B.A., M.A., D.Phil; journalist, administrator, DOB: March 9, 1960; Place: Ihima; Hometown: Ihima; LGA: Okehi; State: Kogi; Married: Ibironke Bellois, January 20, 1999; EDUCATION: Roman Catholic Sch. Oboroke-Ihima, 1966-72; Lenon Memorial College Okene, 1973- 1977; University of Ibadan, 1979-1982; New York University, 1990- 91 and 1991-96; CAREER: Correspondent, The Guardian Newspapers, 1983- 88; News Editor, The Guardian on Sunday, 1988-89; Information Officer, United Nations Operations in Somalia, 1994-95; Press Officer, United Nations Headquarters, New York, 1997-98; Information Officer, United Nations Humanitarian Mission in Iraq, 1988-99; Special Asst! to the v-presd. on Media Relations, May-August, 1999; md. Daily Times of Nigeria Pic, 1999-2003; Special asst. to the v-presd. on Media Relations, 2004-05; mm: Nigeria Union of Journalists; Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria; Association of Nigerian Authors; publ: co-author. Born To Run, a biography of Dele Giwa; In the eyes of time, a biography of Olusegun Obasanjo; The Mbuti, a profile ofthe Mbuti of Zaire; several plays for stage and radio/television hob: reading, travelling, dancing; pha: DU 51, Oboroke-Ihima, Okehi lga., Kogi State.
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