THROWBACKTHISDAY; Western Nigeria Television, the first television station in Africa, began transmission in Ibadan, Nigeria

On thisday 31 October 1959 Television began broadcasting in Nigeria under the name Western Nigerian Government Broadcasting Corporation (WNTV).
It was based in Ibadan and was the first television station in Tropical Africa. Other Northern parts of Africa already had a television station.
The first official director general was Vincent Maduka, a former engineer. Prior to his appointment Maduka was General Manager of Western Nigeria Television, Ibadan, which was Africa's first television station. The NTA has been criticized by performing artists such as Becky Umeh for pressuring artists to align their expression with government propaganda goals.,^[2][3] The Guardian in its editorial of Sunday October 18, 2009 stated "The federal government-owned television network, the Nigeria Television Authority, (NTA) is arguably the largest of its type in Africa, but it is yet to have the operational freedom required to maximise its potentials". However, the NTA's monopoly on the Nigerian airspace was broken in the mid-1990s with the establishment of privately owned television stations and networks, notable among which is the Africa Independent Television.