• Super Admin
• 07 Mar, 2026

World Stage Limited (WorldStage), a Nigeria-based fast growing media group, has announced major editorial employment with Bamidele Famoofo, a distinguished award winning business journalist, joining as the Editor. Famoofo is a seasoned Nigerian journalist and immediate past Managing Editor of Business a.m. Newspaper, with over two decades of experience in the media industry, including at The Comet, ThisDay, and The Punch. He is known for driving impactful business and financial reporting, and has written articles on various topics, including finance, investment, and economy. He is taking over as Editor from Segun Adeleye, Founder of WorldStage, who will remain the Editor-In-Chief and President/CEO. As part of strategies to grow the company as a global media brand, the organisation has also deployed another accomplished media personnel, Segun Otokiti, to head the Abuja Bureau. Otokiti's media journey started as Lead Writer with The Comet Newspaper (2001-2003), Senior Reporter with The Nation (2006-2008), Assistant Editor with the Nigerian Compass Newspapers (2008-2012), Co-Publisher/General Editor of Total Education Newspaper (2013-2014), and News Editor of National Daily Newspaper in Lagos (2014-2017). Until his deployment to Abuja, he had served as the Group News Editor of WorldStage since 2023. Also newly joining the editorial team of WorldStage as Senior Analyst is Olusegun Elijah, a graduate of Mass Communication who has practised journalism for over a decade. Elijah's experience and training cut across general reporting, investigative journalism, long-form journalism, and business reporting. Commenting on the new appointments, Adeleye expressed joy that the highly sought after Famoofo shared the vision and agreed to join the company at this crucial period in its journey. He described him as humility personified, and a man of integrity that is highly respected in the business journalism ecosystem. "For him to choose WorldStage speaks volume about what we are capable of doing and what we are going to do," he said. WorldStage is the publisher of WorldStage Newsonline, an online news website at: www.worldstagenews.com, with an aspiration to be a leading source of business information in Africa and the world. Adeleye said: "WorldStage's core value is anchored on Knowledge, Empowerment and Service." He said in months to come, WorldStage will be attracting more resourceful media personnel that are capable of providing value added information that will help business owners and policy makers make the right decisions. He added: "Having weathered the storm to remain a competitive media brand since inception, WorldStage is now set for the next stage of evolution that will attract the right human and capital resources to implement its concept for rapid growth and leadership in Nigeria, Africa and the world by 2035. "As journalists, we've covered business for many years and have seen a couple of Nigerian entrepreneurs starting from scratch and going ahead to build globally competitive companies. "So, if we cannot be inspired to dream big with these lessons, then we have no one to blame." Source: https://theeagleonline.com.ng/worldstage-announces-strategic-editorial-employments/