Day: July 2, 2023

Tribute To Lai Oso: The Only Area Where My Prof. Failed, By Yusuph Olaniyonu

ADEOLA YUSUF

This is one of the most difficult write-ups I have ever worked on in my journalism career spanning over 30 years. And it should be understandable. My mind has been foggy and disturbed since that Sunday morning when Wale Olaleye sent me a Facebook post and wanted me to confirm the content. Unfortunately, I was in heavy traffic in the Ojodu area of Lagos, getting close to joining the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on a trip to Abeokuta to pay a condolence visit to the family of another late brother, Oba Babajide…

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In Memoriam: Professor Lai Oso – A Beacon Of Communication And Inspiration, By Yvonne Sanusi

ADEOLA YUSUF

A Tribute by: Yvonne Sanusi De Montfort University, England   The world of communication mourns the untimely loss of an exceptional scholar and educator, Professor Lai Oso. With heavy hearts, we pay tribute to a luminary whose invaluable contributions to the field of communication have left an indelible mark. His sudden demise in a tragic auto crash, as the bus he was traveling in plunged into a river in Ijebu, Nigeria, has left us grieving the irreplaceable void he has left behind. Professor Lai Oso’s dedication to his craft was…

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Man Of Extraordinary Qualities Called Lai Oso, By Khadijat Adedeji-Olona

ADEOLA YUSUF

It has been over four days since the demise of my supervisor, Prof. Lai Oso, and it feels all so surreal. In the last days, I have read so many tributes in his honour, and as much as I tried to avoid them because the tears would not stop flowing, they keep coming in – all pointing to the extraordinary qualities of the man called Lai Oso. We would not be talking about him this way if we were to focus on his intellectual prowess alone, but Professor Lai Oso…

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Last Encounter With Lai, By Oluwatoyin Shakirat Salami

ADEOLA YUSUF

It has been over six days of trying to accept the fact that we will no longer see our Prof Lai Oso again, and it is a very difficult decision to put pen on paper and write about him, expecially in past tenses, but I must! Not only because he was my supervisor, but the fact that I count myself very lucky and fortunate to have come in contact with him! And I can tell you that it was a great honour, which I will continue to thank the Almighty…

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Lai Oso’s Death, A Reflection Of Government Failure, “Lack of Dignity,” By Wasiu Tejuoso

ADEOLA YUSUF

Hmmmmmn! Every day, when I woke up to the reality that my boss, my mentor, my role model in everything is gone, I find it very difficult to come to terms with such devastating reality. Obviously, the manner in which you died is a reflection of government failure and the “lack of dignity” treatment by the same government on academics in Nigeria. I am sure if you were in the military, you will be a General of Generals; and would be flanked with everything – official cars, numbers of military…

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Lai Oso: Exit of The Titan of Communications and Media, By Sulaimon Osho

ADEOLA YUSUF

Reflecting on the exit of Professor Lai Oso reminds me of his support on the setting up of the Annual Public Relations Diamond Lecture and publication of Corporate Mirror Magazine in 1996, which I initiated as compulsory practical in the teaching of PUBLIC RELATIONS COPY AND MEDIA in 1996 at Ogun State Polytechnic, Abeokuta.   As the HOD and Director of School of Communications, Dr. Lai Oso readily approved my proposals and supported the projects by immediately suggesting Mallam Kabiru Dangogo, Head of Public Relations at Union Bank headquarters as…

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Lai Oso’s Death, A Big Hole In Media, Academic, and Journalism Circles, By Dapo Olorunyomi, CJID

ADEOLA YUSUF

Dapo Olorunyomi is the Chief Executive Officer of the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) and Publisher of PREMIUM TIMES, who had a long-standing relationship with the deceased, including when he held sway as the helmsman at Freedom House in Nigeria. Mr Olorunyomi, like many others, said he was devastated by the news of Mr Oso’s demise, describing it as a big hole in the media, academic, and journalism practice circle. READ ALSO: Lai, An Encyclopedia Of Communication Theories, By NUJ Lai Oso: We Lpst A Mentor to Many…

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Lai, An Encyclopedia Of Communication Theories, By NUJ

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigeria Union of Journalists, Ogun State Council received with great shock the passage of Prof Muraina Lai Oso in a fatal motor accident on Saturday, June 24, 2023 along Sagamu-Ore-Benin road. The death has thrown the Journalism industry into mourning as the industry has lost yet again an encyclopedia of communication theories, a teacher, a father figure, someone who built many libraries in human being. In a statement signed by the chairman, Comrade Wale Olanrewaju and his Secretary, Comrade Bunmi Adigun, the council described his death as a rude…

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Lai Oso: We Lost A Mentor to Many Successful Public Relations Practitioners In Nigeria, By NIPR

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Ogun State Chapter, Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has expressed sadness over the death of renowned Professor of Development Communication, Lai Oso, which reportedly occurred following a fatal auto crash on Saturday night, June 24, 2023. In a statement signed by Oluwaseun Boye and Kunle Olayeni, the Chairman and Secretary, respectively, the Chapter described the painful passing of the professor as a devastating and terrible loss. Prof. Lai Oso was a great mentor to many successful Public Relations practitioners across the country as well as other professionals in…

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A Colossal Loss To Communication Community, AMACOS ’95 Mourns Prof Lai Oso

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Association of Mass Communication Students, 1995 class (AMACOS ’95) of Ogun State Polytechnic, now Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, has expressed sadness over the death of its former teacher and Head of Department, Professor Lai Oso. AMACOS ’95, in a press release signed by its Spokesperson, Boye Salau, described Oso’s death as a rude shock and colossal loss. Prof. Oso died yesterday (June 24, 2023) in a ghastly motor accident along Ore-Sagamu Expressway, on his way from Delta State University, Abraka, where he was an external examiner at the Department…

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