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  • The Nation appoints Adesina as Editor

    THE Board of Directors of Vintage Press Limited has appointed Mr Adeniyi Adesina as Editor of The Nation .

    Adesina’s appointment was announced on Thursday by Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief, Mr. Victor Ifijeh.

    Adesina succeeds Mr Gbenga Omotoso, the pioneer editor of the newspaper, who is now a commissioner-designate in Lagos State. Omotoso has been screened by the Lagos State House of Assembly, following his nomination by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

    The Board of Directors, according to Ifijeh, praised Omotoso “for his outstanding performance, commitment to duties and his immense contributions to the phenomenal growth  of The Nation  in  its 13 years of existence.”

    The Nation hit the newsstands on July 31, 2006, with the credo: Truth in Defence of Freedom.

    Two years later, it began printing in three locations : Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt. This enabled it to get to  most towns and cities in the six geo-political zones serving timely and fresh news.

    The feat earned The Nation instant acceptance by readers and advertisers. It quickly climbed up the ladder to become the market leader and the widest circulating newspaper in Nigeria.

    Other appointments announced on Thursday are: Mr. Lawal Ogienagbon (Managing Editor)—Editorial Services, Dr Emmanuel Oladesu (Deputy Editor)—Daily, and Mr. Bunmi Ogunmodede (News Editor).

    Adesina joined The Nation as Deputy Editor (Saturday) in April 2010. He was reassigned as Deputy Editor (News) of The Nation in August 2010, the position he held until November, 2018.

    While on Leave of Absence, he served as Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola between December 2018 and August 5, 2019.

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    In almost three decades of journalism practice, he worked with Prime People, National Concord, AM News, Punch and News Star newspapers among others, covering various beats.

    He worked on the three titles at Punch, serving as Assistant Editor, Saturday Punch in charge of Sports in 2001 and Assistant Editor in charge of News, between 2002 and 2004. He was Head of Foreign desk of The Punch from 2005 to 2006.

    Adesina was appointed Editor of News Star in 2007, the position he held until 2009.

    He attended the University of Lagos for his degrees, graduating in 1987 and bagging a Master’s in Mass Communication.

    Adesina has attended professional seminars and training programmes at home and in the United Kingdom and Denmark. He is married and blessed with children.

    Erstwhile Deputy Editor Ogienagbon started his career as a reporter with The Punch. He moved over to the Daily Times and rose to the position of Deputy Editor. He also served as Deputy Editor of National Interest.

    The managing editor joined The Nation at inception, becoming the News Editor. He was promoted Deputy Editor (Daily) in 2010.  Ogienagbon holds B.Sc. in Mass Communication

    Until this appointment, Oladesu was since 2015, the group political editor. He will still oversee the political desk.

    He started his career as a Reporter/Features Writer with TNT Newspapers in 1997 before moving to The Comet as Education Reporter (1999-2002), Political Correspondent (2002-2005), Political Correspondent, The Nation (2005-2007), Senior Writer (2007-2008), Deputy Political Editor (2008-2014), and Group Political Editor.

    Oladesu won the 2014 DAME Political Reporter of the Year and NMMA Political Reporter of the year in 2015.

    The deputy editor holds a PhD in Educational Psychology from the University of Lagos.

    Oladesu obtained two Master’s degrees in Personnel Psychology from the University of Ibadan (2000) and in Educational Psychology from the University of Lagos (2017).

    He was the best graduating student of the Guidance and Counselling Department and overall best in the Faculty of Education when he bagged his first degree at the Ondo State University, Ado-Ekiti (OSUA) in 1995.   In 2016, he became an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM), a professional body he joined in 2004.

    Ogunmodede began his journalism career in 1995 at the Independent Communications Network Limited (ICNL), publishers of The News, A.M./P.M. News and Tempo magazine after graduating from the University of Ibadan.

