Ebun Olorun ADESIOYE,

Biographical record

Title

Mr

Surname

ADESIOYE,

First Name

Ebun Olorun

Gender

Male

Source of Publication

Who is Who In Nigeria (1978)

Date of Birth

December 23, 1923,

Status

Alive

State of Origin

Ondo State

Father's Status

N/A

Mother's Status

N/A

Marital Status

Married

Number of Children (Male)

1

Number of Children ( Female)

3

Profession

Journalist. Public Affairs Consultant,

Education Level

Tertiary

Schools Attended with Dates

Ebenezer Anglican School, Agbaje; All Saints' Anglican School, Ogbonkowo, Ondo Boy's High School, Ondo;

Membership of Professional Bodies/Professional Qualifications

member of the London Institute of Journalism and of the Public Relations Society of America,

Present Appointment

Chairman of the Sketch Publishing Company; chairman, the Sketch Publishing Company —publishers of the Daily Sketch, Sunday Sketch, the Entertainer, and Gboungboun;

Previous Appointments

professionally trained in Nigeria, Britain and the USA; editor, Daily Comet, Lagos, 1945; editor Southern Nigeria De fender, Ibadan, 1947; editor, Eastern Nigeria Guardian, Port Harcourt, 1948; editor, Nigerian Spokesman, Onitsha, 1949, editor, Daily Times, Lagos, 1951-55, and managing editor. Times Group of Newspapers, 1955-57; Managing Director, OAB Press Service, Ltd., 1959 to date; correspondent for Time Magazine, New York Times and Associated Press, 1959-71;

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

N/A

Hobbies

reading and listening to music

Other Relevant Information

read many papers at many international conferences, including "Prospects for Foreign Investments in Nigeria" at Harvard Club, New York, in March 1965, "Seven Years of Nigerian In dependence" at International Public Relations Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1967, and "Impact of Military Regimes in Nigeria and West Africa" at International Public Affairs Conference, London, 1976;

Residential Address

45, Bombay Crescent, Apapa, Lagos; Office: OAB Press Service Ltd., 27-29, Martins Street, P.O. Box 802, Lagos

Official Address

Sketch Publishing Company Ltd., Sketch Building, New Court Road, Ibadan.