Celebrating An Icon: Mike Awoyinfa @ 60.....
Mike Awoyinfa is the Publisher of Entertainment Express. Was the former Managing Director and Editor-in-chief of The Sun, Lagos. He is the author of 50 Nigeria's Corporate Strategists and Nigeria's Marketing Memoirs. He is President, Chelsea Fan Club. He writes Press Clips and Rolling Stone columns in Entertainment Express newspaper. He is President, Chelsea Fan Club.
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| Father and Son |
Mike Awonyifawas born into an average family and at a tender age of six, he was taken from his parents to live with his eldest brother who was a school teacher, and as usual, Life with a school teacher back then was filled with books, and he was exposed to literature and a lot of books, little did he know that the reading culture which he cultivated in his brother’s house was going to take him to places and heights he never dreamt of reaching.
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| Young Mike Awoyinfa as a kid |
He was Editor at National Concord while Dimgba Igwe was Assistant Editor in Sunday Concord. They were later recruited by Managing Director Dr. Doyinsola Hamidat Abiolato start Weekend Concord as Editor and Deputy Editor respectively, in February 1989 and ever since then, the duo have been long standing friends.
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| Mike Awoyinfa and Dimgba Igwe |
The duo was behind the monumental success of Weekend Concord in late 80s till early 90s. They succeeded in changing the face of weekend print journalism in the industry.
The friendship of Awoyinfa and Igwe is a testimony, and is worthy of emulation. The duos have stuck together like Siamese twins for the past 23 years. They were co-founders of The Sun newspapers. Together they are now Publisher and Associate Publisher of Entertainment Express and Sunday Express.
Mr. Mike Awoyinfa has been writing a book which involves editors from all over the world. It is an interview with celebrated editors; editors of the Sunday Times of London, of the New York Times Daily, Los-Angeles Times and many others. It is a book which he intend to launch to mark His 60th birthday
He is blessed with a lovely wife that understands him like a book and he is blessed with Three Wonderful Kids and I happen to be a friend to his first Son.
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| One Big Happy Family |
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| Mr. & Mrs. Mike Awoyinfa. |
His friends and well-wishers are putting together a dinner in his honour on the 5st of August at Sheraton Hotel Ikeja, to celebrate this wonderful man.
One of his best wishes was to be given an award and he wants the award to be inscribed in his name: Mike Awoyinfa Award for Human Interest Journalism. That is an award very dear to his heart. And I see that coming very very soon.
God Bless You Sir, and may the good lord Guide and protect you.
Happy Birthday!!!!!! For you are a jolly Good fellow.
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