IKIEBE, Dr. Richard Okhumale (PhD)

Biographical record

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

January 21, 1955

Name of Spouse

Mrs. Joy Ikiebe

Profession

Veteran Journalist
Scholar

Schools Attended with Dates

SCHOOLS ATTENDED: Nigeria Institute of Journalism, Lagos, 1978; University of Winscosin, Whitewater, USA, 1984; University of Ohio, Athens, USA, 1986; University of Westminster, London, UK, 2017.

Membership of Professional Bodies/Professional Qualifications

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES/PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

- Member, National Union of Journalist;
- Member, Nigerian Institute of Management

Present Appointment

Chairman, Board of Business Day Newspaper; Chairman, Techpoint.ng; Director, Centre for Leadership in Journalism (CLeJ); Visiting Research Scholar, University of Westminster, London; Director and Fellow, Institute of National Transformation (INT);

Previous Appointments

- Senior Policy Adviser, Minister of Information, 1986-1990;

- Executive Director, Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce, 1990-1992;

- Special Adviser, Chief of General Staff (Nigeria’s Military Vice President), 1998-1999;

- Consultant, (World Bank Team), Federal Ministry of Information and the Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE);

- Media and Communication Consultant, Vision 2010 and Africa Union;

- Editor, English Service, The Pan African News Agency, Dakar Senegal;

- Senior Staff Writer, The Daily Times of Nigeria and Newswatch Magazine;

- Host, Talk Shows, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria and Nigerian Television Authority (NTA)

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

N/A

Awards and Honours

AWARDS AND HONOURS:

- Recipient, Best Reporter Award, Daily Times, 1978.

Creative Work/Major Exhibitions

PUBLICATIONS:

In his current career as an academic, Ikiebe has written or edited several books on media in Nigeria. His research is a landmark study of the Nigerian Media (1935-2010). In the course of this work, he interviewed over 80 leading journalists (retired and active).

- The Press National Elections, and the Politics of Belonging in Nigeria, 2017
(Unpublished PhD Dissertation.)
- Nigerian Media Leaders: Voices Beyond the Newsroom Vol. One, 2015
- Nigerian Media Leaders: Voices Beyond the Newsroom Vol. Two, 2015
- Future Tense: The Travails of Next and Nigerian Journalism in the Digital Age, 2012, Editor (with Taiwo Obe)
- Kolade’s Canon 1: People, Leadership and Management, 2013. Editor
- Kolade’s Canon2: Business and Economy, Nation Building, Ethics. 2013.Editor
- Kolade’s Canon 3: Broadcasting. 2013. Editor

Also in the course of his career as a journalist, Ikiebe published numerous articles in newspapers and periodicals mostly on the Nigerian social, economic and political environment.

Hobbies

HOBBIES:

- Jogging
- Reading

Other Relevant Information

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT:

Mr. Ikiebe wrote the blueprint for reorganisation of Organisation of African Unity Dept. of Information & Public Affairs.







ADDRESS:
Centre for Leadership in Journalism,
School of Media and Communication, Pan-Atlantic University,
Ibeju-Lekki Lagos, NIGERIA.






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WEBSITE:
www.richardikiebe.com

TWITTER:
@ROIkiebe