This weekend, the Aboderin family will host the 30th memorial of their father, Chief James Olubunmi Aboderin. He was the founder of Punch, the most widely read newspaper in Nigeria. Chief Olu Aboderin died after a brief illness, in London in 1984. He was barely 50 when he died.
The event for his 30th memorial kicks off on Friday, February 28, in Ibadan, Oyo State. The family and associate will congregate to unveil the tomb stone of the late Punch chairman. The family will also commission a block of classrooms in honour of their late father.
This will then be followed by a reception at Punch headquarter at KM 14, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Magboro. The reception party has been planned to accommodate over 3,000 guests, and Daviva Ankara prints have been distributed for free to every member of the Punch family. The event will climax with a classy party on Saturday, March 1, at Intercontinental Hotel, Victoria Island.
Chief Olu Aboderin was a successful accountant and businessman during his lifetime. He co -founded the Punch newspaper with his friend, Sam Amuka, a columnist and editor at the Daily Times. Amuka became the first editor of the Sunday Punch. In November 1976, a few years after the first print of its Sunday edition, the duo started printing its trademark daily newspaper. Both editions were designed to favor a friendlier apolitical approach to news reporting, combining footages of social events with everyday political news. The paper sustains itself by delving into broad issues that interests a myriad of people.
However, during the twilight of the Second Republic, political exigencies had introduced conflicts to its original intentions, Aboderin and Amuka parted ways, due partly to political conflicts.
The late Chief Olu Aboderin is survived by ten children-Wale Aboderin, Angela Emuwa, Shalewa Aderemi, Wunmi Tunde-Obe, the late Jaiye Aboderin, Seun Aboderin and others.
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