The Advertisers Association of Nigeria (ADVAN) has raised concerns over the continued absence of a governing council for the advertising profession, arguing that the lack of an independent council separate from the regulatory body is detrimental to the industry. President of ADVAN, Osamede Uwubanmwen, in a telephone interview, expressed dissatisfaction with the structure of the Advertisers Regulatory Council of Nigeria …

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has explained that the recent signing of Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) into law by President Muhammadu Buhari was informed by the resolve to strengthen the nation’s integrated marketing communications space. Last week, President Buhari appended his signature to the ARCON Bill (now an Act), which repeals the  Advertising Practitioners (Registration, …

Funeral rites for departed wife of a former Registrar of the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON), Mrs Regina Chinwe Bel-Molokwu commence on Thursday with a Service of Songs at Saint Agnes Catholic Church, Maryland, Lagos from 6 pm. Dr Josef Bel-Molokwu, the widower, was APCON Registrar/CEO from 1994 and 2005. According to Onitsha’s Molokwu and Umunna families, Mrs Bel-Molokwu …