Vanguard GM Gbenga Adefaye named NIJ provost

Vanguard editor Gbenga Adefaye

General manager of Vanguard Newspapers Gbenga Adefaye has been appointed as provost of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ) Ogba, Lagos.

Chairman, NIJ Governing Council Olusegun Osoba stated this in a release on Monday.

The appointment of Mr Adefaye will take effect from September 1, 2020, according to the statement.

Adefaye, a two-term president of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, succeeds Gbemiga Oluleye who has served out his term meritoriously.

The NIJ is a diploma-awarding monotechnic established in 1963 by the International Press Institute.