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One of Nigeria\u2019s finest sports journalists, Mitchell Obi, is being celebrated abroad for his many years of quality devotion in the development of sports in Africa.<\/p>\n

Obi, President of AIPS Africa and Vice President AIPS (International Sports Press Association), has been hailed as the Master. He is being honored with an honorary doctorate by the St. Louis African University, a private institution in Republic of Benin.<\/p>\n

The award comes as part of the University\u2019s 2022 programme to honour distinguished Africans, who have excelled in various fields and with the aim to encourage more excellence and to acknowledge the outstanding contributions in academic, business, political, social, religious and humanitarian in the advancement of humanity and African development.<\/p>\n

In a letter dated July 22, 2022 and signed by the university\u2019s Vice Chancellor, Prof Aka John, the university said Obi, former Sports Editor of The Guardian newspaper, Editor (Acting) The Guardian On Sunday, and former Special Adviser to the Nigeria Minister Of Sports and later Transport,\u00a0was distinctively\u00a0recommended to it as \u201cone of such distinguished personalities\u201d.<\/p>\n

He will be awarded the Doctor of Science (D.Sc Hons), in Sports Media Management Administration and Marketing.<\/p>\n

The conferment will be held at the university campus on Saturday September 24, 2022 by 12 noon.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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