Olu Aboderin

Olu Aboderin
Born	James Olubunmi Aboderin 3 September 1934 Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Nationality	Nigerian
Citizenship	Nigerian
Occupation	Journalism
Years active	1961 - Present
Known for	The Punch

Olu Aboderin (3 September 1934 – 28 February 1984) was a Nigerian newspaper publisher who was a co-founder of The Punch of Nigeria and was the president of the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria until his death in 1984. He was also a trained accountant who left National Bank of Nigeria as its chief accountant. The Punch newspaper is the most widely read newspaper in Nigeria. He established The Punch with the founder of the Vanguard Newspaper, Sam Amuka-Pemu, on 1 November 1976.

He was a lover of arts and a patron of the Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria.

Aboderin was born to the family of James Oyebode and Janet Aboderin in Ibadan. From 1941 to 1944, he attended a Native Authority primary school in Oranyan, Ibadan before proceeding to Ibadan Grammar School. At the grammar school, he enjoyed playing soccer, a passion of that continued after secondary school. He finished his secondary education studies by passing the A-level. In the mid-1950s, he travel to London and attended Northwestern Polytechnic studying history. While in the city, he took the Institute of Chartered Accountants exam and was admitted into the institute in May 1964. During this period, he worked as a clerk with a firm in Brighton, Sussex, and from 1963 to 1964, he worked with the firm of Bradley, Lytton & Co, an accounting firm in Moorgate, London. He returned to Nigeria in 1964 and gained employment with the firm of Pannell Fitzpatrick & Co, chartered accountants. He joined National Bank of Nigeria in 1967 and was an accountant with the bank during the Nigerian civil war. During the period, the bank operated in many liberated towns and established an offshore branch. He also served on the boards of a few regional government owned parastatals such as West African Pictures, Nigeria Spinning Company and General Insurance. He resigned as Chief Accountant of the bank in 1971 and went into private business.

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