    He joined The Comet at inception in 1999 working on the City/Metro Desk. He covered the activities of the Lagos State Government, reporting from the Secretariat in Alausa for six years, before being promoted as deputy news editor. He was News Editor of Nigerian Compass between 2008 and 2011.  Ogunmodede got the public service experience when he served as Special Assistant (Media) to former Ekiti State Deputy Governor Prof. Modupe Adelabu from 2013 to 2014 while on Leave of Absence. Before this appointment, he was the acting news editor.

     

  • The Nation condoles with firm over driver’s death

    The management of Vintage Press Limited, publishers of The Nation, has commiserated with Messrs. Marce and Chris Nigeria over the demise of one of its staff, Mr. Chidi McDonald Osuigwe.

    Osuigwe died in an inferno that engulfed his VW Passat van with registration number Lagos FST 732 FB, after a ghastly accident on the Port Harcourt-Owerri highway, last Tuesday.

    He was on his way to Asaba/Awka through Owerri with consignments of The Nation and Sporting Life papers when the accident occurred at about 5am, around Ubima town in Ikwerre local government area of Rivers state.

    The Regional Manager, South-south, of The Nations newspaper, Mr. Shola O’Neil, who met with Mr. Sam Pendo, a representative of Marce and Chris in his office on Thursday, described Osuigwe’s death as very unfortunate and sad.

    “It is painful to lose anybody, especially one so young and vibrant, and in such an unfortunate manner,” O’Neil told the company, which handles its freight in some routes in the South-south and Southeast.

    He prayed God to console the family members, friends and colleagues of the deceased, and to give them the strength to carry on.

    In his response, Pendo thank the management for taking more than business interest in the accident and promised to convey the company’s message to the grieving members the late driver.

    The remains of Osuigwe has since been buried in Ogbaku, Owerri in Imo state.

  • Court dismisses libel suit against Vintage Press, others

    The Kogi State High Court sitting in Idah on Wednesday dismissed a libel suit brought against the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Vintage Press Limited, publishers of The Nation newspaper, Guardian and Punch newspapers, for lacking in merit.

    Justice Fola Ajayi in his judgment on the suit filed by the suspended Kogi chairman of APGA, Prince Ocholi Ameh, alleging defamatory imputations against him arising from publication of certain statements, dismissed the suit.

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    He said that it was clear that from the findings that the claims could not be substantiated as the alleged diversion of fund and anti-party activities upon which the publications were based had been proven.

    The defendants, including Mr. Ben Nweke, were alleged to have committed the offence sometimes in November, 2015.

    Ameh had averred that while preparing for the 2015 gubernatorial election, the 1st defendant (Nweke), a card-carrying member of the party and the other defendants had connived and made libelous publications against him.

    The publications, according to him, had alleged that he was suspended from the party for anti-party activities, diversion of funds, absenteeism and other acts inimical to the survival of the party.

    According to him, the publication therefore portrayed him as “a fraudulent, reckless and an irresponsible person,” all of which he claimed were false.

    The claimant stated that request by his solicitors for a retraction of the publication and an apology from the defendants was not heeded.

    In the judgment, Justice Ajayi held that the claimant had stated under cross examination that on October 26, 2015, the party gave him the sum of N1 million to organize the flag-off of campaign for the party’s gubernatorial candidate.

    He said that the claimant admitted that the campaign did not hold and neither was the money refunded just as no explanation was given to show how the money was appropriated, giving room for his suspension on November 11, in line with the party’s constitution.

    “I find without hesitation that the claimant has not proved that any offensive publication was made by the 1st and 2nd defendants against him to other person(s) in circumstances as to constitute libel.

    “It cannot be over emphasized that the isolated evidence of the claimant that the publication tarnished his good image and caused him to lose the respect and admiration of others is simply insufficient in law.”

    The court pronounced that in view of the clear findings, the defamatory imputations of diversions of fund and sundry anti-party activities alleged, were true.

    “The principle of law is settled by a long line of decided cases that if the defendant proves that the main charge or gist of the libel is true, the claim of libel fails.

