Wale Abideen, Famous Investigative Journalist, Named TPI Spokesman

Wale Abideen, Famous Investigative Journalist, Named TPI Spokesman

The Progressive Institute, TPI, Abuja, has appointed Olawale Abdulfatai Abideen as the head of the Media and Strategic Communications Department.

The institute, which is a newly established Policy Think Tank of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, was launched in Abuja last Friday.

A well-known investigative journalist and Publisher of Security Monitor, Abideen bagged B. A (Hons) degree in Linguistics from the University of Ilorin and a postgraduate diploma degree, PGD in Journalism from the prestigious Nigerian Institute of Journalism, NIJ, Lagos. He also acquired numerous trainings and certificates in investigative reporting, tracking of illicit activities as well as strategic communications both within and outside Nigeria. He is currently undergoing a Master’s Degree in Mass Communications.

Former Political Correspondent and Head of Investigative Desk in The Week Magazine and former Lagos Specialist and Political Correspondent in The Source magazine, Abideen began his journalism career at the Herald Newspapers, a publication of Kwara State Government and he has worked in various local and international media outlets.

A member of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalism, ICIJ, Abideen is the founder of the African Center for Investigative Journalism, ACIJ and founding President of the Nigerian Association of Online Journalists, NAOJ.

He was the media strategist at the Institute for Governance and Leadership Studies in Africa, IGLSA, Abuja.

A ‘fire-brand’ researcher, brilliant investigator, strategic communicator and an online specialist, Abideen is also a media proprietor. He is happily married and blessed with children.