The City People Magazine is a Nigerian soft-sell, entertainments magazine and newspaper awarding political people artists, actors and newspapers in publication of City People Media Group.[1][2]

City People Magazine
EditorBola Ade
CategoriesNewspaper and event award
PublisherCity People Group
FounderSeye Kehinde
Founded1996
CompanyCity People Media Group
CountryNigeria
LanguageEnglish
Websitecitypeopleonline.com

About magazine edit

The magazine was founded by City People Media Group in 1996[3] circulating all Nigerian regions, with the annual awarding event came to exist in 2005 together with City People Entertainment and was also launched in Ghana in 2009 by the high commissioner of Nigeria to Ghana, before the City People Group Media, it was published under Media Techniques Limited.[4][5]

The City People Group Media was founded by Oluseye Olugbemiga Kehinde, a journalist who was publisher in African Confidential and once editor in Herald newspaper, African Concord and Tempo magazine.[6][7] It also awards Islamic artists which began existing in 2018.[8] In 2012 City People Magazine awarded Airtel for the "Best Telecoms Company Of The Year 2012".[9]

References edit

  1. ^ "SOLILOQUY: Surprise visit by City People publisher Seye Kehinde". Nigerian Entertainment Today. 2015-11-10. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  2. ^ "Nigerian Tribune bags City People's Newspapers of the Year award". Tribune Online. 2019-03-31. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  3. ^ "City People Magazine sets to mark 25th anniversary". The Guardian. 17 January 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  4. ^ jacob. "About Us". City People Magazine. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  5. ^ yapaceng. "City People Magazine". YapAce.com. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  6. ^ "City People's Publisher, Seye Kehinde Clocks 50 Today". The Elites Nigeria. 2015-04-24. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  7. ^ "Seye Kehinde: The rising tale of a magazine mogul!". Vanguard News. 2015-05-02. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  8. ^ "City People Magazine Celebrates Islamic Singer Rukayat Gawat". Business Post Nigeria. 2018-06-26. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  9. ^ Kolo, Aliyu (11 April 2013). "City People Magazine Awards Airtel "Best Telecoms Company Of The Year 2012"". The Herald. Retrieved 19 February 2024.