List of television stations in Nigeria

The first terrestrial television broadcast signals in Africa occurred on Saturday October 31, 1959 and belonged to the Western Nigeria Television Service (WNTS)[1]. Nigeria was one of the first countries to introduce television broadcasting in Africa. Nigeria also has the largest terrestrial television network in Africa which is the Nigerian Television Authority(with over 96 stations scattered around the country).[2]

This is a list of free-to-air television stations based in Nigeria. It also includes the location, year of establishment, owner and type of ownership.[3][4]

List of TV stations
Channel name Broadcasting Locations Owners/Parent companies Established Slogan Ref
Logicman TVNigeriaPrivateUzoma Sunday Logicman2017Home of Entertainment[5]
Plus TV AfricaNigeriaPrivateKayode AkintemiBig Stories Live Here[6]
Galaxy TVOyo State, Lagos StatePrivateSteve Ojo1994Reaching out for the Stars[7]
Channels TVFCT, Lagos State, Edo State
Kano State		PrivateJohn Momoh1995Your Home For The News[8]
AITFCT, Lagos State, Ondo State, Borno State
Edo State, Kebbi State, Gombe State, Kano State, Kwara State, Jigawa State, Katsina State, etc		PrivateRaymond DokpesiDecember 1994Sharing the African Experience[9]
Silverbird TVFCT, Lagos State, Rivers StatePrivateBen Murray-Bruce2003It's all about Entertainment[10]
NTAAll 36 states and 1 Capital territory of Nigeria have at least 1 branch of NTA, and 7 Network Centers around each geo-political zone (96 stations )FederalNigerian Government1977Africa's Largest Network[11]
LTVLagos StateStateLagos State Government1980[12]
TVCLagos StatePrivateDele Alake2002Your link to Entertainment[13]
TVC NewsLagos StatePrivateDele Alake2012Through African Eyes[14]
Super Screen TV[15]Lagos StatePrivateOtunba Otu KayodeSuperScreen for culture, for family
MBILagos StatePrivateUbaka OnwuanibeSimply the Best
DBN TVLagos StatePrivateOsa Sonny Adun1995Global brand with African Origin
MITVLagos StatePrivateAlhaji Murhi Gbade Busariearly or mid 1996The Soul of Entertainment[16]
Delta Broadcasting ServiceDelta StateStateDelta State Government1994The Voice of Delta
OGTVOgun StateStateOgun State Government2003[17]
AKBCAkwa-Ibom StateStateAkwa Ibom State Government1996[18]
ABSAnambra StateStateAnambra State Government1994[19]
ITVEdo StatePrivateGabriel Osawaru Igbinedion1997Certainly the Best[20]
COOL-TVLagos StatePrivateAmin Moussalli2012Tv For Everyone[21]
Nigbati TVAfricaPrivateHassan Taiwo Said2016Asa Wa Ede Wa[22]
CRBC Cross River Broadcasting Corporation State Cross River State Government The House on the Hill.
Wazobia TV Lagos, Port Harcourt and Abuja Private AIM Group Na We TV [23]
Wazobia Max Lagos, Port Harcourt and Abuja Private AIM Group Maximum Entertainment [24]
KAFTAN TV Ondo, Lagos, and Abuja Private King Adebayo Film and Theatre Arts Network (KAFTAN) LTD 2016 Imagine a beautiful world. [25]
CLEVENARD TV Lagos Private [26]
Arewa24 Kano Private Network Arewa24 LTD. 2014 Arewa24 Taku Ce
Rahma TV Kano Private Rahma Communications Ltd [Hajia Binta Sarki Mukhtar] 2018 Farin Cikin Al"umma
Liberty TV Kaduna Private Atar Communications LTD 2017 Voice for all
Zamanitvstudios Kano Private Dabo Media Services LTD [Fatima Dabo] 2018 Tashar Zamani
ARTV KANO Kano Public Kano State Ministry of Information 1985 Mai asin da asin
UNITY TV Jos Private Unity Communications 2018 Peace and Unity
Gotel TV Yola Private Gotel Communications PLC [Alh.Atiku Abubakar] 2006
Farin wata TV Abuja Private Vision Media Services 2010
People's TV Abuja Private 2017
OSBC TV Osogbo State Osun State Government 1992 Osun State Broadcasting[27]
Bauchi TV Bauchi state Bauchi State Government 2019
Rima TV Sokoto Sokoto State Government 2006
ALU TV Private

Sokoto

 2018
TV Taraba Taraba Taraba State Government 2018
DITV Kaduna Private Kaduna 2003
Rokoto Tv


Kannywoood TV

Bida


Private

 Niger


Kano

 2020 2017

See also

References
  1. "World television day - History of TV". BusinessGhana. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  2. Nwulu, Nnamdi I.; Adekanbi, Adeyemi; Oranugo, Tochukwu; Adewale, Yemi (November 2010). "Television broadcasting in Africa: Pioneering milestones". 2010 Second Region 8 IEEE Conference on the History of Communications. IEEE. pp. 1–6. doi:10.1109/HISTELCON.2010.5735315. ISBN 978-1-4244-7450-9.
  3. "50 years of television in Nigeria: So far, so good?". vanguardngr.com. 2009-10-24. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  4. "Where Nigerian TV stations should go". The Punch. punchng.com. Archived from the original on 28 October 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  5. "Logicman TV Official Website". Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  6. "PlusTV Africa Official Website". Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  7. "Galaxy Official Website". Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  8. "Channels Official Website". Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  9. "AIT Official Website". Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  10. "Silverbird Official website". Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  11. "NTA Official website". Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  12. "LTV Official website". Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  13. "TVC Official Website". Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  14. "TVC News". Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  15. "Superscreen TV – TV for family for culture". Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  16. "MiTv Official website". Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  17. "OGTv Official website". Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  18. "AKBC Official website". Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  19. "ABS Official website". Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  20. "ITV website". itvradionigeria.com. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  21. "Cool Tv website". www.aimgroup.us. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  22. "Nigbati Official Website". Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  23. "Official Website".
  24. "Official Website".
  25. "Kaftan Live Tv, On demand Videos". www.kaftan.tv. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
  26. "Clevenard NoteBook+". www.clevenard.com. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  27. "Home". OSBC. 2018-02-01. Retrieved 2019-09-18.

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