The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), in collaboration with Vintage Press Limited, publishers of The Nation newspapers, is organising a one-day colloquium on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, to celebrate Prof Olatunji Dare, who clocks 80 years same day.
In a statement by the NGE President, Eze Anaba and General Secretary, Dr IyobosaUwugiaren, yesterday, the umbrella of editors and media executives said that the event would start at noon at Radisson Hotel, Isaac John Street, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos.
The colloquium, with the theme, “Dare @ 80: Same Craft, Changing Times – The Columnist as Societal Conscience,” will feature Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Diamond Publications, Lanre Idowu, as Lead Speaker.
Other panellists include President, Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN), Kabiru Yusuf; former Managing Director of Guardian Newspapers Limited, Emeka Izeze; NGE President, Anaba; President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Chris Isiguzo, among others.
Dare is the Editorial Adviser of The Nation, who is also renowned as a consummate teacher and seasoned columnist. He is globally acknowledged as a “master satirist, stylist exemplar and magisterial editorialist.”
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