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| Re: AIT Shuts Down Lagos Office After Months Of Losses. by Putindbutt(m): 10:19pm On Oct 23, 2025 |
Didijiji:Guy, you be kid. Part of the beginning of his failure was Government decision ( specifically, President Umaru Yaradua). Also, how did his PayTV collapse?, how did his share tank from N5 to 5kobo per share?. why was he so much reliant on Govt funding for survival?. AIT has went off air several times only to come back after settling some of his debts through Govt intervention. The sister stations in other states have been shutting down one after the other for years back. Sit down and learn. If you're not competitive and dynamic like other local TV stations who are divesting, you will crumble faster than you think. Everything is not politics, receive sense. |
| Re: AIT Shuts Down Lagos Office After Months Of Losses. by callmeDDD: 10:42pm On Oct 23, 2025*. Modified: 7:26am On Oct 24, 2025 |
Dokpesi came to the screen several times to solicite for help in order to keep his business running then. Unless you are a kid during that time. Even to the least of 50naira then, that it would not be too small. One of my friends working there then said even if they go and represent the TV outside the country for sport broadcasting, they will book flight for them on paper, estimate the cost, look for sponsors and donors, but will never honour it. They would tell them to find their way to Nigeria by roads by giving them peanuts. This was during past afcons and qualifiers. It was on life support for a long time. Politicians always bail him out then, but now....... besides, apart from harsh economy policies, would you rather sit down and watch AIT to be sincere? AIT that it's volume will be increasing abnormally during broadcast and adverts? |
| Re: AIT Shuts Down Lagos Office After Months Of Losses. by Mirasteel: 2:01am On Oct 24, 2025 |
I miss AIT of those days. |
| Re: AIT Shuts Down Lagos Office After Months Of Losses. by Smartcitizen: 2:09am On Oct 24, 2025 |
Exousiang01:See this tribal bigot, how many persons in AIT are like Rufia? TV and Radio station presenters are like a football game players, people are attracted by players who are making waves in the pitch and Rufia Oseni is at his finest. He will always be sorted after as long as he continues to cause you and most of your politicians heart attacks. Arise News will always get traffic because of his never say die spirit and that's why most of you will always discuss him. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 |
| Re: AIT Shuts Down Lagos Office After Months Of Losses. by IGBOSON1: 2:44am On Oct 24, 2025 |
kettykings:.......and politics! |
| Re: AIT Shuts Down Lagos Office After Months Of Losses. by Exousiang01(m): 4:18am On Oct 24, 2025 |
Smartcitizen:Where is the tribal bigotry. Airheads like you were drumming support for AIT and dancing to their tune until the company landed in court.... I am sure you don't even know what happened to AIT but as usual, Obidients are forbidden to think before talking |
| Re: AIT Shuts Down Lagos Office After Months Of Losses. by VladimirTheGrea: 5:00am On Oct 24, 2025 |
Putindbutt: |
| Re: AIT Shuts Down Lagos Office After Months Of Losses. by Didijiji: 6:40am On Oct 24, 2025 |
Putindbutt:has went off indeed! Tilumbu supporter 😁😁😁😁 |
| Re: AIT Shuts Down Lagos Office After Months Of Losses. by Smartcitizen: 7:10am On Oct 24, 2025 |
Exousiang01:AIT was down because of Tinubu's fumbling government useless policies not mismanagement. If you are not shameless you will also know that a lot of companies have packed shop since this monster came on board. 🥱🥱🥱 |
| Re: AIT Shuts Down Lagos Office After Months Of Losses. by Jerchance: 7:28am On Oct 24, 2025 |
Whatever affected Multichoice will likely affect some TV Channels. When subscribers don't recharge for their TV networks, It will by extension reduce other tv channels viewership and significantly affect their tv commercials |
| Re: AIT Shuts Down Lagos Office After Months Of Losses. by VillagePipu: 7:50am On Oct 24, 2025 |
Smartcitizen:Nwosu, was it Tinubu that affected Multichoice too? Or HiTV? |
| Re: AIT Shuts Down Lagos Office After Months Of Losses. by Exousiang01(m): 8:24am On Oct 24, 2025 |
