Olusegun Adeniyi

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Olusegun Adeniyi
Born (1965-12-06) December 6, 1965 (age 58)
Ile-Ife, Nigeria
NationalityNigerian
Education Obafemi Awolowo University
University of Lagos
Harvard University
OccupationJournalist

Olusegun Adeniyi (born 6 November 1965) is a Nigerian journalist, current chair of the editorial board of ThisDay newspapers and a former presidential spokesman to the late President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua. [1]

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Early life and education

Adeniyi was born in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. He is a 1989 BSc holder in International Relations from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife with a 1997 Masters in International Law and Diplomacy (MILD) from the University of Lagos, and he was also a Fellow at the Weatherhead Centre for International Affairs, Harvard University in 2010/2011 academic session. [2] He conducted his research on the factors that shape incumbent presidential elections in Africa.

Career

He began his journalism career as a Staff Reporter with The Guardian Newspapers in December 1990. In April 1992, he left to join the now rested African Concord magazine as a Senior Staff Writer and in September of the same year, he was appointed the magazine’s Abuja Bureau Chief with accreditation to cover the State House.

Adeniyi, who joined ThisDay newspaper in January 1999 as Deputy Editor of the Saturday newspaper, rose to become editor of the Sunday THISDAY and in August 2005, he was appointed the editor of the THISDAY title paper. On 30 May 2007, he was appointed by the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua to be his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, a position he occupied until Yar’Adua demise on 5 May 2010. He has since written about his experience working for the deceased president. [3]

In July 2007, Adeniyi attended the International Visitor Leadership Programme organised by the US State Department. He was also a Fellow at the Weatherhead Centre for International Affairs, Harvard University in 2010/2011 academic session.

He is currently the chair of the editorial board of ThisDay newspapers. [4] A fellow of the Nigeria Leadership Initiative (NLI), Adeniyi is also a founding member of the National Stakeholder Working Group of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI).

Personal life

Adeniyi is married with three children.

Books

Adeniyi is the author of the following books:

Awards

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References

  1. ↑ Olusegun Adeniyi. "Discussions on Pragmatic steps to moving Nigeria forward- How Understanding & Building the Right Institutions is Driving the Growth of Nations and Understanding the New Global Economy: How the internet, Social Media & Technology is Driving Business & Entrepreneurship". The Platform Nigeria 10.1 & 10.2. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  2. ↑ "Olusegun Adeniyi, Chairman of the Editorial Board, ThisDay | The Future Project". Thefutureafrica.com. 2007-05-30. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  3. ↑ Category: ARTICLES (2014-08-24). "Power, Politics and Death: Confession of Yaradua's Segun Adeniyi". Elombah.com. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  4. ↑ Powered by DMflex WebGen --- www.dmflex.com (2011-06-06). "Adeniyi Returns, Appointed THISDAY Editorial Board Chairman, Articles". Thisday Live. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  5. ↑ Olusegun Adeniyi (2005). Last One Hundred Days of Abacha. Bookhouse Company. ISBN   9789780674601 . Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  6. ↑ "Why I wrote 'Against The Run of Play' - TheCable". TheCable . 2017-04-28. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
  7. ↑ Arts Editor (December 31, 2019). "'Afonja', 'Be(com)ing Nigerian' – The Top Nigerian Books Of 2019" . Retrieved August 15, 2021– via Channels Television.{{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  8. ↑ Bivan, Nathaniel (2019-05-18). "Roving Heights hosts Olusegun Adeniyi today". Daily Trust. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
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