Hamidat Doyinsola ABIOLA

Biographical record

Title

Dr

Surname

ABIOLA

First Name

Hamidat

Other Names

Doyinsola

Gender

Female

Source of Publication

NIBC Who's Who (3rd Edition)

Date of Birth

Friday, February 1, 1946

Status

Alive

Father's Status

N/A

Mother's Status

N/A

Marital Status

Married

Name of Spouse

Chief M.K.0 Abiola (deceased)

Number of Children (Male)

1

Profession

Journalist, Publisher, Editor, Administrator

Education Level

Tertiary

Educational Qualification

B.A, M.A, Ph.D

Membership of Professional Bodies/Professional Qualifications

f. Commonwealth Journalists Association; first Nigerian female Eisenhower f. 1986;

Previous Appointments

Reporter, Daily Sketch, Ibadan, 1969-70; Features Writer. Features Editor, member Editorial Board, Daily Times; Editor, Concord Press of Nigeria, Ikeja, 1980-82; Director/Editor-in-Chief, 1982-84; md/Editor-in-Chief, 1984; mm: International Advisory Council, Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship; Advisory Council, Faculty of Social and Management Studies, Ogun State University; associate, Nigerian Conservation Foundation; associate, Nigerian Guild of Editors; mem. Institute of Directors; International Newspaper Marketing Association; African Council of Communication Education; mem. Editorial Advisory Board, GRIO, Philadelphia, USA; honorary member, Nigerian Association of Professional Educators;

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

N/A

Creative Work/Major Exhibitions

A Case Study of Radio Nigeria; The Nigerian Press Under Military Rule, 1979;

Outstanding Achievements

Merit Award for Outstanding Achievement, Nigerian Association of University Women, 1980; first Nigerian female editor of a national newspaper, National Concord; first female md.of a publishing house; matron, Gateway Games, 2006;

Hobbies

Reading, travelling to historical places, writing;

Phone Number

tel: 01-4937911

Residential Address

5, Moshood Abiola Crescent, Ikeja, Lagos;