Chief Olusegun Osoba (born 15 July 1939) is a Nigerian journalist and politician who served twice as

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first from 1992 to 1993 during the Nigerian Third Republic and then from 1999 to 2003.

Early life and education

Olusegun Osoba was born to Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Babatunde Osoba. Osoba attended a series of professional courses after high school graduation from

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Lagos. He obtained a diploma in journalism at the

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and went for one-year course in the United Kingdom on the scholarship of the Commonwealth Press Union in 1967. In 1969, he was studying in Bloomington, USA at the

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's department of journalism. In 1974 he won the Nieman Fellowship Award for journalism for years postgraduate study at

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, USA. He is the first Nigerian to have won this prestigious Nieman Fellowship for Journalism.

Journalism

Osoba started his career in journalism in 1964 working with the ''

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'' as a trainee reporter covering crime stories and by 1966, he was the diplomatic correspondent of the ''Times''. He became news editor in 1968, deputy editor of the ''Sunday Times'' in 1971 and deputy editor of the ''Times'' in 1972. In August 1975, he became the editor of the ''Daily Times of Nigeria'', then left the firm in November 1975 to take up the task of General Manager of the Ilorin based ''Nigerian Herald''. He returned to the ''Times'' in 1984 as the managing director. Internationally, he worked as stringer or local correspondent for the

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, ''The Times of London'', ''Newsweek Magazine'', and United Press International News Agency. He was the chairman of the Governing Board of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism and Member of the Executive Board of the International Press Institute representing Black-Africa from 1984-1992. He was a member of the Nigerian Constituent Assembly in 1988. He is also member of the Commonwealth Press Union, London and the Nigerian Union of Journalist.

Political career

Osoba was elected on two occasions as Governor of

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first from January 1992 until November 1993 with the

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(SDP). He was removed from office by

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's administration on 17 November 1993. In the

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, he was elected again as governor with the Alliance for Democracy party (AD), holding office between May 1999 and May 2003. He holds the National Honours of the Commander of the Order of the Niger CON. He is a member of the National Conference 2014. Even if Ogun State entirely will forget the impact of this politician, the Ipokia local government down to Wheke Akere will not forget his impact because he brought electricity into all communities around Maun Ward one and tw

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Personal life

Osoba is married to Chief Aderinsola Osoba, the Beere Awujale of Ijebu Kingdom, Ijebu. They are the parents of four children, two boys and two girls: Kemi, Olumide, Oluyinka and Tobi. Osoba holds the

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titles of the Akinrogun of

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and the Aremo Awujale of Ijebu.

References

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