    “The claimant need not justify the statement or comments which do not add to the sting of the charge. Accordingly, I find no merit in the claim and it is dismissed,” it declared.

  • The Nation Charity Match; Editorial/Production department wins

    The Nation Charity Match; Editorial/Production department wins

    As Vintage Press Limited, owners of The Nation Newspapers, is counting down to its 10th year anniversary, a charity match was played, between the Finance/admin department and the editorial/production unit on Saturday.

    The match which was held at the Armed Forces Resettlement Centre, Oshodi, ended in 2-1 victory in favour of the editorial department.

    The contest witnessed a large turnout of staff and their families despite the heavy downpour.

    The trophy was later presented to the editorial team captain by match officials and a representative of the company management team.

  • ‘South West regional integration should be devoid of politics’

    ‘South West regional integration should be devoid of politics’

    LEADERS of the Southwest states on Wednesday at the opening ceremony of the regional Grassroots Business and Investments Forum (EXPO 2013) called on all the governments and people to join hands in building a prosperous zone.

    Prince Bola Ajibola, a former Attorney General of the Federation who was chairman at the ceremony organized by Vintage Press Limited, Publishers of The Nation held in Osogbo, the Osun State capital said political tendencies should be deemphasized in plotting the road to the future.

    The ex-Judge at the International Court of Justice, The Hague, was supported by a former governor of Oyo State, Dr. Omololu Olunloyo who called on the governors to close ranks and return the region to the glorious days of the old Western Region.

    The two governors in attendance, Rauf Aregbesola of Osun and Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo toed the same lines in the thought-provoking speeches they delivered. Governor Aregbesola extended a hand of fellowship to Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State who was elected on the platform of Labour Party at a well-fought electoral battle last October. Aregbesola said: “Elections are over now and Its time for us all to come together in the interest of our people. It is about the protection and development of our territory.”

    Ajimobi said: “This is not about party politics. It is about governance. It is about the region. Each of the states has an area of strength. What we need is develop areas of comparative advantage for the overall interest of our people.” Ajimobi  listed the benefits accruable from regional integration and appealed to his Ondo state counterpart to embrace the idea for the benefit of the people of the region .
    Some of the benefits, he said, are consensus based decision making processes, elimination of conflict and unhealthy rivalry, holistic articulation and
    effective mobilisation of varieties of resources , and utilisation of community resources  to facilitate optimal delineation of development roles among
    the integrating units amongst others.
    He said the need for the South West, which used to be a hub of the defunct Western Region and her people to be united under one economic umbrella has
    been on the front burner .
    “It is on this note I want to urge my brother governor in Ondo to join in this unique effort by participating in the regional integration for the
    economic empowerment of our people. He ( governor Mimiko) should not see it as politics because it goes beyond it”, Ajimobi stressed .

    Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State who delivered the keynote address was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr. Ganiyu Owolabi. He also challenged all the people to brace up for a new era when the people would cooperate rather than see themselves as unhealthy competitors.

    Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State was represented by the Special Adviser on Agriculture, Mrs. Tinu Shopeju while Babatunde Fashola of Lagos was  represented by  his Special Adviser on Integration, Rev. Tunji Adebiyi.
    Ajibola said the achievements of governors in the zone were good enough to attract investments and  gave kudos to Aregbesola for progressive steps taken since he took  the reins of government in the state, describing him as the Omoluabi of Oodualand.

    Olunloyo said regional integration would correct many things that had been done wrong in the past, advising that politics should be de-emphasised in the agenda because “politics is a waste of valuable time.”
    Aregbesola, said the theme of the programme: “Actualising Economic Development for Regional Growth” was apt, noting that regional integration was meant to harness abundant resources within the South West to promote well being of the people and for socio-economic advancement of the people under responsive and responsible governments.

    He said: “We (new set of governments in the South West) inherited very bad situation. Because many good legacies were lacking, on assumption of office, we have to begin to work round the clock to make amends where necessary. In many situations we have to evolve strategic planning with strong involvement of the private sector and social groups.”