Olusegun Adeniyi

Biographical record

Surname

Adeniyi

First Name

Olusegun

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

November 6, 1966

Place of Birth

Ile-Ife

Name of Spouse

Tosin Adeniyi

Names of Children

three children

Profession

Journalist

Schools Attended with Dates

Obafemi Awolowo University, 1989; USIS/ NUJ course for Political Reporters, 1992; University of Lagos in 1997; Weatherhead Centre for International Affairs, Havard University, 2010-2011

Educational Qualification

B.Sc. International Relations;
Masters in International Law and Diplomacy (MILD)

Membership of Professional Bodies/Professional Qualifications

A fellow of the Nigeria Leadership Initiative (NLI);

Founding member of the National Stakeholder Working Group of the Nigeria Extractive Transparency Initiative (NEITI).

Present Appointment

Current Chairman of the Editorial Board of ThisDay Newspapers

Previous Appointments

Staff Reporter, The Guardian on Sunday, 1991-92;

Senior Staff Writer and Abuja Bureau Chief, African Concord, 1992;

Deputy Editor, ThisDay newspaper (Saturday newspaper), January 1999;

Editor of the Sunday THISDAY;

Editor of the THISDAY paper, August 2005;

Former presidential spokesman to the late President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, May 30, 2007- May 5,2010;

Member of the Panel of Judges for the Nigeria Breweries Plc 'Maltina Teacher of the Year 2016';

Member of the advisory board for the Africa Initiative for Governance (AIG).

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

Yes

Awards and Honours

1992 Jakande Prize or Political Reporter of the Year at Nigeria Media Merit Awards (NMMA)

Creative Work/Major Exhibitions

The Last 100 Days of Abacha;

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;

Against the Run of Play: How an incumbent president was defeated in Nigeria.