Orisun isẹ iroyin tuntun Ẹni-ọwọ Henry Townsend se agbekalẹ ileesẹ itẹwe akọkọ lorilẹede Nigeria lọdun 1854, eyi to papa lo, lẹyin ọdun marun to se ifilọlẹ rẹ, lati fi tẹ iwe iroyin akọkọ lorilẹede Nigeria sita ni ede abinibi Yoruba,eyi to pe ni "Iwe Irohin Fun Awọn Ara Ẹgba Ati Yoruba".
