{"id":8384,"date":"2018-04-26T09:32:55","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T08:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=8384"},"modified":"2018-10-03T14:30:29","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T13:30:29","slug":"ofeimun-odia","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ofeimun-odia\/","title":{"rendered":"OFEIMUN, Odia"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.Sc, journalist, poet. Education: St Paul&#8217;s Anglican Primary School, Iruekpen, 1956-61, Anglican Grammar School, Ujoelen, Ekpoma, 1962-64, University of Ibadan, 1972-75, 1982; Career: Appointed Reporter, Midwest Echo, Benin City, 1968-69; Factory Labourer, West African Thread Company, Apapa, Lagos, 1969-71; Clerical Officer, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Alagbon, Ikoyi, Lagos, 1971-72; appointed Administrative Officer, Federal Public Service Commission, Lagos, 1976; English Teacher, Ansarul Islam Grammar School, Ijomu-Oro, Kwara State, 1977-78; Private Secretary to Chief Obafemi Awolowo, 1978-82; member, Editorial Board, The Guardian Newspapers, 1984; Chairman, Editorial Board, The News, 1994-; member, Association of Nigerian Authors, Publicity Secretary,ANA, 1983-84; General-Secretary, ANA, 1984-88; Political Party: member, defunct Unity Party of Nigeria, 1978-83; Publications: The Poet Lied, Longman, London,1980; A Handle for the Flutist. Lagos, Update Publications, 1986; Hobbies: reading, music, dancing, travelling; Former Official Address: c\/o The News, Press House, 27 ACME Road, Agidingbi, Ikeja, P.M.B. 21531, Ikeja, Lagos; Tel\/Fax: 4922499,4924314. E-mail Ical@hypera.com. Home: 56, Seriki Aro Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":24682,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[452],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-8384","biography","type-biography","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8384","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\/8384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23543,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8384\/revisions\/23543"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8384"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=8384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}