{"id":14191,"date":"2017-03-07T14:42:35","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T13:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=14191"},"modified":"2017-05-25T16:29:27","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T15:29:27","slug":"onibonoje-gabriel-omotayo","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/onibonoje-gabriel-omotayo\/","title":{"rendered":"ONIBONOJE, Gabriel Omotayo"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BA, educationist, publisher, farmer, born September 10, 1930, Ijebu Jesa, Oyo State; married Josephine Olufunlayo Arojojoye 1958, four sons, two daughters; Education: St Matthew&#8217;s Primary School, Ijebu Jesa, 1940-47, St Luke&#8217;s Teachers&#8217; Training College, Ibadan, 1951-56, University of Ibadan, 1958-61; Pupil Teacher, Ikoton, 1948-50; Grade Three Teacher\/Head Master, St Philips, Aiyetoro, Ile-Ife, 1953-54; Grade Two Teacher, Anglican Boys&#8217; Secondary Modern School, Ibadan, 1957-58; Graduate Teacher, St Luke&#8217;s Teachers&#8217; Training College, Ibadan, 1961-63; Graduate Teacher, Ibadan Boys&#8217; High School, 1964; Manager and Proprietor, Onibonoje Press,, Ibadan, 1958-68; Chairman and Managing Director, Onibonoje Press and Book Indudstries Nigeria Limited, 1968-79; Chairman\/Publisher, Onibonoje Press and Book Industries Nigeria Limited, since 1980; Chairman\/Farmer, Onibonoje Agricultural Industries Nigeria Limited, since 1978; member, Executive Committee, International Publishers Association, 1972 and 1973; Awards: Honoured with Ife Book Fair Merit Award, 1985; awarded Outstanding Farmer of the Year, Obafemi Awolowo University, IleIfe, 1985-86, 1986\/87; Publications: Africa in theAncient World: A History Book I (Ibadan, Onibonoje Press, 1958), AfricaFrom the Rise of Islam to the End of the Slave Trade: A History Book II (Ibadan, Onibonoje Press, 1958),Africa in theModern World: A History Book III (Ibadan, Onibonoje Press, 1958), CivicsforNigerians(Ibadan, Onibonoje Press, 1959), The Indigenous Book Publishing for National Development (Ibadan, Onibonoje Press, 1965); Hobbies: reading, writing, cur rent affairs, community development; Official Address: Onibonoje Press and Book Industries Nigeria Limited, Felele Layout, Molete, P O Box 3109, Ibadan, Oyo State; Telephone: (022) 313956; Home: Onibonoje Agricultural Industries Nigeria Limited, Esa-Oke Road, Ijebu Jesa, Oyo State. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[1505,2413,2415],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-14191","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-educationist","category-farmer","category-writer"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14191","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":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14191\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14191"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=14191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}