BEVERLY HILLS, May 07, (THEWILL) – The Management of Persecondnews, a transnational online newspaper, headquartered in U.S. with a national office in Abuja, has announced the appointments of top management and editorial staff as part efforts to strengthen its operations.
A statement by the medium said, Mr Akinsola Olakunle Ayodele has been named the Managing Editor, while Stella Igwe-Adesoga, becomes new Deputy Editor. Also, Mr Opeyemi Abegunde has been appointed the Weekend Editor.
The statement signed by the Publisher/CEO, Mr Femi Soneye, said the appointments take effect immediately.
“Akinsola, a writer and journalist with about 34 years experience in broadcast, print and wire journalism, was a Deputy Editor-in-Chief in the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). An alumnus of School of Media and Communication of the Pan-Atlantic University, Lekki, Lagos, Akinsola also attended Nigeria’s premier monotechnic – the Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ), Lagos, and studied English/ English Literature at the Lagos State University (LASU).
“He was a reporter at the defunct Concord Newspapers and Ondo Radio and Television before joining the state-run NAN in 1989 as well as a co-author of a biography on a one-time Ogun State Military Governor, Navy Capt. Oladeinde Joseph, entitled, “The Legacy”.
“Igwe-Adesoga, elevated to the Deputy Editor position, was born in Owerri, Imo State Nigeria, left Nigeria for the United States in 1998.
“Her first job in Journalism was as a copygirl for the defunct Oklahoma Daily News. After about eight years’ stint at the newspaper, she joined the Herald as a Weekend Editor. She has been with Persecondnews since 2015 and currently lives in Vermont, USA.
“Opeyemi Abegunde is a graduate of Political Science from the University of Calabar and currently serves as a media consultant to Alliance Francaise. Abegunde takes charge as the Special Project Editor of Persecondnews.”
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