Oluseye Olugbemiga Kehinde (21 April 1965) is a

Nigerian Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British jour ...

journalist who was the founder of City People Group Limited.

Early life

Kehinde was born is Ishara

Ogun State Ogun State is a state in southwestern Nigeria. Created on 3 February 1976 from the former Western State. Ogun State borders Lagos State to the south, Oyo State and Osun State to the north, Ondo State to the east, and the Republic of Benin to the ...

, Nigeria although his parents were both civil servant. He had his diploma of journalism and holds a bachelor of arts in history and political science at

Obafemi Awolowo University Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) is a federal government-owned university that is located in the ancient city of Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. The university was founded in 1961 and classes commenced in October 1962 as the University of Ife ...

and also acquire his certificate of NYSC in

Kwara State Polytechnic Kwara State Polytechnic is a Nigerian tertiary institution that was established in 1973 by the then Military Governor of Kwara State Col. David Bamigboye after the decision of establishing a polytechnic in Kwara State was announced in 1971. It i ...

Career

He began working as a journalist there he was a reporter in Newswatch, holding the position of library assistant in 1986 and also works with following newspaper; Herald in 1988, the insider

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newsletter as a senior correspondent in 1989, head in International Desk in 1990, senior writer in

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in 1991 and works with the African Concord as a staff writer from 1991 to his retirement in 1992 when president

Ibrahim Babangida Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (born 17 August, 1941) is a retired Nigerian Army general and politician. He served as military president of Nigeria from 1985 until his resignation in 1993. He rose through the ranks to serve from 1984 to 1985 as Ch ...

recreate the African Concord Press and was invited to African Guardian as an assistant editor there he served from 1992 to 1994, he also works with the TheNEWS magazine as senior editor and chief editor in Tempo magazine before in 1995 he began setting up The City People Magazine. He was also among the founding team of

PM News ''P.M. News'' is a daily newspaper published in Lagos, Nigeria, by the Independent Communications Network Limited (ICNL). The company also publishes the weekly ''TheNEWS'' magazine and ''Tempo'', a tabloid. ''The News'' was founded in 1993 by Ba ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kehinde, Seye Living people Nigerian journalists Yoruba journalists Nigerian company founders 1965 births Nigerian newspaper chain founders Nigerian magazine founders Obafemi Awolowo University alumni Writers from Ogun State