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The management of Persecondnews, a transnational online newspaper headquartered in US with a national office in Abuja, has announced the appointments of top management and editorial staff “as part efforts to strengthen its operations”.

Akinsola Ayodele (pictured) has been named the managing editor of the organisation, while Stella Igwe-Adesoga is the deputy editor, and Opeyemi Abegunde has been appointed the weekend editor.

In a statement, Femi Soneye, the publisher, said the appointments take effect immediately.

Ayodele, a writer and journalist with about 34 years experience in broadcast, print and wire journalism, was deputy editor-in-chief at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

An alumnus of School of media and communication of the Pan-Atlantic University, Lekki, Lagos, Akinsola also attended Nigeria’s premier monotechnic – the Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ), Lagos, and studied English/ English Literature at the Lagos State University (LASU).

He was a reporter at Concord Newspapers and Ondo Radio and Television before joining the state-run NAN in 1989 as well as a co-author of “The Legacy”: a biography on Oladehinde Joseph, one-time military governor of Ogun state.

Igwe-Adesoga, elevated to the deputy editor position, was born in Owerri, Imo state, but left Nigeria for the US in 1998.

Her first job in journalism was as a copygirl for Oklahoma Daily News. After about eight years’ stint at the newspaper, she joined the Herald as a Weekend Editor. She has been with Persecondnews since 2015 and currently lives in Vermont, USA.

Opeyemi Abegunde, a graduate of political science from the University of Calabar, currently serves as a media consultant to Alliance Francaise. Abegunde takes charge as the special project editor of Persecondnews.