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Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo will grace the golden jubilee of Kadaria Ahmed, seasoned journalist and broadcaster.

Friends and well-wishers of Ahmed will gather at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Victoria Island, Lagos, by 10am on Saturday.

Osinbajo will deliver the keynote address and also take part in a panel discussion with Japhet Omojuwa, blogger and social media expert, Simon Kolawole, CEO of TheCable Newspaper, and Dapo Olorunyomi, CEO, Premium Times.

They are expected to discuss the theme: ‘Media Renewal in Nigeria’.

The event would also witness the public presentation of the book titled ‘50 Voices – The best of STWK Hosted by Kadaria‘, a distillation of interviews conducted on Straight Talk with Kadaria, a talk show which ran on Channels TV.

Activities around the celebration began last month when Ahmed’s company, Daria Media, announced a mentorship programme that includes training and scholarships for young women interested in forging a path in journalism.

Three lucky female participants would become recipients of the inaugural Mamman Marshal Scholarship for Women in Journalism to be presented at the event by Osinbajo.

Ahmed was a senior producer, journalist and acting editor with the BBC. She was co-founder and media consultant for Blue Communications EMEA from 2003 to 2006.

Between 2006 and 2008, she worked with Shoreline Energy International as head of corporate communications and Resort Group Limited. She was editor at Timbuktu Media, publishers of Next Newspaper.

Between 2011 and 2016, she worked with Africa Practice R & B and Reinvent Media Ltd. as associate director and partner, respectively.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from Bayero University, Kano and a master’s degree in television from Goldsmiths’ College, University of London.