About Wale Aboderin
Lived 1958 – 2018 (aged 59–60). Wale Aboderin was a journalist.
Gbadebowale Aboderin (1958 – 30 May 2018) was a Nigerian journalist, businessman and sports administrator, who was until his death the chairman of Punch Nigeria Limited, a publishing house founded by his father.
Life Described by Vanguard as a pillar of journalism, he schooled at Government College, Ibadan and Clifton College, before undergoing aviation training at Burnside-Ott Flying School. In sports, he was chairman of, the Lagos State Basketball Association and vice-president of the Nigeria Basketball Supporters Club. Aboderin died after a heart surgery in Lagos. President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, Governor of Lagos, Akinwunmi Ambode were among those that commiserated with his family.
In 1997, he established Nigeria's first private female basketball club, Dolphins.
Death Wale Aboderin died on 30 May 2018 at Ikoyi, Lagos, at the age of 60.
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Nigerian journalist and sports administrator
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Wale Aboderin was born in 1958.
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Wale Aboderin died on 30 May 2018.
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Wale Aboderin was a journalist.
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