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Mike Okiro is presently the Nigerian Inspector General of Police.
Mike who was appointed in 2007, hails from Rivers state, is an alumnus of the Nigerian Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies and was at one time, Lagos State Police Commissioner and DIG Operations before he was made DIG Works.
Mr J.K. Opadiran until his appointment as the Acting Director General of the Nigeria Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies was the Ag. Director of Studies.
An astute administrator, Mr. James K. Opadiran holds a B.Sc degree in Geography from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (1972). He also studied Operational Research and Systems Analysis at ASTON University, Birmingham, United Kingdom where he obtained an M.Sc degree in 1982. These include certificates obtained from various other institutions both within and outside the country.
Prior to joining NIPSS in 2004, he was the Director of Studies and Head, Economic and Financial Management Studies Department at the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON), Topo, Badagry.
Mr. J.K. Opadiran is a fellow of the Nigeria Institute of Management Consultants and has served the Federal Government in various capacities.
Pat Utomi is a fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants of Nigeria and a Senior Faculty of the Lagos Business School -Pan African University, he is Director of The Centre For Applied Economics at the Lagos Business School.
He has served in Senior positions in government, as an Adviser to the President of Nigeria; the Private Sector, as Chief Operating Officer for Volkswagen of Nigeria, and in academia.
Terry Waite (Terence Waite), 1939-, British church official. An adviser to Robert Runcie , the Archbishop of Canterbury, he successfully negotiated the release of British hostages in Iran (1981) and Libya (1985).
His later efforts to free U.S. hostages in Beirut were unsuccessful and were compromised by his association with Lt. Col. Oliver North, and he was kidnapped (Jan., 1987) by Shiite Muslims during talks there. Waite was released in Nov., 1991.
Born November 7, 1965, in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Reuben Abati, chairman, editorial board of The Guardian newspapers, is a very brilliant scholar cum journalist who has contributed greatly to nation-building through his unique style of discussing topical issues in his columns.
Abati’s approach of using dialogue, narrative, essay and satire to deal with serious national issues has made his columns captivating to many readers. Most of his articles are laced with humour and this makes readers to be carried along. What exactly informed his style of writing?
Abati had a First Class Honours degree in Theatre Arts at the University of Calabar and won the Vice Chancellor’s prize as the overall best graduating student of the university in 1985 among several other prizes for academic excellence.
Dr Van Velsen is a Consultant Psychiatrist in Forensic Psychotherapy in the Forensic Services of the Hackney and Community NHS Services Trust.
She is medically qualified with post graduate membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. She underwent her higher specialist training as a psychotherapist and was Consultant Psychotherapist at the Maudsley Hospital for five years, where she is an Honorary Consultant at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
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The Publisher of the Ovation Magazine, the Biggest & Best African Celebrity Magazine.
Ayobamidele Abayomi Ojutelegan Ajani, the son of Pa Jacob Abiodun and Gladys Momodu, was born on May 16 1960 in the ancient town of Ile Ife, Nigeria.
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