Ago Iwoye
ADENIYI,
Tola
- Married
has five children
Director, Times Journalism Institute, 1974-75; Deputy Managing Director, Sketch, 1976-77; Editor-in-Chief, Nigerian Tribune, 1978-80; Chairman/CEO, Daily Times of Nigeria Plc, 1992-93; Chairman/CEO, Gemini (W.A.) Ltd
Chairman, Canada-Nigeria Chamber of Commerce 1996–
Founder, Canada Africa Chamber of Commerce 1996–
Member of The Writers Union of Canada 1996–
Member, Association of Nigerian Authors 1985-
Member of Nigerian Institute of Management 1976
Member, Association of Retired Federal Permanent Secretaries 2005
Member, Nigerian Union of Journalists 1973
Member, International Press Institute 1991
Fellow of Association of Commonwealth Journalists 1992
Member, Western State Arts Festival Committee 1969-1973
Member Research Committee national Arts Council 1970-75
Founder/Editor National Cultural Revolution Movement 1971
Founder/Leader, Black Nationalists Movement 1971
Member National Committee on National Cultural Policy 1976-77
Member Oyo state Governing Council for Arts and Culture 1980-83
Chairman Board of Governors Ago-Iwoye Secondary School 1977-79
Chairman, Nigeria Institute of Public relations Oyo state 1988- 89][1989-1991] 2-terms.
Member, National Executive, Nigeria Institute of public Relations
1988/91
Founder Canada Nigeria Chamber of Commerce Toronto 1997
Founder Canada Africa Chamber of Commerce Toronto 1997
President League of Nigerian Columnists 2019-
Communication Secretary Yoruba World Congress 2019-
Jagun Odua Yoruba; Akogun Ijebu Jp
Bursary Award Fellow, Ago Iwoye City Council 1959-63
2nd Prize John Kennedy Essay Competition Award 1965
Western Region Govt Scholar University of Ibadan 1966-69
United Newspapers UK Award 1975/76
Afro-American International Journalists Award 1979
Teenagers Must Repent [1964]
Aye Ode Oni [1964],
Soul Fire [1974],
The Lunatic [1976]
Nigerian Professionals [1985]
The Jewel, a biography of Chief Mrs. HID Awolowo,
Theatre On Wheels [1997]
Deaths in the Thighs [2001)
IN THE BELLY OF VULTURES (2018) etc etc etc
PAPERS & SPEECHES
Indiscipline: the Bane of our Civilization 1974
Corruption The Way Out 1976
The Untapped Potentials of the Nigerian Women 1991
The Writer as a Journalist 1992
The Politics of Language 1997
Beyond the Politics of Language 2002
Mankind on the Precipice 2004
Neither Sleep Nor Snore: Gridlock of the Rich the Poor 2007 etc etc
Debate, dancing, drumming
8, Tola Adeniyi Drive, Ashi, Ibadan, Oyo State
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