Patrick Dele-Cole (born 1940) is a Nigerian politician, journalist, historian, and diplomat who in 1976 became the managing director of the Daily Times.^[1][2] He was also a presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party in the early 1990s,^[3] and was Nigeria's ambassador to Argentina and Brazil.^[4]

He is author of the book Modern Traditional Elites in the Politics of Lagos.^[5]

Life

He attended the University of Otago, New Zealand, where he earned a first class honours degree. He also studied at Cambridge University.^[6][7]

As a managing director of the Daily Times in 1976 he restored the paper's former influence^[8] to become one of Africa's largest at that time,^[9] and brought in influential journalists, including Dele Giwa and Dr. Stanley Macebuh.^[10][11]

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