Category: Journalism

Dennis Joseph Slattery

Education – Secondary, Journalism, People

Dennis Joseph Slattery, a Catholic reverend father. His death in July 2003 was mourned for his glorious achievements in Nigerian education sector. Born on February 29, 1916 in South Ireland, Slattery, who was ordained priest on December 17, 1939, began his missionary work in 1941 in Ilawe-Ekiti in the old Western Region, where under one…
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Kabiru Yusuf

Journalism, Media – Print, People

Kabiru Yusuf; Kastina born media chief and executive of Daily Trust, widely circulated and printed in Lagos and Abuja. Born in June 1956, Kabiru Yusuf is an alumnus of Ahmadu Bello University and University of Toronto, Canada. He began his journalism career in 1984 after a stint as a teacher. He has at various times…
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MCK Ajuluchukwu

Journalism, Media – Print, People

Michael Chukelu Kafu Ajuluchukwu; Journalist and politician. Ajachukwu played a significant role in Nigeria’s quest for independence. Ajuluchukwu was born February 10, 1921. After attending CMS Central School, Nnewi and Higher College, Yaba, he dabbled into journalism, where he rose to the post of assistant editor of Daily Comet. He later went in search of the golden fleece abroad, studying…
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Dare Babarinsa

Journalism, Media – Print, People

Dare Babarinsa; Journalist, born May 9, 1955 in Oke-Mesi Ekiti State. Babarinsa called for an account of the civil war from wartime Head of State and head of the separatist side in an article in 2003, advocating that the political problem in Nigeria must never again be subjected to the gory logic of the battlefield[i].…
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Godfrey Chukunweke

Journalism, Media – TV & Radio

Odu Godfrey Chukunweke; Nigerian journalist with the Nigeria Television Authority, NTA. Born in 1946, Odu Godfrey was a native of Ezi, Aniocha Local Government, Delta State. He graduated from the University of Lagos, UNILAG, where he obtained a first degree in Mass Communication. Odu’s journalism career started with the Nigerian Observer newspaper in Benin City,…
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Bola Akinterinwa

Journalism, Policy

Bola Akinterinwa; Nigerian Diplomat. Born August 8, 1950 in Ile-Oluji, Ondo State. He was educated as St. Andrews Primary School, Ile-Oluji, 1957-62; St. Joseph’s College Ondo, 1965-69; University of Paris, Sorbonne, 1973-975; Institute of Advanced International Studies, Paris, 1975-78. Akinterinwa also served at instances in his career as a lecturer and journalist. Akinterinwa was appointed…
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Dele MOMODU

Journalism, Lifestyle – Fashion, Lifestyle – Others, Media – Print, People, Social – Relaxation

Dele MOMODU, Journalist and founder of Ovation, in 1996, a celebrity style magazine covering mostly West Africa, which features high life parties, and properties essentially with pictures. Dele Momodu is for several decades a successful writer and publicist, involving also in politics and activism at different times. Momodu was the head of MKO Abiola’s media…
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Gab OSUAGWU-IHEUKWUMERE

Journalism, People

Gab Osuagwu-Iheukwumere; Nigerian journalist. Gab was also an author, broadcaster, publisher, educationist, theologian, administrator and public relations expert. He was a recipient of the Queen’s Medal Award in Best African Reporter category. Gab authored two captivating books, including The Second Coming Of The Military In Nigeria. This and his other intellectual endeavors earned him academic…
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Alao Adedayo

Journalism, Media – Print, People

Alao Adedayo; Publisher, Alaroye newspapers, a popular weekly vernacular tabloid among the Yoruba people of Nigeria. From 1985 when he was a Yoruba newsreader on the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA, Adedayo had noticed a vacuum in the indigenous language newspapers and decided to fill it. Unable to convince partners about the idea of a Yoruba…
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Stanley MACEBUH

Journalism, People, Philosophy – African

Stanley Macebuh; Nigerian journalist, one of the most celebrated. Macebuh was pioneer Managing Director of The Guardian newspapers and special assistant to President Olusegun Obasanjo. He died March 2010. Places of Growth Born on December 28, 1942, Macebuh attended Government Primary School, Port Harcourt, and Ngwa High School, Aba, before he proceeded to the…
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