Soji Olusegun AKINRINADE,

Biographical record

Title

Mr

Surname

AKINRINADE,

First Name

Soji

Other Names

Olusegun

Gender

Male

Source of Publication

Achiever's Who's Who

Date of Birth

February 8,1951

Status

Alive

State of Origin

Osun State

Place of Birth

Yakoyo, Osun State.

Father's Status

N/A

Mother's Status

N/A

Marital Status

Married

Name of Spouse

Sonia Lorraine Graham, 1981

Number of Children (Male)

2

Number of Children ( Female)

1

Profession

Journalist
Administrator

Education Level

Tertiary

Schools Attended with Dates

Origbo Grammar School, Yakoyo, 1962-67; Qyemekun Grammar School, Akure, 1968-69; North-Western State University, Louisiana, USA, 1974-77; University of Georgia, Athens, USA. 1977-79; Wolfson College, Cambridge University, United Kingdom, 1986.

Educational Qualification

BA, MA;

Membership of Professional Bodies/Professional Qualifications

Member, Commonwealth Journalists Association; Member, Society of Professional Journalists, Member, Phi Kappa Phi Scholastic Honor Society, USA; Member, Journalism Association for Minorities, USA; Nuffield Press Fellow of Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK; Fellow of the Nigerian Guild of Editors.

Present Appointment

Director, MayFive Media Limited, January 2012-;

Previous Appointments

Staff, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), 1979;

Assistant Features Editor, The Punch, Lagos, 1980-81;

Features Editor, The Punch, Lagos, 1981-82;

Deputy Editor, The Punch, Lagos, 1982-83;

Assistant Editor, Sunday Concord, 1983-84;

Associate Editor, Newswatch Magazine, 1984-85;

Senior Associate Editor, Newswatch Magazine, 1986-87;

General Editor, Newswatch Magazine, 1987-94;

Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Newswatch Magazine,1994-2010;

Executive Director/ Editor-in-Chief, Newswatch Magazine, 2010-2011;

Consulting Editor, Africa Today, 2005-2015

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

N/A

Hobbies

reading,squash, table tennis

Other Relevant Information

He is a contributor to "Ojukwu", a book published in 2012 by MayFive Media Limited (a company which he co-founded with three other veteran journalists). Additionally, he contributed to Newswatch's Book, "Jogging in the Jungle: The Newswatch Story" and "Moving in Circles", which was published in 2012.

Phone Number

+234 (0) 8037210858

Residential Address

Oluwadamilola Street, Omole Housing Estate, Phase I, Omole, Lagos.

Official Address

MayFive Media Limited
10B Acme Road
Agidingbi,
Ikeja,
Lagos,