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Monzor Olowosago

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137:. He worked with the Concord Newspaper for Five years before he decided to start his community newspaper Oriwu Sun Community Newspaper. He started the production of the paper in 1985, which was on his birthday. He started the newspaper with two full time staff and three part time reporters. The operation was from his father's house in Ikorodu. He started production of the paper with 20 pages black and white. Today they produce more than 100 pages, all colour per edition 27: 117:
aroused his curiosity about community reporting. It was in London that he noticed that apart from the national and city newspapers, there were newspapers specifically serving communities and he decided that when he gets back home to Nigeria, he would set up a community newspaper in Ikorodu Division.
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Alhaji Monzor Olowosago contributes to his community in Ikorodu. He is the patron of Lagos State Community Journalists and practitioners and he donated a 3-classroom block to Estate Primary School in Ikorodu. He also built a Mosque within the premises of the newly built
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On arrival in Nigeria,  Monsur Olowosago worked at National Concord newspaper. The Concord newspaper was founded in 1980, and he applied to work there; he was employed to work under the late
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He graduated from the journalism school in London 1977, and  has never ventured into any other profession apart from Journalism.
90:, Nigeria's commercial capital. The newspaper has been publishing without break for 36 years, since 1985, making it the foremost 170: 102:
Monzor Olowosago was born on April 25, 1951. He clocked 70 on April 25, 2021, and he was congratulated by the President of the
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Monzor Olowosago attended the London College of Journalism. While in London, he lived in North London. His stay in
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is a journalist and the publisher of Oriwu Sun Community Newspaper based in
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orphan
link to it
introduce links
related articles
Find link tool
Ikorodu
Ikeja
Lagos State
community newspaper
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Muhammadu Buhari
North London
Dele Giwa
Sub-Editor
NASFAT


"Buhari greets Olowosago, publisher of foremost community newspaper, at 70 | Encomium Magazine"
"Buhari belatedly rejoices with Olowosago, publisher of Oriwu Sun"


"'There is need for more community newspapers in Nigeria'"
"MONZOR OLOWOSAGO: I've carved my name in the history of community journalism in Nigeria"
"NASFAT Ikorodu Commissions Health Centre, Ratibi Mosque –"
"Publisher donates building to Lagos primary school The Nation Newspaper"
Categories
Living people
Nigerian newspaper journalists
People from Ikorodu

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