{"id":16412,"date":"2017-03-18T03:17:53","date_gmt":"2017-03-18T02:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=16412"},"modified":"2017-05-24T09:23:25","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T08:23:25","slug":"pearse-michael-augustus-oluwole","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/pearse-michael-augustus-oluwole\/","title":{"rendered":"PEARSE, Michael Augustus Oluwole"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>jour nalist, born July 16, 1929, Abeokuta, Ogun State; married Felicia Bosede Obadan 1959, three sons, four daughters; EducatiomOtapete Methodist School, Ilesha, 1934-36, Olowogbowo Methodist School, Lagos, 1936-43,Methodist Boys&#8217; High School, Lagos, 1943-48, Commonwealth Press Union Fellowship Scheme, London, 1962, Oxford University, 1962;Reporter, West African Pilot, Yaba, Lagos, 1949-50; Reporter, Daily Times Lagos, 1950-51; Reporter, Daily Service, 1951-53; Reporter and later Chief Correspon dent, Daily Express, Kano, Enugu, Ibadan, 1953-65; promoted News Editor, Features Editor and later Assistant Editor,Daily Express; Chief of Bureau, West African News Service (WANS), 1959-60; First Regionl Editor, Daily Express, Kaduna; Lagos Editor, New Nigerian Newspapers Limited, 1965-73; associate Editor, New Nigerian Newspapers Limited, 1974-76; DeputyEditor and later Managing Editor, New Nigerian Newspapers Limited, 1976-79; ap pointed Editor-in-Chief, NNN, January 1980; Editorial Adviser, New Nigerian Newspapers Limited, August 1981-September 1984; Chair man, Board ofGovernors, Nigerian Institute of Journalism, since 1979; Associate Member, Nigerian Institute of Management; former member, Nigeria&#8217;s Branch, British Institute of Journalists; former Chairman, Nigerian Union of Journalists, Northern Region, 1963-65; former Chairman, Lagcs State Branch, Nigeria Union of Journalists, 1969-72; former Patron, Nigeria Union of Journalists; former VicePresident, and later Standing Committee member, Nigerian Guild of Editors; former Vice-President, Newspaper Proprietors&#8217; Association of Nigeria, 1977-81; First VicePresident, Nigerian Boxing Board of Control (NBB of C); former member, Nigerian Wrestl ing Board ofControl (NWB ofC); Traditional Title: Owegan of Badagry, Lagos State, 1978; Award: Veteran Journalist&#8217;s Certificate, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ)i December 1979; Foreign Decoration: Member of the Order of the Central African Republic, Bangui; Hobbies: music, gardening, angling, boating; Official Ad dress: Nigerian Institute of Journalism, NIJ House, 8-14 Ijaiye Road, Ogba Estate, Ikeja, PO Box7769,Lagos;Home: 14Odutayo Street, Adelabu, PO Box 4161, Surulere, Lagos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[452],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-16412","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/16412","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\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/16412\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16412"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=16412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}