Richard O. Ikiebe

Researcher

In 2012, Richard Ikiebe as Director and Senior Fellow of the Centre for Leadership in Journalism, Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos, engaged in what a foremost Nigerian political scientist and media scholar, Prof Adigun Agbaje described as “extensive and intensive…path-breaking research”. The Nigeria Media-75 Project was designed to fill foundational and historical gaps in the study of the Nigerian media. They feature in-depth interviews with the leaders, professionals and leading scholars in the media industry. The work at the Centre for Leadership in Journalism has yielded two book volumes; two more volumes are about to go to press for publications.

He is currently working on turning his doctoral thesis into a book. The topic of his doctoral dissertation is – The Press, National Elections, and the Politics of Belonging in Nigeria – at the University of Westminster, London

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Researcher

Since 2012, Richard Ikiebe as Director and Senior Fellow of the Centre for Leadership in Journalism, Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos, has engaged in what a foremost Nigerian political scientist and media scholar, Prof Adigun Agbaje described as “extensive and intensive…path-breaking research” under Nigeria Media-75 Project, which was designed to fill foundational and historical gaps in the study of the Nigerian media. They feature in-depth interviews with the leaders, professionals and leading scholars in the media industry. The work at the Centre for Leadership in Journalism has yielded several book publications.
Currently, Ikiebe is engaged in the final stages of a Doctoral research work at the University of Westminster, the United Kingdom. His current research focuses on the Press, National Elections, and the Politics of Belonging in Nigeria.

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I believe it is time to deconstruct current pedagogical paradigms and epistemological worldviews, which are alien to the African view of the world.

Richard Ikiebe is an adjunct faculty, at the School of Media and Communication, SMC, of the Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos, Nigeria, where he was full-time faculty and Director of the Centre for Leadership in Journalism (CLeJ) until 2021. He teaches graduate and executive courses in Journalism, Journalism History, and Media Leadership. In 2012/13, Ikiebe served as a member of the Global Communication Certification Council of the International Association of Business Communicators IABC, to prepare a syllabus and implement a certification scheme to ISO standard for the marketing communication profession.

Teacher

Education, essentially, is about the pursuit of knowledge. Media scholarship is a particularly unique form of knowledge pursuit and knowledge propagation. Education and media are also closely linked as fields of ideas and ideologies – concepts and perspectives that are created and propagated through the instrumentation of journalism as well as education.

Ikiebe believes African teachers of journalism must re-evaluate their epistemological origins and confront the wholesale adoption of values that are not compatible with their cultural origins. Teaching mathematics and physics is very different from teaching history or journalism, or even economics, for that matter.

Teacher

Richard Ikiebe is a member of faculty, School of Media and Communication, SMC, of the Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos, Nigeria, where he is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Centre for Leadership in Journalism (CLeJ). He teaches graduate and executive courses in Journalism, Journalism History, and Media Leadership. In 2012/13, Ikiebe served as a member of the Global Communication Certification Council of the International Association of Business Communicators IABC, to prepare a syllabus and implement a certification scheme to ISO standard for the marketing communication profession.

Coach

The world of coaching becoming quite so varied and diverse; my coaching area of expertise is in leadership and governance because the quality of everything an executive does depends on the quality of the thinking they do first.

As a Barefoot trained coach in an ICF-accredited PG Certificate in Business & Personal Coaching programme, I have had the privilege of working with top executives in the business community mostly on a one-on-one basis.

Coach

Ikiebe believes African teachers of journalism must re-evaluate their epistemological origins and confront wholesale adoption of values that are not compatible with their cultural origins. Teaching mathematics and physics is very different from teaching history or journalism, or even economics, for that matter. It is time to deconstruct our pedagogical paradigm and epistemological worldview, which are alien to the African view of the world.

Speaking at the 'Thinking' Breakfast meeting in 2015

Peace Activist

In his role as a peacebuilder and activist, pastor and faith-based organiser, Ikiebe in the last several years, helped to establish a number of indigenous language churches to cater for internal migrants from the north into the metropolis of Lagos. Part of the objectives was to help the young and vulnerable internal migrants find a productive life in their new abode. The project has produced quite a few university and other tertiary institution graduates, since its inception, about ten years ago. Ikiebe has also served as a national coordinator for a non-denominational, faith-based coalition of pastors – Church for Change. The group works to engage politicians and church leaders on the platforms of peace, ethnic reconciliation, and ethical politics.

Peace Activist

In his role as a peace builder and activist, pastor and a faith-based organiser, Ikiebe has in the last several years, helped to establish a number of indigenous language churches to cater for internal migrants from the north into the metropolis of Lagos. Part of the objectives was to help the young and vulnerable internal migrants find a productive life in their new abode. Ikiebe has also served as a national coordinator for a non-denominational, faith-based coalition of pastors – Church for Change. The group works to engage politicians and church leaders on the platforms of peace, ethnic reconciliation, and ethical politics.

Media Consultant

An accomplished Media and Management Consultant, Ikiebe is the Chairman of the Board of BusinessDay Newspaper, the leading daily business newspaper in Nigeria. He was also until recently Chairman of Techpoint. Africa, Nigeria’s leading online technology media.

As a communicator, Ikiebe has rich and varied experience in public communication and the media – print as well as broadcast. For over three decades he has worked to design and manage effective communications strategies for private and public sector organisations.

Media Consultant

An accomplished Media and Management Consultant, Ikiebe is the Chairman of the Board of BusinessDay Newspaper, the leading daily business newspaper in Nigeria. He has also recently been appointed Chairman of Techpoint.ng, Nigeria’s leading online technology media.

Publications