Nigeria’s first indigenous Newspaper revealed

Iwe Irohin was Nigeria’s first indigenious Newspaper. Founded by a missionary named Henry Townsend in Abeokuta, Ogun State.

The Newspaper was 1st published 3rd Dec,1859. The Yoruba edition was sold for 120 cowries while the English version sold for 1penny.

Iwe Irohin was published bi-weekly in Yoruba and English language and ran for about 8 years before its demise in 1867.

It was recently brought back by the Nigerian Union of Journalists, who launched it’s first edition 3 years ago.

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Deji Sadiq, a.k.a DEJI OF LAGOS is a LASU trained Economist turned freelance journalist, a Blogger, an information strategist, a public affairs analyst and a committed activist with a passion for equal opportunities.