Lagos

=== Entertainment industry and media ===

==== Nollywood ====
{{Main|Cinema of Nigeria}}
[[File:Clapper Lady.jpg|thumb|Filming set in Lagos]]
Lagos is the center of the West African film, music, and TV industries. The film industry in the Surulere locality ranks second or third in the world, ahead of or behind Hollywood, depending on the survey.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/10/nigeria-africa-biggest-economy-nollywood | title=Hello Nollywood: how Nigeria became Africa's biggest economy overnight | newspaper=[[The Guardian]] | date=10 April 2014 | access-date=12 April 2014 | author=Liston, Enjoli | archive-date=12 April 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140412020045/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/10/nigeria-africa-biggest-economy-nollywood | url-status=live }}</ref> PricewaterhouseCoopers Int. forecasts that the Nigerian entertainment industry will grow 85% to $15 billion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theafricareport.com/126644/nigeria-media-players-are-creative-and-cash-rich/|title=Nigeria: Media and Entertainment to hit $15bn by 2025|website=Theafricareport.com|date=October 2021|access-date=27 December 2021|archive-date=27 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527133119/https://www.theafricareport.com/126644/nigeria-media-players-are-creative-and-cash-rich/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Since the success of the Nigerian thriller "The Figurine", Nigerian film has increasingly turned to high-quality productions that are also commercially successful. This, in turn, has led to consistently new box office revenue records in Nigeria (2009's "The Figurine," 2013's "Half of a Yellow Sun," 2016's "The Wedding Party", 2023's "Battle on Buka Street").<ref>{{cite web | url=http://thenationonlineng.net/new/toronto-nigerians-disagree-over-new-nollywood/ | title=Toronto: Nigerians disagree over new Nollywood | publisher=The Nation Online | work=The Nation Newspaper | date=14 September 2014 | access-date=24 March 2015 | author=Akande, Victor | archive-date=22 September 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922123311/http://thenationonlineng.net/new/toronto-nigerians-disagree-over-new-nollywood/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Newspapers ====
In Nigeria, newspapers are available in digital format and are predominantly produced in Lagos. The most widely read newspaper in Lagos, by its own account, is [[The Punch|Punch]]. The [[Vanguard (Nigeria)|Vanguard]] newspaper is one of the few dailies that is not only available online but also in print. Other publications include [[The Guardian (Nigeria)|The Guardian]], [[The Nation (Nigeria)|The Nation]], [[The Sun (Nigeria)|The Sun]] and the [[Nigerian Tribune]]. The latter was founded in colonial times, in 1949.

==== Television ====
The most watched television station in Lagos (and in Nigeria) is the 24-hour news channel [[Channels TV]], based in Lagos. Some of its presenters use an overly correct standard British English that compatriots like to mock. The same can be said of [[Arise News|Arise TV]] and the state broadcaster [[Nigerian Television Authority|NTA]]. The private [[Africa Independent Television|African Independent Television]] focuses on entertainment and infotainment. Programmes in [[pidgin English]] or in [[Yoruba language|Yoruba]] have moved to digital streaming services and offer [[action film]]s, [[Comedy|comedies]] and [[Romance film|heartbreak productions]].