Adesinaola Michael ODUGBEMi,

Legal practitioner, Journalist

BA, (Hons), LLB, BL, lawyer, journalist, born June 10, 1958, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State; married Morolari Opeoluwa Kuyebi 1986; Education: Ijebu-Ode Grammar School, 1971-75, Federal Government College, Odogbolu, 1975-77, University of Ibadan, 1977-80 and 1983-86, Nigerian Law School, Lagos, 1986-87; Teacher, Women Teachers' College, Numan, Gongola State (NYSC), 1980-81; Senior Newscaster, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Ibadan, August-December 1981; Features Writer, Nigerian Tribune, Ibadan, December 1981-December '82; Features editor and Chief Editorial Writer, Nigerian Tribune, Ibadan, December 1982-February 84; Contributing editor, Vanguard Newspapers, Lagos, 1984-88; Chairman and Chief Executive, Gravitas Publishments Limited, Lagos, since March 1988; Contributing editor, Newswatch Magazine, Lagos, September 1988; member. Association of Nigerian Authors; member, Executive Committee, Con cord Award for Academic Publishing; member, Nigerian Bar Association; Chief University Debater, Unibadan, 1979-80; Awards: winner, Yohanna Madaki Prize in Environmental Law, 1986; winner, Justice Ogunbiyi Prize in Jurisprudence and Legal Theory, 1986; Publication: The Chief's Grand daughter (a novel) (Ibadan, Spectrum Books, 1987); Hobbies: reading, yoga, music, debating;…