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Olawale Rasheed was [Born on February 2nd, 1965] is a Nigerian award winning journalist/media entrepreneur formerly with Nigerian Tribune newspapers and now a governorship aspirant of the People’s Democratic Party [PDP] for Osun state governorship election coming up in September 2018. A 1990 [BA-Ed-English Language]] and 1993 [Master in Public Administration] graduate of the University of Ilorin. He held key editorial positions as Abuja Bureau Chief, Group Politics Editor, Deputy Editor/Regional Editor North before his sojourn into government service. He was appointed ministerial adviser to the Minister of Youth Development at the federal ministry from 2007 to 2011. From 2014 to early 2015, he was a ministerial adviser at the federal ministry of power.He is presently the publisher of Sahel Standard magazine and online newspaper and a member of Guild of Corporate Online Publishers –GOCOM. A widely quoted public affairs analyst on public policies and terrorism, Rasheed is a youth policy expert and Executive Director of Society for Youth Research in Nigeria,a leading non-governmental organizations researching and advocating on youth development issues. He is the founder of Olawale Rasheed Foundation an NGO focused on orphans, aged and widows.