VladimirTheGrea:How is this any of APCs business how a private company is run? Why has the same APC not attacked Arise news and Channels news? Will you die if you try to find out what happened to DAAR communication before blaming the APC. Something is wrong with the brain of an average Nigerian. Your refusal to think will soon destroy you |
| Re: AIT Shuts Down Lagos Office After Months Of Losses. by zoedew: 8:25am On Oct 24, 2025 |
TechToyin:Something cannot be built on nothing: it won’t stand! Raymond Dokpesi was, in his lifetime, good at everything bound to ensure his legacy does not outlive him. |
| Re: AIT Shuts Down Lagos Office After Months Of Losses. by VladimirTheGrea: 9:14am On Oct 24, 2025 |
Exousiang01:My refusal to think? You blab like a baby. Because you know how to type in English does not mean you have any good thing upstairs. When Buhari became president, the first media house hit by absolute restrictions from aso rock was AIT. Are you pretending you don't recall? That move drove so many viewers away from tuning in because it was clear they were not getting the news first hand. The then APC led government started fighting High Chief Ramon Dokpesi of blessed memory with all kinds of money laundry lies and propaganda. It did not stop there, they moved to fighting his son. You see people like you with short memory should cease from talking in a public forum to avoid shame. |
| Re: AIT Shuts Down Lagos Office After Months Of Losses. by Exousiang01(m): 10:12am On Oct 24, 2025 |
VladimirTheGrea:You didn't mention that part of the $2billion dollars Raymond collected was trashed to DAAR communications, you didn't also mentioned that they had issues with Tinube because of the lion of Bourdillon documentary which resulted in the N150b naira suit against the company. Keep dancing in your half truths and deceiving yourself. Was AIT the only private television station? Why were other stations not having issues? |
| Re: AIT Shuts Down Lagos Office After Months Of Losses. by zoedew: 10:17am On Oct 24, 2025 |
nairalanda1:How is Channels TV succeeding? John Momoh is not known to be a partisan politician and is not linked to government. |
| Re: AIT Shuts Down Lagos Office After Months Of Losses. by OMBIIGA: 10:18am On Oct 24, 2025 |
nairalanda1:The seed that precipitated the downfall of AIT was sowed when the media outlet allowed Ayo Fayose to used her platform to denigta GMB then. The rest is now history |
| Re: AIT Shuts Down Lagos Office After Months Of Losses. by seborrhic: 10:54am On Oct 24, 2025 |
okomile:They were probably having issues while Dokpesi himself was alive. He probably was using his influence and connections to be getting loans to sustain the company and his life style. Now he is deceased,banks and probably friends that were lending him are either not doing so again or less inclined without substantial collateral. I bet you that once it's confirmed liquidated,that office would be taken over by the banks because of the amount of debts AIT has accumulated |
| Re: AIT Shuts Down Lagos Office After Months Of Losses. by seborrhic: 11:06am On Oct 24, 2025 |
Smartcitizen:Point. How many people now watch Seun Akinboye of politics today or the morning show on Channels now compared to before? Nobody wants to sit down to watch goverment propaganda,especially on a private TV station.If they wanted to they have NTA to serve it to them. You wake up in morning before going to work or after returning and want to sit down and watch one minister or appointee spill out policy achievements without the presenter querying him or her or disputing it,no Sir! When Channels started being sympathetic to goverment officials and views people started abandoning it and switching to Arise because what the average tv viewer wants to watch is officials being taken to task,being exposed and government policies being scrutinized,rather than officials and policies being celebrated when they spill out mundane achievements or Propaganda. I would for example rather not watch TV than watch what Channels now ditch out,if Rufai Oseni is chunked off Arise Tv |
| Re: AIT Shuts Down Lagos Office After Months Of Losses. by VladimirTheGrea: 11:40am On Oct 24, 2025 |
Exousiang01:Interesting times. |
| Re: AIT Shuts Down Lagos Office After Months Of Losses. by SeeAllen: 3:31pm On Oct 24, 2025 |
seunmsg:Tinubu incompetence and misrule are the cause and so are many other companies closing up. Your Mumu go for very soon |
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