Obafemi Obadare -PROFILE

Assistant General Secretary Academic:St Stephen’s ‘A’ Primary School Alapata Modakeke 1972-1977 St John’s Grammar School Oke-Atan Ile-Ife 1977-1982 Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife B.A. Philosophy 1985-1989 His journalism career has spanned 31yrs: from Newsline Minna to SUNRAY in Port Harcourt, to ALIVE Newspapers in Lagos. He joined Nigeria’s No 1 newspaper in 2000 as a Sports Correspondent, rose to Features Editor of Sunday PUNCH and Editor, Saturday PUNCH in 2010. Currently, he’s been a Senior Member, Editorial Board, The PUNCH, since 2013

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OLAOLUWA OMIFARE -PROFILE

                                VICE PRESIDENT 2 Olaolu Omifare is a Professional Insurer and Administrator with over 24 years experience in the Insurance industry. He is a man with vision powered by unconquerable impulse to break new grounds and cross new frontiers. He is currently the Chairman SilverOaks Prime Consultancy limited and Managing Director/ CEO OMI insurance brokers Nigeria limited.

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DR. FESTUS ODUNAYO ABIMBOLA OSHOBA – PROFILE

President Dr. Festus Odunayo OSHOBA, a retired chief consultant ophthalmologist of repute and former Registrar, Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, is the proprietor and chief operating officer at LADKEM EYE HOSPITAL, Lagos. A man of many parts: a distinguished scholar, a seasoned and chartered administrator, a journalist, law graduate, public health practitioner, lover of lawn tennis sport, teacher and mentor of many ophthalmologists and a leader and member of many professional and social groups. Currently, he is the Vice President of the Chartered Institute of Administration; the Chairman of Medical and Scientific Commission of Nigeria Olympic Committee (2020); the 1st Vice President of the Guild of Medical Directors (GMD, National) and 1st Vice President, Healthcare Federation of Nigeria (HFN). He is also a regular radio and television guest on eye-related issues. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS A 1975 product of St. John’s Grammar School, Ile-Ife, Osun State and a 1984 medical graduate, University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria (M.B;B.S.); Trained at Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) as a Consultant Ophthalmologist: Fellow, West African College of Surgeons (FWACS), Dec. 1988 – Nov, 1992; National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria (FMCOPH), Dec. 1988 – May 1993;        The Chartered Institute of Administration (CIA chartered by […]

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Alumni get new exco

RESTRICTED by the government regulations on COVID-19, the old boys association of St. John’s Grammar School, Ile-Ife, has devised an electronic poll system to elect its new executives. The device also enabled members of the association in over 20 locations in four continents to fill their ballots and vote. Members voted from Nigeria, Canada, United Kingdom, United States, Denmark, Australia, South Africa, among other countries, last Saturday. Mr. Lanke Bakare, who handled the technical details, said: “We used Google Forms. Google Forms are used to create online surveys and quizzes. These are sent to other people for completion and received back for analysis. It allows you to design the format you want your survey to take and the type of response you want. Responses are automatically collated and easily copied to windows for further analysis.” According to the Secretary of the Electoral Committee, Mr. Yomi Layinka, 218 members participated in the election of the 11-member executive of the association. Layinka, who was the Special Adviser to former Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi, said the committee also held series of interactions with the candidates on the association’s Telegram platform fielding questions from all over the world. The new executive council comprises […]

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