B.A., painter, cartoonist, journalist; DOB: March 18, 1963; Place: Jos, Plateau State; Hometown: Asaba; LGA: Oshimili South; State: Delta; Married: Carol Nneka Uwerunonye, December 12, 1998; No of Children: three, two daughter, one sons; EDUCATION: Zappa Primary School, Asaba; Holy Cross Primary School, Benin City; St. Patrick's College, Asaba, 1974-79; College of Education, Ekiadolor, Benin City, 1979; University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1980-87; CAREER: Auxilliary Teacher, Edokpolor Grammar School, Benin City, 1979; Corps Liaison Officer, Ideato LGA, 1987; Artist, Newswatch Magazine, 1989-91; Deputy Head of Graphics, Tell Magazine, 1991-2001; Co-Publisher/Executive Director, Insider Weekly Magazine, since 2001; mem: Association of Fine Art Students, UNN; Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ; Nigerian Guild of Editors, Cartoonists Association of Nigeria; Cartoonist Relief Network, Arlington, Virginia, USA; Publicity Sub committee, Presidential Committee on the Equipping of Nigeria Police Force; Honours: best painting student, UNN, 1987; seven times cowinner of Diamond Awards for Media Excellence (best designed magazine) for Tell Magazine; Only Nigerian cartoonist selected for an International Exhibition of World Editorial Cartoonists in Danger in Arlington, Virginia, USA; selected by the International Alliance of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forest, Chiang Mai, Thailand, to represent the organization at the third General Assembly of the Global Environmental Facility hosted by the Government of the Republic of South Africa in Cape Town, 2006; hob: chess, swimming, scrabble, crossword reference; off: 36A, Acme Road, Ogba, Ikeja, Lagos; tel: 01-7948797.
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