The LASU professor worked as a reporter on both radio and the News Agency of Nigeria and taught courses in journalism, media and governance.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Professor Lai Oso of the School of Communication, Lagos State University (LASU) has died in a car accident.
The 67-year-old professor of Mass Communication was involved in the accident on Saturday evening while returning from a conference in Abraka, Delta State.
Dean, Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, LASU, Professor Sunday Olayinka Alawode, confirmed the incident in a message sent to the media on Sunday.
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.
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“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 the dean of the school between 2011 and 2015 and 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 obtained a Ph.D. degree in Mass Communication as a Federal Government scholar at the University of Leicester, England in 1977.
The LASU professor worked as a reporter on both radio and the News Agency of Nigeria and taught courses in journalism, media and governance, political communication, development communication and theory.