In The Name of Our Father -Olukorede Yishau

OLUKOREDE SADIQ YISHAU, an Associate Editor with The Nation, shone when he was declared Columnist of the Year at the 2015 edition of the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Awards (NMMA). That night he was also crowned NMMA Entertainment Reporter of the Year. Previously, the graduate of Mass Communications from the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, who was also a finalist in the Columnist of the Year category at the last NMMA, was NMMA Capital Market Reporter of the Year (2013), NMMA Aviation Industry Reporter of the Year (2003), Finalist, Union Bank's Banking and Finance Reporter of the Year (2003), Finalist, Olu Aboderin Entertainment Reporter of the Year (2001), Finalist, Print Journalist of the Year (2005), and Finalist, Political Reporter of the Year (2006). His poems were published in an anthology of poetry ACTIVISTS POETS edited by Tunde Oladunjoye in the late 90s. He writes a column ABOVE WHISPERS in The Nation every Friday. This is his debut novel