How did you find yourself in journalism?
I chose journalism deliberately. When I was growing up, we had very few newspapers in my time, but they were well-accepted newspapers. We also had popular columnists who wrote well, like Alade Odunewu, the former governor of Lagos State, Lateef Jakande, former governor of Ogun State, Olabisi Onabanjo.
I enjoyed their columns and wanted to be like them. But eventually, while I was in secondary school at the Lagos State College, Yaba, I became more interested in newspapers.
The West African Pilot newspapers were produced on my school premises at the time. It was owned by Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe. The way everything was done amused and encouraged me to choose journalism.
Did you also venture into column writing?
