Highbury College, Portsmouth, will play host to staff from Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Information and Communications who are starting a ten-day media course there next Tuesday.

Highbury lecturers will train them in media skills, including presentation, production and dealing with the media.

The government workers will be followed by a group of 45 employees of Nigeria-based African Independent Television later in the year.

The deal follows a series of workshops given by college staff at the fifth African Film and Television Expo in Abuja, Nigeria in March.

Head of media and art Peter Moutray said: "This opportunity to train the Nigerian government officers has come about from links we made at the Expo.

"We enjoy a high quality reputation within journalism in the UK and clearly we impressed in Nigeria."

According to the National Council for the Training of Journalists, Highbury College offers one of the UK's top ten journalism courses.

As well as receiving media training in Highbury's modern media suites, the course will also serve as a cultural exchange, with the officers being treated to cultural and social events such as trips to the Spinnaker Tower and the London Eye.

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