Olusegun osoba biography

Dr Segun Osoba was a close friend and associate of Dr Bala Usman over many years. When both of them were appointed by Gen. Murtala Mohammed to be members of the Constitutional Drafting Committee in , they objected to the direction of the discussions of the majority members, and together they wrote the Minority Report and Draft Constitution for the Federal Republic of Nigeria,
This was first published in and presented in Lagos to wide acclaim. Dr. Osoba was born in Ijebu-Ode, South-West Nigeria, on the 9th January He attended Ijebu-Ode Grammar School (); Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology, Ibadan (), University College Ibadan, (), and Moscow State University (). He taught at Ijebu-Ode Grammar School (). He taught and conducted research in the Department of History, O.A.U., Ile- Ife (). His special area of research interest is the social and intellectual history of modern Nigeria. Dr. Osoba’s work at Ife inspired generations of students, who look to him for intellectua

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Olusegun Osoba

Olusegun Osoba, is the journalist and politician who twice became the governor of Ogun state. Osoba was born in and educated at Methodist Boys&#; High School, Lagos between and Osoba obtained a diploma on journalism from the University of Lagos in and also did journalism courses at Indiana University Bloomington. In his career as a reporter, he came to the public’s consciousness with the assassination of Prime Minister Tafawa Balewa in the first coup of Being his greatest scoop, Osoba had discovered the dead body of the prime minister who was dumped in the jungle through a tipoff bygd one of his contacts.

Osoba had endeared himself to his chef, Babatunde Jose, during the Murtala Mohammed coup of This would later lead to Jose appointing him as Editor of the Daily Times. He would later rise to become the managing director of the newspaper company, revamping and bringing it back to profitability through austere measures. Osoba was elected governor of Ogun State in Ja

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Of how many people can it be said that they have lived to the age of 85 and have led their entire life without deviating from their designated goal, especially when that goal involves unrelenting struggle to bring about change to a Nigerian society rife with economic and political inequality and various forms of injustice?

This can be said of Dr. Olusegun Osoba, who turns 85 this month, and who continues to be an inspiration to new generations, with his lifelong example of struggle for a better society &#; a society where oppression and exploitation have been eradicated and where each individual is able to develop his or her full potential in a truly democratic environment.

Olusegun Osoba was born in Ijebu-Ode, S.W. Nigeria on the 9th January, He attended Ijebu-Ode Grammar School (); Nigerian College of Arts, Science & Technology, Ibadan (); University College of Ibadan () and Moscow State University (). He taught at Ijebu-Ode Grammar School (), For most of his professional li