A Retired Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication. He graduated BA (Journalism) Univ. of Wisconsin-Whitewater, MA (Communications) Michigan State University, Ph.D (Journalism/Mass Comm) Indiana University, Bloomington. He has taught and done research in universities in Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, South Africa, USA and Costa Rica His current area of focus is Peace Journalism.
Passionate about using strategic communication to address pressing issues of society, especially in political communication, election campaigns, advertising, public relations, public affairs, and government services. He is Professor Emeritus of Strategic Communication at North Dakota State University and was formerly the Executive Coordinator of the African Council for Communication Education (ACCE, Nairobi), and the Founding…
Holds a Ph.D. (Howard University), B.A. (UNN), M.Sc. (UniJos), MPA, and MBA (USA), is an award-winning author and lecturer in the Department of Africana Studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA. She is an interdisciplinary teaching professional and married to Professor Ephraim Okoro at Howard University and they have three grown children.
A former military governor of Bauchi State and holds a B.Sc degree in Meteorology from the University of Oklahoma, an M. Phil in Political Science from the University of Jos, and an Honorary Doctor of Science from the Federal University of Technology, Akure. He had a distinguished career in the military and was GOC 82…
Executive Chairman, Center for Poverty Eradication, Development and Equal Opportunity, Abuja. He holds a B, Sc. Hons, Pol. Sc., University of Ibadan, M.A. and Ph.D, University of Wisconsin-Madison. He lectured at both the University of Jos and Wisconsin before joining the Presidency in 1989 where he was a director of different agencies and Special Adviser…
Graduated from the University of Lagos in 1978, with a B S (Hons) degree in Political Science and following his national service joined the Nigerian Statesman Newspaper in Owerri, IMO state as a Features Writer, then Editor of Sunday Statesman and in 1982, Editor. He later joined the GUARDIAN Newspaper, Lagos as News Editor. He…
A recently retired school administrator and executive Director of The Orchard Institute, an educational services group in Corona, CA. USA. He is a graduate of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka where he also taught Large Animal Surgery and Clinics before leaving to the United States in 1990. At different times…