Dare Babarinsa: Toast to a super newsman and worthy boss @ 70

Dare Babarinsa: Toast To A Super Newsman And Worthy Boss @70 - Swift Reporters

By Godwin Onyeacholem One’s very first eye-to-eye encounter with Dare Babarinsa was on the mainly commercial Oregun Road, Lagos, inside a featureless two-storey building where Newswatch magazine, the rave of that moment in Nigeria’s journalism landscape, had hired two floors for its office in the mid-80s. One had the rare privilege of a brief internship at the celebrated news outlet at the time. Dele Giwa, prime mover and editor-in-chief, was st…

Dare Babarinsa: Toast to a super newsman and worthy boss @ 70

By Godwin Onyeacholem One’s very first eye-to-eye encounter with Dare Babarinsa was on the mainly commercial Oregun road, Lagos, inside a featureless two-storey building where Newswatch magazine, the rave of that moment in Nigeria’s journalism landscape, had hired two floors for its office in the mid-80s. One had the rare privilege of a brief internship at the celebrated news outlet at the time. Dele Giwa, prime mover and editor-in-chief, was st…