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);
– 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)
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES/PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
– Member, National Union of Journalist;
– Member, Nigerian Institute of Management
AWARDS AND HONOURS:
– Recipient, Best Reporter Award, Daily Times, 1978.
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(Unpublished PhD Dissertation.)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:
– Jogging
– Reading
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.
EMAIL ADDRESSES:
[email protected]
[email protected]
WEBSITE:
www.richardikiebe.com
TWITTER:
@ROIkiebe
“Please send your updated CV to: [email protected]” – Editor
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