Spotlight Why my father bowed out from Shagari’s presidency in the first term – Osaro Aloba By Moyosore Salami 09 November 2024 | 2:17 am Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on WhatsApp Share on Telegram Ebenezer Williams Abiodun Aloba was a thoroughbred newspaper man, who rose through the ranks to the top echelon of the Nigerian journalism profession. A nationalist and member of the Zikist Movement, he worked at different times with the Daily Times of Nigeria Ebenezer Williams Abiodun Aloba was a thoroughbred newspaper man, who rose through the ranks to the top echelon of the Nigerian journalism profession. A nationalist and member of the Zikist Movement, he worked at different times with the Daily Times of Nigeria, Morning Post, The Nigerian Observer, The Herald and The Mail.
He was a fearless newspaper man and columnist, writing under the pen name of Ebenezer Williams, which was also his baptismal name. His Sunday series in the Daily Times earned him the sobriquet of “intellectual radical”. The Nigerian Observer remained dearest to his heart as he was the former General Manager of Midwest Newspaper Limited and later a pioneering staff of The Nigerian Observer.
He was one of the newspaper gurus inducted into The Nigerian Observer Hall of Fame by Governor Godwin Obaseki when the newly built office complex of the newspaper and the Edo Printing Centre in Benin City, the Edo State capital, were commissioned last week. In this interview with MOYOSORE SALAMI, one of .
