Adefaye is New NIJ Provost

Mr. Gbenga Adefaye, the General Manager/Editor-in-Chief of Vanguard Newspapers, has been appointed as Provost of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Ogba, Ikeja.

A statement signed in Lagos on Monday by former Ogun governor, Chief Olusegun Osoba, Chairman, Governing Council of the NIJ, said 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.