“I have always bellyached to no end over the poor visibility and recognition the late Sheikh (and his peers) enjoys in mainstream Nigerian media,” African journalist, Oladehinde Olawoyin, documents one of the best memorabilia for the Man of Markaz From Babatunde Jose, described as ‘the legendary doyen’ of Nigerian journalism by the Guardian and for me the most consequential figure in Nigerian media history, through to Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the JAMB helmsman, and everyone in-between, Markaz must have produced the highest number of (Yoruba) Muslim professionals across disciplines in…
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