Sunny Obazu-Ojeagbase

Sunny Obazu-Ojeagbase (born 31 December 1950) is a Nigerian business success coach, author, pastor and business mogul. He is best known to be the founder of Complete Communications Limited, a company that houses Complete Sports newspaper.[1] He also started two other magazines that did not last, Climax Magazine and International Soccer Review.

Sunny Obazu-Ojeagbase
Born31 December 1950
NationalityNigerian
Alma materUniversity of Lagos
Occupation
  • Author
  • business mogul
  • pastor
Years active1976-present
Known forFounder of Complete Sports

Early life and education

Sunny was born to Edo State parents in Osogbo, a local government area of Osun State where he completed his basic education at St. Jame’s Primary School, Osogbo in 1962. He proceeded to be enlisted into the Nigerian Army after working as a printer trainee. He also holds a Diploma in Mass Communication from the University of Lagos.[2]

Career

Sunny has worked as a sports reporter for several media houses including Herald Newspaper, Daily Times, Concord Group of Newspapers and The Guardian. In 1983, he started publishing a weekly sports newspaper called Sports Souvenir after he quit his job as a reporter for The Guardian and he went on to publish Complete Football with the former becoming the first Nigerian sports newspaper while the later became the first Nigerian all-colour monthly football magazine.[3]

In 1995, he published Complete Sports, a daily sports newspaper and Success Digest Magazine a business establishment guide which has gone on to become one of the most widely read newspaper and magazine in Nigeria.[4]

Publications

Some of Sunny Obazu-Ojeagbase published works include:

  • How to Make It in Nigeria – Building Your Wealth from Ground Floor Up
  • How to Bullet Proof Yourself from Poverty, Ideas – The Starting Point of All True Riches

References

  1. "Pison Royals to honour Ojeagbase, others". National Mirror. 2 December 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  2. "Profile Of Publisher-Complete Sports Magazine In Nigeria". Media Nigeria. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  3. "I Courted My Wife for Just Two Weeks – Sunny Obazu Ojeagbese". Benco News. 12 November 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  4. "Sunny Obazu-Ojeagbase: Rags to Riches". GoodNews Nigeria. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
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