List of television stations in Nigeria

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The first terrestrial television broadcast signals in Nigeria occurred on Saturday October 31, 1959 and belonged to the Western Nigeria Television Service (WNTS).{{Cite web|title=World television day - History of TV|url=https://www.businessghana.com/|website=BusinessGhana|access-date=2020-05-27}} Nigeria was one of the first countries to introduce television broadcasting in Africa. Nigeria also has the largest terrestrial television network in Africa which is the Nigerian Television Authority (with over 96 stations scattered around the country).{{cite book | chapter=Television broadcasting in Africa: Pioneering milestones | pages=1–6 | publisher=IEEE| doi= 10.1109/HISTELCON.2010.5735315 | date=November 2010 | title=2010 Second Region 8 IEEE Conference on the History of Communications | last1=Nwulu | first1=Nnamdi I. | last2=Adekanbi | first2=Adeyemi | last3=Oranugo | first3=Tochukwu | last4=Adewale | first4=Yemi | isbn=978-1-4244-7450-9 }} As of 2010, 40% of Nigerian population had television in their homes.

This is a list of television stations based in Nigeria.{{cite web | url=http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/10/50-years-of-television-in-nigeria-so-far-so-good/ | title=50 years of television in Nigeria: So far, so good? | publisher=vanguardngr.com | accessdate=27 October 2014| date=2009-10-24 }}{{cite web | url=http://www.punchng.com/opinion/where-nigerian-tv-stations-should-go/ | title=Where Nigerian TV stations should go | publisher=The Punch. punchng.com | accessdate=27 October 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028003610/http://www.punchng.com/opinion/where-nigerian-tv-stations-should-go/ | archive-date=28 October 2014 | url-status=dead }}