Olusegun Adeniyi
Olusegun Adeniyi (born 6 November 1965) is a Nigerian journalist, current chair of the editorial board of ThisDay newspapers and a former presidential spokesman to the late President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua. Early life and education. Adeniyi was born in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. He is a 1989 BSc holder in International Relations from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife with a 1997 Masters in International Law and Diplomacy (MILD) from the University of Lagos, and he was also a Fellow at the Weatherhead Centre for International Affairs, Harvard University in 2010/2011 academic session. He conducted his research on the factors  that shape incumbent presidential elections in Africa. Career. He began his journalism career as a Staff Reporter with "The Guardian" Newspapers in December 1990. In April 1992, he left to join the now rested "African Concord" magazine as a Senior Staff Writer and in September of the same year, he was appointed the magazine’s Abuja Bureau Chief with accreditation to cover the State House. Adeniyi, who joined "ThisDay" newspaper in January 1999 as Deputy Editor of the Saturday newspaper, rose to become editor of the Sunday "THISDAY" and in August 2005, he was appointed the editor of the "THISDAY