Yemi Adebowale is a Nigerian journalist. He is the Editor of Saturday THISDAY Newspaper.
Adebowale is a British Chevening Scholar with almost three decades of experience in media, advertising and Public Relations. Prior to his joining THISDAY, he has worked in major media houses like, Vanguard, Newswatch, The Punch, MTN Nigeria, and the Yorkshire Post Newspaper in the United Kingdom.
As a man who knows his onion with distinct curation of a niche for himself, Adebowale is a recipient of numerous awards in journalism, including the 2000 Commonwealth Media Award by Fletcher Challenge Paper, New Zealand, the 1999 African Journalist of the Year Award by the African Journalist Foundation, AJF, South Africa, and the Nigerian Media Merit Award (NMMA) in 1999.
The adroit editor holds his bachelor’s and master’s in communication studies from the University of Cambridge and University of Leeds respectively. He is a Reuters and Wolson College (Cambridge) Press Fellow.
