January 21, (THEWILL) – Yemi Kolapo, the publisher of ‘The Point’ Newspaper, has been installed as the Iyalode of Egba Community of Muslims. The installation ceremony took place last weekend at the Central Mosque, Kobiti, Abeokuta, Ogun State.
While congratulating her, Kolapo’s well-wishers thought it was a well-deserved honour and a testament to her life of service as a devout Muslim with strong morals. They noted that the Egba Muslim community would benefit from the Iyalode’s invaluable contributions and unwavering commitment to service. They also expressed confidence that her wealth of experience will equip her to discharge her duties accordingly.
The epoch-making event was attended by the crème dé la crème of the society from all walks of life, including the governors of Ogun and Kogi States, Dapo Abiodun and Alhaji Yahaya Bello, respectively, senators and commissioners from Kogi State, the immediate past Nigerian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Sharafadeen Isola; Secretary to the Kogi State Government, Dr Ayoade Folashade; the wife of a former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo; President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Chris Isiguzo; media gurus, Muslim clerics and scholars across the country, among other dignitaries.
A graduate of Economics from the University of Lagos, Yemi whose father is grassroots politician and a former National Vice Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance, Alhaji Tayo Sowunmi, started her journalism career straight out of school in ‘Punch’ Newspaper. She would later rise to become the newspaper’s first female Group Business Editor. It was, therefore, not surprising that the then Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Olusegun Aganga, appointed her Senior Special Assistant on Communications and Strategy. Although the job took her away from mainstream journalism, she remained in good touch with the profession and her colleagues and even launched a book while in office.
When Aganga left office in May 2015, she returned to her base in Lagos and floated ‘The Point’ Newspaper.
Ivory Ukonu is a versatile journalist with many years of experience, with entertainment and society reporting as her area of core competence.
