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Gbemisola Olujobi
Gbemisola Olujobi

A journalist since 1984, Gbemisola Olujobi is the former Editor of the Living Section at The Guardian, Nigeria’s biggest and most influential...

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Gbemisola Olujobi
Gbemisola Olujobi

A journalist since 1984, Gbemisola Olujobi is the former Editor of the Living Section at The Guardian, Nigeria’s biggest and most influential newspaper. The bulk of her work as a journalist has been in the area of women’s rights as human rights.


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