Renowned professor of Mass Communication, Lai Oso, is dead. He was 67 years old.
Until the motor accident on Saturday on his return from a conference in Abraka, Delta State, Oso was a professor at the School of Communication of Lagos State University (LASU).
His death was confirmed by the Dean of the Faculty of Communication and Media Studies at LASU, Prof. Sunday Olayinka Alawode in a broadcast message sent to Sunday PUNCH on Sunday morning.
Alawode wrote: “Good morning family. I am constrained to inform us of the involvement of Professor Muraino Olayiwola OSO, (we all fondly called Baba Lai Oso) in a ghastly auto accident which claimed his life yesterday 24th June 2023.
“It’s a rude shock to all of us even as we commiserate with Mummy Oso, the children and his entire family, the Communication family worldwide, LASU Community and all others.
“Baba, your sudden exit is painful, but we rest in the comfort that you have gone to be with the Lord. Rest in Peace. Adieu Baba of the Communication family”.
Oso was Dean of LASU’s School of Communication between 2011 and 2015. He was President of the Association of Communication Scholars and Professionals of Nigeria.
He was educated at the University of Lagos (B.Sc. Mass Communication), Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife (M.Sc. International Relations) and (Ph.D. Mass Communication) as a Federal Government scholar at the University of Leicester, England in 1977.
He worked as a radio reporter and with the News Agency of Nigeria. He taught courses in Journalism, Media and Governance, Political Communication, Development Communication and Theory.
