be afraid, saying, ‘We support you; we will provide military support.’ That is, the US president himself became involved in the unrest and became part of it.
• A group within this unrest, some of those who carried out destruction, arson, illegal acts, and killings, were presented by him as the Iranian people.
• This was a great slander against the Iranian nation. He said, ‘These are the Iranian people; I want to defend the Iranian people.’ … These are crimes.
• The reasons I have stated are documented reasons; there is nothing hidden. He spoke openly, encouraged openly. We have continuous documented evidence that they provided assistance, both them & the Zionist regime, which I’ll briefly mention later.
•Of course, the Iranian nation broke the back of the sedition.
•The Iranian people, with several million in Tehran and large, dense crowds in many other cities, were able to deliver a strong punch to the mouths of the loud-claiming pretenders. Praise be to God.
•The Iranian nation defeated America. The Americans had launched this sedition with extensive preparations for much larger objectives, it was a sedition with a prelude to bigger actions.The Iranian people defeated it.
This is true, but it is not enough. It is not enough. Yes, we extinguished the sedition, but that is not sufficient. The US must be held accountable.
•We are not taking the country toward war… we have no intention of pushing the country into war. But we will not ignore the domestic (inner) criminals either.
• Worse than domestic criminals are international criminals, we will not let them go either. This must be pursued in its own way, with the correct methods.
• And by divine success, just as the Iranian nation broke the back of the sedition, it must also break the back of the sedition-mongers.