From the late 19th century to the end of the colonial period, a vibrant newspaper industry existed in Nigeria. These papers played a variety of roles in the society. They not only disseminated news, local, national, and even international; they entertained, informed, and educated the reader on a wide range of subjects. Some, with radical orientation, served the cause of nationalism as avenues of anti-colonial expression. Yet, some were tools in the hands of the colonial government.These newspapers were based in urban centers, mostly in southern Nigeria. While Abeokuta produced the first publication, Iwe Iroyin, established in 1859, Lagos played host to the highest number of newspapers published in colonial Nigeria. This presentation would use Eko Akete, one of the major papers in Lagos during the 1920s and 1930s as a case study in the development of print journalism in colonial Nigeria. Eko Akete was a bilingual paper published in both English and Yoruba between 1922 and 1937.