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Dele Giwa
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Sumonu Oladele "Baines" Giwa hailed from Ugbekpe Ekperi, Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State. He was born on 16 March 1947, to a family working in the palace of Oba Adesoji Aderemi, the Ooni of Ife. He attended Local Authority Modern School in Lagere, Ile-lfe. When his father moved to Oduduwa College, Ile-Ife as a laundry man, he gained admission to that school. Giwa travelled to the United States for his higher education, earning a BA in English from Brooklyn College in 1977 and enrolled in a graduate program at Fordham University. He worked for The New York Times as a news assistant for four years after which he relocated to Nigeria to work with Daily Times.
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"NIGERIA is on fire and the citizens are amused."