{"id":13238,"date":"2017-03-02T11:07:28","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T10:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=13238"},"modified":"2017-11-20T12:35:26","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T11:35:26","slug":"olusola-chief-segun","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/olusola-chief-segun\/","title":{"rendered":"OLUSOLA, Chief Segun (Late)"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mni; broadcaster, diplomat television producer, DOB : March 18, 1935; Hometown: Iperu-Remo, so: Ogun; m: Elsie Thomas-Nkune (deceased), 1962; nc: two sons, three daughters; ed: St. John&#8217;s CatholicSchool;Wesley School, Iperu, 1941-47; Remo Secondary School, Sagamu, Ogun State, 1948-53; Syracuse University, New York,USA, 1960-61; Pittsburgh University. USA, 1980; National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru,Jos, 1982. cr: Junior Technical Assistant Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation; 1955-57; Broadcasting Officer, Nigerian Broadcasung Corporation (nowFederal Radio Corporation ofNigeria),Ibadan, 1957; Features Producer, 1957; Africa&#8217;s firsttelevision producer, Western NigeriaBroadcasting Service\/Television, 1959-62; Executive Producer, 1962; Controller, Programmes, Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation\/Television, 1962; dir. Television, Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation\/Television, 1975-77; gm. Nigerian Television Authority, Lagos, 1977-86; Zonal md. 1978-86; direction Commercial, 1987; Nigerian Ambassador to Ethiopia and the Organisation of African Unity, 1987- 93; Founding dir: Players of the Dawn, Ibadan, 1958-64; Founding dir: Theatre Express, Lagos,1966-69; chairman National Festival Committee,Nigeria Arts Council, 1970; dir. Second All-Nigeria FestivalofArts and Culture, 1971; v-cb. National Museum Society, 1969-77; Chairman: Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria Planning Committee, Second All African Games, 1973;Lecturer, Nigerian Institute of Journalism, 1973-74; Chairman: Programmes Committee, Management Board,University of Lagos, CentreforCultural Studies, 1975; presd. Remo Secondary School Old StudentsAssociation, 1987;v-presd. Alumni Associationofthe National InstituteforPolicy and StrategicStudies, 1983;ch: International Centre forArts, Lagos; Founder\/ presd: African Refugees Foundation; Chairman: Ajibule Moniya Gallery; Talent Associates Nigeria Limited; National Commission for Refugees; Indepedent Television and Radio Programme ProducersAssociation ofNigeria; v-cb. Didi Museum, Lagos; dir. Costain (West Africa) Plc; Founding Partner, Mega Resources Consultants, Trustee, International Institute of Communication; mm. Nigerian Institute of Management; National Institute for Policyand Strategic Studies; past presdJf: Society of Nigerian Broadcasters; Writer\/Series Producer, Broke Time Bar,a RadioDrama Series, 1962; assoc. Producer: Taiwo Sango, a TelevisionFeature Film, 1965; Writer\/dir. Morning Moon and Night, Lagos, Edinburgh, 1967; Writer\/Series Creator, Village Headmaster, 1968;Writer\/assoc. dir. My Brother Children, 1970; off: Talent Associates of Nigeria, P.O. Box 4261, Lagos; res: Ajibulu Moniya Gallery, Plot 49, Babs Animashaun Extension, Surulere, Lagos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[452],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-13238","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/13238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/13238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22934,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/13238\/revisions\/22934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13238"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=13238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}