Adefioye Iyunade
The Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Ogba Lagos has appointed Mr Gbenga Adefaye, the General Manager/Editor-in-Chief of Vanguard Newspapers, as acting Provost of the institution.
The former Ogun State governor, Chief Olusegun Osoba, Chairman, Governing Council of the NIJ disclosed this in a statement signed on Monday.
He said that Adefaye would serve as Provost of the institution with effect from Sept. 1, 2020 pending the appointment of a new Provost.
He succeeds the former Provost, Mr Gbemiga Ogunleye, who has served out his term meritoriously.
Adefaye was a former two-term president of the Nigerian Guild of Editors.
The NIJ is a diploma-awarding monotechnic established in 1963 by the International Press Institute.