A professor of Mass Communication at the School of Communication at Lagos State University (LASU), Lai Oso, is reportedly dead.
Oso, aged 67, was reported to have died in a ghastly accident that happened on Saturday evening while returning from a conference in Abraka, Delta State.
The Dean, Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, LASU, Professor Sunday Olayinka Alawode, confirmed his death in a broadcast message sent to newsmen.
Alawode wrote, “Good morning, family. I am constrained to inform us of the involvement of Professor Muraino Olayiwola OSO (we all fondly call him Baba Lai Oso) in a ghastly auto accident that claimed his life yesterday, June 24, 2023.
“It’s a rude shock to all of us, even as we commiserate with Mummy Oso, the children, and his entire family, the Communication family worldwide, LASU Community, and all others.
“Baba, your sudden exit is painful, but we rest in the comfort that you have gone to be with the Lord. Rest in Peace. Adieu, Baba of the Communication family.”
Oso was a Professor at the Mass Communication School of Communication at Lagos State University (LASU). He was the Dean of the school between 2011 and 2015. He was president of the Association of Communication Scholars and Professionals of Nigeria.
He was educated at the University of Lagos (B.Sc. Mass Communication), Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife (M.Sc. International Relations), and obtained a Ph.D. degree in Mass Communication as a Federal Government scholar at the University of Leicester, England, in 1977.
The LASU don worked as a Reporter on both Radio and the News Agency of Nigeria and taught courses in Journalism, Media and Governance, Political Communication, Development communication, and Theory.
