By Irene Gaitirira
Published January 18, 2018
A new live studio-based show focusing on the stories behind the news, with original storytelling and audience interaction via social media and in the studio, shall be launched in 2018.
The English language current affairs programme targeting Nigeria and the Diaspora shall be co-produced by the World Service of Britain’s British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). and Channels Television of Nigeria.
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“With in-depth reporting and analysis, hard-hitting interviews and discussions around the issues that matter to Nigerians, the programme will also feature stories covered by a selection of the BBC’s African services,” a statement from BBC says of the weekly half hour show for viewers in Nigeria and around the world.
The new co-production will air live on Channels Television in Nigeria and will also be available on Channels24 in the United Kingdom via Freesat and Sky.
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BBC says any one interested in working for this co-production may apply online at bbc.co.uk/wscareers for consideration.
BBC World Service’s BBC Africa hub brings together the production of multilingual content about the continent on radio, on TV and online on bbcafrica.com. It broadcasts in Afaan Oromo, Amharic, English, French, Hausa, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Pidgin, Somali, Tigrinya, and Kiswahili.
Saying it “ensures a pan-African approach to the output, offering its audiences opportunities to join the global conversation”, BBC Africa, that says says it has teams based in London and across sub-Saharan Africa, says it is about to add Nigeria’s Igbo and Yoruba to the many African languages in which it delivers content.