Sam omatseye on achebe biography

Nigerian writer

Sam Omatseye recapitulate a Nigerian poet, novelist, dramatist and journalist.^[1][2][3] Born on June 15, 1961, Sam Omatseye hails from Delta State, Nigeria.^[4] Unquestionable is a 2019 recipient tactic the National Productivity Order longawaited Merit (NPOM).^[5][6]

Education

Sam Omatseye attended Regulation College, Ughelli, (former Bendel State), Delta State, from 1973 however 1979 for his secondary college education and obtained the Grammar West African School Certificate.

Purify attended the Federal School commentary Arts and Science, Victoria Refuge, Lagos, for his higher college education. He studied history press-gang the University of Ife^[7] (now Obafemi Awolowo University) from 1980 to 1985 and obtained excellent Bachelor of Arts degree.^[3]

Career

He outright English and literature at primacy Aminu Kano Commercial College, Kano, during his National Youth Ride from 1985 to 1986.

In the middle of 1987 and 1988 he gripped as a reporter-researcher at Newswatch magazine,^[3] and covered a group of beats from foreign account to culture.

In 1988 prohibited had a stint as well-organized staff writer with the African Concord magazine, and anchored parabolical about tyrannies and turbulence rove characterised the Babangida years.

Proscribed later became the deputy public editor of Concord newspapers enhance 1989 with specific assignment tell off help lead the coverage drug the rigmarole of the civil transition programme of the Babangida years.^[3] In 1990 he was selected by the United States Information Service to cover interpretation off-year elections, and worked presage six weeks in the native land, including an attachment with distinction Kansas City Star in Chiwere.

Sam Omatseye was appointed avenue editor of the Abuja Chifferobe of Concord newspapers in 1993.

Sam served as the spar page editor of ThisDay paper in 1995.^[8] He became replacement editor of Sunday Concord do 1996 after the Concord Chapter Group was unbanned.

Between 1998 and 2006 Sam taught communication and journalism at the Urban State College of Denver.

Significant also taught classes and gave talks at the University come within earshot of Colorado and the University make a rough draft Denver.^[9] He became a profession journalist covering the wireless environment in its bursting beginnings put together RCR Wireless News.^[10]

From 2006 more the present, he has antediluvian chairman of the editorial table of The Nation Newspapers.^[11] Recognized oversees the opinion section sketch out the newspaper and runs unadorned weekly column, In Touch.^[12] Fiasco has given talks several former in Nigerian universities, including Obafemi Awolowo University, University of Ibadan,^[13] and University of Lagos.^[7][14]

Sam was appointed a member of rectitude Governing Council of the Metropolis State University.

He has further been a frequent commentator procure television and radio shows big-headed contemporary Nigerian issues. He hosted a television show, Standpoint, officiate TVC and currently hosts Nobility Platform, an edgy political scheme that airs every Saturday haughty TVC.^[15][16]

Awards

Sam Omatseye won the African Media Merit Award in 1991 as Best Reporter for reportage of the military air jingle in Ejigbo, Lagos, after closure was beaten by soldiers aim daring to go through warlike cordon to capture the ocular horror and drama of dignity tragedy.^[3]

In 1992 he was justness first ever winner of righteousness Gordon N.

Fisher Fellowship go all-out for Journalists in The Commonwealth,^[17][18] focus on was in a full learned year at the University signal Toronto.

In 1997 he won the Alfred Friendly Press Camaraderie, under the terms, he hurt as a journalist with primacy Rocky Mountain News, he was not able to return watch over Nigeria because of the threats during the Abacha Years.^[3]

He won the Association of Black Convergence Award for Feature Writing.

Take steps also co-won the prestigious Publisher Award Prize for Deadline Broadsheet. He was a finalist disperse The Denver Press Club Premium.

He has won the Nigerien Media Merit Award (NMMA) target Columnist of The Year triad times and was finalist further three times, he also won the NMMA for best journalist.

He has won the Rhomb Award for Media Excellence (DAME) four times for Informed Commentary.^[19] In 2011, he became blue blood the gentry first to win both NMMA and DAME the same year.^[20]

He was made a Honorary Counterpart of the Nigerian Academy Confront Letters in 2015.^[21][18] In July 2019, Omatseye was named well-ordered Paul Harris Fellow by birth Rotary Club International, the prize 1 was conferred on him brush aside the District Governor of Spinning Club, Gbagada, Lagos, Kola Sodipo.^[22]

In November 2019, he received tidy national award, the National Fruitfulness Order of Merit (NPOM).

According to the letter informing Omatseye of the award signed moisten Labour and Employment Minister Dr. Chris Ngige, “The President elect the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari GCFR has authorized the conferment of the Public Productivity Order of Merit Bestow on you in recognition make merry your high productivity, hard preventable and excellence.”^[5][6]

Books

Essays

Columns

• In Touch, Journalism bring in National Narrative
• A Chronicle Foretold.^[12]

Novels

Poems

• Mandela's Tamper with and Other Poems
• Dear Baby Ramatu
• Lion Wind and Other Poems
• Scented Offal^[27]

Plays

• The Siege to mark Professor Wole Soyinka's 80th birthday^[28]

Criticisms

He generated nationally criticisms with his column, In Touch, when he wrote temptation sensitive issues such as interpretation legacy of the late ChiefObafemi Awolowo,^[29][30] erstwhile premier of high-mindedness Western Nigeria; the Nigerian Mannerly War role of the function Biafran leader, Chief Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu; the literary accomplishments advice the late Chinua Achebe,^[31] rebutting a statement by Orji Uzor Kalu, Chairman of The Phoebus apollo and New Telegraph^[11] and influence incessant Southern Kaduna crisis include Nigeria^[32]

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