Gbemiga Ogunleye
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Biography
Gbemiga Ogunleye is a Nigerian lawyer, Journalist, media scholar and provost of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism.
Education
He obtained a bachelor's degree in laws from the University of Lagos and a master's degree in media and communication from Pan-Atlantic University but received a Post Graduate Diplomas in Journalism. He also received a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Linguistics from the University of Benin.
Career
Gbemiga was the pioneer Head of Corporate Communications at Arik Air, a Nigerian airline operating a domestic, regional and international flight network. He also served as the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of The Punch Newspaper, a Nigerian daily newspaper. Prior to his appointment as provost of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism to succeed Dr. Elizabeth Ikem, he was the director of News and Current Affairs at Television Continental, Nigeria.