Niran Adedokun

Adedokun, started his career as a journalist for local newspapers in Nigeria.

Adedokun is the author of many books including the book titled ‘Ladies calling the shots,’ published in 2017, a piece that looked into women’s contribution to the Nigerian film and entertainment business, which named many women including Tope Oshin, a Nigerian television and film director, producer.{{Cite web |date=2017-11-14 |title=Author celebrates 16 Nollywood female directors |url=https://punchng.com/author-celebrates-16-nollywood-female-directors/ |access-date=2023-01-22 |website=Punch Newspapers |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Nollywood stars storm launch of 'Ladies calling the shots' |url=https://www.thecable.ng/gallery/nollywood-stars-storm-launch-ladies-calling-shots |access-date=2023-01-22 |website=TheCable |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2017-11-15 |title=Nollywood celebrates 'Ladies Calling The Shots' {{!}} The Nation Newspaper |url=https://thenationonlineng.net/nollywood-celebrates-ladies-calling-shots/ |access-date=2023-01-22 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2019-01-25 |title=Author of 'Ladies Calling the Shots' unites KWASU students with movie directors |url=https://www.thecable.ng/author-of-ladies-calling-the-shots-unites-kwasu-students-with-movie-directors |access-date=2023-01-22 |website=TheCable |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2017-11-12 |title=Steve Ayorinde describes Adedokun's 'Ladies Calling the Shots' as a telling testimony |url=https://www.thecable.ng/steve-ayorinde-describes-adedokuns-ladies-calling-shots-telling-testimony |access-date=2023-01-22 |website=TheCable |language=en-US}} In 2019, he published a collection of some of his wide-ranging essays under the title ‘The Danfo Driver in All of Us.’{{Cite web |last=BellaNaija.com |date=2020-07-12 |title=BN Book Excerpt: The Danfo Driver in All of Us by Niran Adedokun |url=https://www.bellanaija.com/2020/07/bn-book-excerpt-the-danfo-driver-in-all-of-us-by-niran-adedokun/ |access-date=2023-01-22 |website=BellaNaija |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2020-07-02 |title=Niran Adedokun's 'The Danfo Driver in All of Us' set to hit book stands |url=https://www.thecable.ng/niran-adedokuns-the-danfo-driver-in-all-of-us-set-to-hit-book-stands |access-date=2023-01-22 |website=TheCable |language=en-US}} Following that was a publication of his anthology of fictional short stories the book titled ‘The Law is an Ass;’{{Cite web |date=2021-12-08 |title=This ass called law {{!}} The Nation Newspaper |url=https://thenationonlineng.net/this-ass-called-law/ |access-date=2023-01-22 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Anagor |first=Amaka |date=2021-09-22 |title=We must restructure, change electoral system to reform Nigeria – Banire |url=https://businessday.ng/politics/article/we-must-restructure-change-electoral-system-to-reform-nigeria-banire/ |access-date=2023-01-22 |website=Businessday NG |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2021-09-26 |title=The law and the poetry of our land: A review of Niran Adedokun’s 'The Law is an Ass' |url=https://www.thecable.ng/the-law-and-the-poetry-of-our-land-a-review-of-niran-adedokuns-the-law-is-an-ass |access-date=2023-01-22 |website=TheCable |language=en-US}} and his recent book being ‘The Man, the Soldier, the Patriot: Biography of Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru,’ a biographical Adedokun published in 2022 about a notable Nigeria’s former Chief of Army Staff who died in an airplane crash.{{Cite web |last=MUAZ |first=HASSAN |date=2022-08-10 |title=Ibrahim Attahiru: Remembering a patriot and man of hope, by Niran Adedokun |url=https://theeagleonline.com.ng/ibrahim-attahiru-remembering-a-patriot-and-man-of-hope-by-niran-adedokun/ |access-date=2023-01-22 |website=The Eagle Online}}{{Cite web |last=Shuaib |first=Yushau |date=2022-05-20 |title=Book and Documentary on Late Army Chief, Ibrahim Attahiru out on Saturday |url=https://prnigeria.com/2022/05/20/book-army-chief-attahiru/ |access-date=2023-01-22 |website=PRNigeria News |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=A Life of Bravery, Self-sacrifice to the Nation – THISDAYLIVE |url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2022/09/18/a-life-of-bravery-self-sacrifice-to-the-nation/ |access-date=2023-01-22 |website=www.thisdaylive.com}}{{Cite web |date=2022-05-16 |title=You can now pre-order post-humous biography of ex-army chief Ibrahim Attahiru |url=https://www.thecable.ng/you-can-now-pre-order-post-humous-biography-of-ex-army-chief-ibrahim-attahiru |access-date=2023-01-22 |website=TheCable |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2022-07-22 |title=A soldier and a patriot: The life of Attahiru |url=https://guardian.ng/art/a-soldier-and-a-patriot-the-life-of-attahiru/ |access-date=2023-01-22 |website=The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News |language=en-US}}

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Category:1971 births

Category:Living people

Category:21st-century Nigerian writers