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What People Don’t Know About Steve Ayorinde

Bet, millions of Nigerians don’t know that the Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Steve Oluseyi Ayorinde has served on the Juries for some of the world’s best film festivals and awards, such as the Toronto International Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival, AMAA and Mumbai International Film Festival.

Steve Ayorinde

Besides, Tourism, Entertainment and the creative arts runs in his blood. He was the Director of Publicity of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode campaign in 2015 governorship election. Also, he was the Managing Director/Editor-In-Chief of the National Mirror Newspaper and Editor, Punch Newspaper.

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For those who don’t know, Steve Ayorinde attended Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, University of Lagos and University of Leicester in the UK, where he earned a master’s degree in Globalization and Communications.

He is a European Union Fellow at the Foundation Journalists-in-Europe (1997-98 set) – a comprehensive one-year training scheme for mid-career journalists. He is also an alumnus of the prestigious State Department’s International Visitors’ program (IVP) in the United States; Goethe Institute, Berlin and University of Siena for Foreigners, Italy.

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His journalism career started in 1991 at The Guardian Newspapers in Lagos. He was a pioneer staff of The Comet, where he edited the Arts, Entertainment and Media section (1999 – 2003).

He has authored 3 books; Masterpieces: A Critic’s Timeless Report (Spectrum Books, 2008); Abokede: The Man, The Hill, The City (ArtPillar Books, 2011) and Cascade of Change: A Decade of Liberal Thoughts (Liberal publishing, 2015).

He has served the Nigerian Guild of Editors in various capacities over the past decade, as Assistant Secretary General; Vice-President (West) and Deputy President.

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He was born in Ibadan, Oyo State on July 9th, 1970 to the family of late Chief Sunday Adetunji Ayorinde and Chief (Mrs) Victoria Ayorinde.