Alhaji Ismail Babatunde Jose OFR (an haife shi a Legas a kuma ranar 13 ga wayan Disamba 1925, ya mutu ne a ranar 2 ga wayan Agusta 2008) ɗan jaridar Nijeriya ne kuma editan jarida. Jaridar The Guardian ce ta bayyana shi a matsayin "fitaccen jaririn doyen aikin jarida a Najeriya" kuma a matsayin "daya daga cikin fitattun ƴan jaridar Najeriya"; na jaridar Independent a matsayin "editan jaridar da ya mamaye aikin jarida a Najeriya tsawon shekaru talatin" kuma a matsayin "babbar bishiyar da tsironta ya tsiro da sauran titan na aikin"; kuma ta Kamfanin Watsa Labarai na Burtaniya a matsayin "kakan aikin jarida na Najeriya". An haife Jose ga dangin Hamzat da Hajarat Jose, mahaifinsa dan kasuwa ne, asalinsa Ikare a cikin jihar Ondo, wanda ya koma Lagos, mahaifiyarsa dangin Nupe ce .Kakan sa ya taɓa zama Sarkin Musulmi na Kalaba Kalaba . Babatunde Jose ya yi karatun sa a makarantar Gwamnatin Legas, Yaba, Legas, makarantar Methodist, Yaba da St Saviour's College. Jose ya fara aiki a Nnamdi Azikiwe 's Daily Comet, kafin ya zama mai horarwa a Daily Times a 1941 yana da shekaru 16.