Gbemiga Ogunleye

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Gbemiga Ogunleye
provost of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism
Assumed office
March 2, 2015-2020

Gbemiga Ogunleye is a Nigerian lawyer, journalist, media scholar, and the former Provost of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism. [1] [2]

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Education

He obtained a bachelor's degree in laws from the Lagos state University and a master's degree in media and communication from Pan-Atlantic University but received a Post Graduate Diplomas in Journalism. [3] He also received a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Linguistics from the University of Benin. [4]

Career

Ogunleye was the Head of Corporate Communications at Arik Air, a Nigerian airline operating a domestic, regional and international flight network. [5] [6] He also served as the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of The Punch , a Nigerian daily newspaper. [7] Prior to his appointment as provost of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism to succeed Dr. Elizabeth Ikem, he was the director of News and Current Affairs at TVC News, Nigeria. [8]

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References

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