You said you practised journalism in those days with Awolowo, what kind of journalist was Awolowo?
He had African Press Limited and, as proprietor, he started publishing the Nigerian Tribune. In his earlier years, he was a contributor to Daily Times but his greatest contribution to this profession was the establishment of the Nigerian Tribune which also had other titles on its stable. I must also mention Chief S.L.Akintola as one of my mentors in the profession. He was a journalist and when I started work with the Daily Service, he was the chairman of the editorial board. Daily Service was the political organ of the Nigerian Youth Movement and I was on the board of the Service at the time I was employed by Mr A. B. Olumuyiwa who was the editor of the Daily Service. It was from the Daily Service that I moved to Tribune and I had always admired Chief Awolowo when he was general secretary of the Nigerian Youth Movement and a regular columnist but when I moved to the Nigerian Tribune, we became closer and I felt indebted to him for the experience I earned, not only as a journalist b
