VETERAN journalist Mumini Alao will launch his autobiography in August, with former Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola, National Sports Commission Chairman Shehu Dikko, as well as Nigeria Football Federation President Ibrahim Gusau all expected at the event.
Alao, one of Nigeria’s most prominent sports journalists and administrators, will launch the book on August 10 at the Tayo Aderinoku Hall of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) in Akoka.
The autobiography is a celebration of Alao’s life as a successful journalist of about four decades in Nigeria.
Fashola, who is also a former minister of works and housing, is the guest speaker at the event, while Dikko will chair the occasion.
Kabiru Amadu, the Chairman of House of Representatives Committee on Sports, will be the co-launcher.
NFF boss Gusau will be a special guest at the event, with former sports minister John Enoh, now the minister of state for industry, the chief guest of honour.
The launch will also include a public lecture on the topic ‘Rethinking the current football business model in Nigeria as a catalyst for sports development’.
Alao, a former Editor of the pioneer football magazine in Nigeria, Complete Football, is the former Group Managing Director and now executive consultant at Complete Communications Limited.
CCL is the publisher of Complete Sports, Nigeria’s first all-sports newspaper.
He has BSc, MSc and PhD degrees in mass communication from UNILAG, and is a member of the International Sports Press Association (AIPS).
Alao is also an Associate Member of the Advertising Practitioners Association of Nigeria (APCON).
In 2023, Alao was also inducted into the Chartered Institute of Arbitration (CiArb).