News Agency of Nigeria

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) is a news reporting agency owned and run by the Federal Government of Nigeria just like Nigerian Television Authority.[1] NAN was formed in part to disseminate news easily across the country and to the international community and also as a means to counter negative stories about Nigeria.[2]

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
TypeFederal State Unitary Enterprise
IndustryState news agency
Founded10 May 1976 (1976-05-10)
HeadquartersAbuja, Nigeria
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Buki Ponle
ProductsNews media
OwnerWholly owned by federal government (as federal unitary enterprise)
Websitewww.nannews.ng

History

On 10 May 1976, a decree establishing the agency was promulgated into law but its operations began two years after. In March 1978, a board of directors was inaugurated while on 2 October 1978 pilot news operations began.[3]

NAN provides General News Service to subscribers in three bulletins published daily. The agency's website was launched on 8 August 2016, to offer news to the worldwide audience interested in news primarily about Nigeria.

In 2019, NAN signed a content-sharing agreement with Xinhua News Agency.[4]

The agency has a network of reporters covering all the states of the federation proving to be a valuable source of news reports published by regional and national newspapers who lack a country wide coverage.[5][6]

Managing Director

NAN's Managing Director has been:

  • Buki Ponle (26 August 2020 - present)[7]

Ali Mohammed Ali (2023 to date)

References
  1. NAN. "About Us - News Agency of Nigeria." NAN. 28 September 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  2. Babatunde 2004, p. 22.
  3. "News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)" News Agency of Nigeria. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  4. Taiwo, Adekunle (9 May 2019). "NAN, Xinhua Sign Mou On Economic Information". Infotrust News. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  5. Babatunde, Abdulfatai (May 2004). "ASSESSING THE USE OF THE SERVICES OF THE NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA (NAN) BY NIGERIAN NEWSPAPERS". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. "Subscription to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)"
  7. Adetayo, Olalekan (26 August 2020). "Buhari names new NAN MD, eight others". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 21 June 2023.


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