Olusegun Osoba, a former governor of Ogun State, has reportedly been appointed Headline Chairman of the Governing Council of the Nigerian Institue of Journalism (NIJ).
Isa Funtua, an ally of President Muhammadu Buhari, recently died from a heart attack.
A source told reporters that Osoba, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was appointed on Tuesday.
It was gathered that Osoba was introduced by the Publisher of Vanguard Newspaper, Sam Amuka at a meeting.
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President of the Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria, Mr Nduka Obaigbena, was also at the meeting.
Osoba is a journalist and politician.
Anaedoonline.ng recalls that the newly built Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ) house in Lagos was named after Isa Funtua.
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The Newspapers’ Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN), Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE) and the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) named the complex after him.
Isa Funtua was a life patron of NPAN.
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