{"id":9871,"date":"2017-02-07T14:19:59","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T13:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=9871"},"modified":"2017-06-02T16:51:01","modified_gmt":"2017-06-02T15:51:01","slug":"ojo-edetaen","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ojo-edetaen\/","title":{"rendered":"OJO, Edetaen"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BA; journalist human rights activist; b:January 27,1963; ht: Ekpoma;<br \/>\nso: Edo; m:Oluwatoyin Gloria Aisinamen, 1994;<br \/>\nnc: one son,one daughter; <\/p>\n<p>EDUCATION: Edo College, Benin City, Edo State, 1973-78; University of Ife, (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Ile-Ife, 1979-83. <\/p>\n<p>CAREER: Editorial Asst. Heinemann Educational Books Nigeria Limited, Ibadan, Oyo State, 1983-84; Senior Teacher, Ezomo College, Benin City, Edo State, 1985-86; Judicial Corespondent, The Guardian Newspaper, Isolo, Lagos; 1986-97; Editor, Penal Reform Network, since October 1997; c-director. Media Rights Agenda; coordinator, Research; mm. Civil Liberties Organisation, since October 1987; Management Committee, Constitutional Rights Project, 1990-93; Editorial Committee, Constitutional Rights  Journal, 1990-93; International Observer Group, Monitored the Legislative and Presidential Elections, Republic of Benin, 1991. Executive Board, African Journalists Network, since July 1995; Human Rights and Press Freedom Committee, Nigeria Union of Journalists, 1995-97; Co-ordinating Committee, Human Rights Information Network, since February 1997; National Co-ordinating Committee, National Non- Govemmental Organisations Coalition on Penal Reform, since August 1997; Member Research and Publicity Committee, United Action for Democracy, since December 1997; Editorial Board, Law Enforcement Review, since January 1998; Nigeria Union of Journalists;<br \/>\nPublication: The Nigerian Press: Walking A Legal Minefield, Democracy Review, Civil Liberties Organisation, 1997;<br \/>\nHobbies: reading, travelling, movies; off: 44, Alhaja Kofoworola Crescent off Obafemi Awolowo Road, Ikeja, Lagos; tel: 234-1-49360334; fax: 234-01- 4930831; e-m: pubs@mediarightsagenda.org website: www.internews.org\/ mra; res: 5,Ajiboye StreetoffAdeniyiJones Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[505],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-9871","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-activism"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/9871","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\/9871\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9871"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=9871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}