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Peter Modupe
Modupe
(journalist, public relations officer, Chief Information Officer, Bendel State; Born. December 8, 1925, at Evbiamen- Emai in Bendel State; Education: Anglican Central School, Sabongida Ora up to 1941; United College of Commerce, 1943-45; Indiana Univer sity, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America, 1960-61; took a UNESCO Fellowship for a specialist course in Kenya and Uganda, 1962; obtained Diploma in Mass Communi cation in 1961; worked as assistant editor, Southern Nigeria Defender, 1949-53; editor, Western News, 1962-63; public relations officer, Military Governor's Office, Midwes tern State of Nigeria, 1966-69; was publicity secretary, Benin branch of the banned Zikist Movement, 1949; national president, Nigeria Union of Journalists, 1970-73; mem ber. Board of Governors, Midwest, now Bendel Mass Communications Corporation since 1974; member, Institute of Journalists; honorary citizen of Tennessee, Nashville, USA, author of "100 Nigerian Sayings" (1967), co-author of 'Midwestern Nigeria at a Glance" (1971); Married, and has nine children, five daughters and four sons Address (Home) 4, Second West Circular Road, Behind Ologbosere College, Benin City, Ben del State; (Office): Ministry, of Information, Benin City, Edo State; Phone: 590, 573; Hobby: ihotography and lawn tennis.
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