By Chinwendu Agoha (MDA Reporter)
Mr. Gbenga Adefaye, General Manager/Editor-in-Chief of Vanguard Newspapers, Mr Gbenga Adefaye, has been appointed as Provost of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ), Ogba, Ikeja.
A statement in Lagos on Monday by the Chairman of the Governing Council of the NIJ and former Ogun governor, Chief Olusegun Osoba, said Adefaye would serve as Provost of the institution with effect from Tuesday Sept. 1, 2020, pending the appointment of a new Provost.
He succeeds the former Provost, Mr. Gbemiga Ogunleye, who has successfully served out his term. Adefaye was a former two-term president of the Nigerian Guild of Editors.
The NIJ is a Nigerian monotechnic institute located at Ogba in Ikeja, Lagos State. It is a diploma-awarding monotechnic established in 1963 by the International Press Institute. (source: NAN). NNL
