Olusegun Adeniyi
Olusegun Adeniyi (born November 6, 1965 in Ile-Ife, Nigeria is a Nigerian journalist, current chair of the editorial board of ThisDay newspapers and a former presidential spokesman for the late President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua.[1]
Education
A 1989 BSc holder in International Relations from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife with a Masters in International Law and Diplomacy (MILD) from the University of Lagos in 1997, Olusegun Adeniyi was also a Fellow at the Weatherhead Centre for International Affairs, Harvard University where he spent the 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 May 30, 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 May 5, 2010. He has since written about his experience working for the deceased president.[3]
In July 2007 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 where he spent the 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 Transparency Initiative (NEITI).
Personal life
He is married with three children.
Books
Adeniyi is the author of the following books:
- The Last 100 Days of Abacha[5]
- Abiola’s Travails
- Fortress on Quicksand;
- POLITRICKS: National Assembly under Military Dictatorship
- Power, Politics and Death: A front-row account of Nigeria under the late President Yar’Adua[6]
Awards
- 1992 Jakande Prize or Political Reporter of the Year at Nigeria Media Merit Awards (NMMA)
References
- ↑ "Olusegun Adeniyi :: The Platform Nigeria | 10.1 & 10.2 – 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. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
- ↑ "Olusegun Adeniyi, Chairman of the Editorial Board, ThisDay | The Future Project". Thefutureafrica.com. 2007-05-30. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
- ↑ Category: ARTICLES (2014-08-24). "Power, Politics and Death: Confession of Yaradua’s Segun Adeniyi". Elombah.com. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
- ↑ Powered by DMflex WebGen --- www.dmflex.com (2011-06-06). "Adeniyi Returns, Appointed THISDAY Editorial Board Chairman, Articles". Thisday Live. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
- ↑ Last one hundred days of Abacha - Olusegun Adeniyi - Google Books. Books.google.com.ng. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
- ↑ "Power, Politics and Death eBook: Olusegun Adeniyi, Prestige Books, Kachifo: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-04-28.