We’ve come to fill yawning gaps in Africa’s media space —News Central TV

The management of News Central TV, has explained that one of the objectives of playing in Nigeria’s media space is to fill some noticeable yawning gaps in Africa’s media space.

Speaking in Lagos, at the official launch of the media outfit on DSTV in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Channel’s Chief  Financial and Operations Officer/ Acting Chief Executive Officer,  Tonye Halliday,  stated that one of the ways the TV station intends to achieve that is by upholding professionalism, telling authentic African stories, and representing the alternative source of news about Africa to the global audience.

According to her, narratives about the African continent are always distorted by the foreign media to enable them paint a grim picture about the continent and its people.

She argued that Africa will only be able to showcase its immense potential, resources and opportunities to the world, through authentic news channels from Africa.

Head of News, News Central, Uzonna Ononye, believes the station provides the opportunity for Africans to tell their stories, their own way.

ALSO READ FROM NIGERIAN TRIBUNE 

• New Currency Will Make Kidnappers To Ask For US Dollar —Sheikh Gumi

• US’ Terror Alert Incomplete, Says Yakasai, As Julius Berger Shuts Down Operations

• How Gunmen Unleashed Terror On Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Killed Commuters, Policeman, Injured Others In Kidnap Operation

• Ayu: I Could Have Stopped Ortom’s Senate Bid, But…

• Kidnappers Demand N50m For Ex-UI Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Agbaje

• 2023: We Are Comfortable Supporting Atiku, PDP —Anambra Traditional Rulers

“For instance, despite the fact that only few states were affected by the recent flooding, the top story on the CNN for some time has been that 33 out of the 36 states in Nigeria are devastated by flood. This is the type of the narrative we have come to change,” he stated.

The company’s Head of Commercial,  Rosemary Egabor Afolahan, stated that besides making  Nigeria its focus, the Channel  also has its tentacles spread to about 42 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, thereby providing opportunities for business and brands in the continent.

She expressed the belief  that the DSTV launch would help the station drive its vision of becoming the ‘most respected news media in Africa’.