Haratio Nelson Onyenke AGEDAH,

Biographical record

Title

Chief

Surname

AGEDAH,

First Name

Haratio

Other Names

Nelson Onyenke

Gender

Male

Source of Publication

NIBC Who's Who (3rd Edition)

Date of Birth

July 24, 1929

Status

Alive

Father's Status

N/A

Mother's Status

N/A

Marital Status

Married

Names of Children

Has six children

Profession

Journalist
Legal practitioner
Administrator

Education Level

Tertiary

Schools Attended with Dates

Baptist Academy, Lagos; read law as an external student of London University, obtained LL.B. (Hons) and called to the Bar following completion of his legal studies 'at the Nigerian Law School;

Previous Appointments

third class clerk, stenographer, confidential secretary with the old Nigerian Marine Department, 1948-55, joined the Nigerian Broad casting Corporation in 1956, worked as a freelance sports reporter and commentator later held posts as news talk producer, senior news editor, political analyst and parliamentary commentator until his appointment as the Corporation's first indigenous director of news and current affairs in 1962, appointed deputy director-general and alternate director-general in 1975, one time president, Nigerian Guild of Editors, member, Nigerian National Olympic Association; Chairman, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, broadcaster, journalist, barrister-at-law, retired Deputy Director General for Programmes Matters, Nig. Broadcasting Corporation, one of the specialists who engineered the take-off of the Nigerian National News Agency;

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

N/A

Hobbies

Sports, especially boxing, reading.

Residential Address

16, Ruxton Road, Ikoyi, Lagos (Office): c/o N.N.P.C. Buildings Falomo - Ikoyi, Lagos;