A fascinating follow-up to Osoba’s celebrated memoir, “BATTLELINES: Adventures in Journalism and Politics” (2019), it is a unique book that documents public reactions to BATTLELINES and features some of the Author’s historic reflections on issues of public interest since 2019. “My Life in the Public Eye” provides a handy measurement of his politics and person. A legacy work, it is a welcome addition to the growing literature on the makers of the Nigerian state and its media as an institution and an industry. 

Contents: 

Acknowledgement/Foreword/PART ONE: INSTITUTIONAL ASSESSMENTS/OSOBA AT 80, The Nation/The Adventures of Olusegun Osoba, The Guardian/Return of the Native, The Nation/Segun Osoba: Another Honour Well Deserved, Vanguard/  

PART TWO: IN THE EYES OF ASSOCIATES/Great mind, uncommon Nigerian, General Ibrahim Babangida/Osoba At 80: A Protégé Remembers, Dapo Aderinola/ Osoba’s Cold Wars And Last Laugh, Louis Odion/Two Journalism Giants, Ray Ekpu/Tributes To Olusegun Osoba and Nduka Obaigbena, Dele Momodu/Olusegun Osoba: A Worthy Ambassador, Yakubu Mohammed/Segun Osoba, High Priest of Kakawa, Abdu Rafiu/ Aremo Segun Osoba at 80, Bisi Olawunmi/Dapo Abiodun and honour for Segun Osoba, Reuben Abati/Segun Osoba’s homage to Homecoming, Kayode Akinmade/Osoba: Journalism’s Avatar, Ray Ekpu/Osoba’s reportorial intervention, Festus Adedayo/  

PART THREE: UNVEILING BATTLELINES/Between Historic Contests and Contexts, Chief Olusegun Osoba/Journalism General, General Abdulsalami Abubakar/An important work, Lanre Idowu/How to Destroy the Evil of Extremism, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo/ 

PART FOUR: DISSECTING BATTLELINES/Can an illiberal Political Class usher in a social democracy, Dapo Olorunyomi/Osoba’s Adventures and Battlelines, Reuben Abati/This is my story, This is my song, Sam Akpe/Winning With The 4ps of Journalism, Chido Nwakanma/25 Lessons I Learnt From Olusegun Osoba’s Biography, Azuh Arinze/Osoba: More than a Prince of Pendom, Yinka Fabowale/ 

PART FIVE: PERSPECTIVES/Who is a Reporter? Mike Awoyinfa and Dimgba Igwe/My Nine Publishers, Chief Olusegun Osoba/Lateef Jakande: Celebrating a giant among men, Chief Olusegun Osoba/Alex Ibru, The Guardian, and I, Chief Olusegun Osoba/To Restructure Nigeria Let us Engage the National Assembly, Chief Olusegun Osoba/An Apt Marriage of Event and Person, Prince Dapo Abiodun/A New Assignment for an Old Witness, Dare Babarinsa/Index  

ISBN: 978-978-765-137-7. YP: 2024. Pages: 212. PB: N10,000; $10. Shipping cost depends on location.