OSOBA, Chief Aremo Olusegun

Journalist, Politician, Administrator · b. July 15, 1939

Journalist, Politician, Administrator. BORN July 15, 1939, Osogbo, Oyo State; PARENTS: Mr and Mrs Jonathan Babatunde Osoba; MARRIED Aderinsola Adeyemi (the Beere Awujale of Ijebu), 1974, two sons, two daughters (Kemi, Olumide, Oluyinka and Tobi); EDUCATION: African Church School, Osogbo, 1947-53, Methodist Boys High School, Lagos, 1956-61, University of Lagos, 1965, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA, 1970-71, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 1974-75; CAREER: Appointed Reporter, Daily Times, Lagos, 1964-67; Diplomatic & Political Correspondent, Daily Times, 1968-69; Acting News Editor, Daily Times, 1968; Editor, Lagos Weekend, 1968-71; Deputy Editor, Sunday Times, 1971; Deputy Editor, Daily Times, 1972-75; Editor, Daily Times, 1975; General Manager, Nigerian Herald, Ilorin, 1975-78; Managing Director, Daily Sketch, Ibadan, 1979-84; Managing Director, Daily Times of Nigeria, 1984-89; Past President, Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria; Member, Executive Board, International Press Institute, 1984-1992; Member, Board of Directors, Nigerian Newsprint Manufacturing Company (NNMC), Oku Iboku, Akwa Ibom State, 1985; Publisher, Community Magnet, Abeokuta; Member, Constituent Assembly 1988-89; Council Member, Commonwealth Press…