Mumini Alao: My Autobiography

This is the authoritative autobiography of Mumini Alao, an accomplished Nigerian sports journalist. He came into the consciousness of sports-loving Nigerians in the early 1990s when his exclusive reports and incisive columns in Complete Football magazine and Complete Sports newspapers were the major reference as Nigeria qualified for the 1994 FIFA World Cup and won the football Gold medal at the 1996 Olympic Games. Since then, he has gone on to cement his reputation as one of the most credible sports journalists of his generation with a plethora of awards to his name.

In this autobiography, Alao reveals all about his exploits as a reporter, editor, columnist, radio and television presenter and his rise through the ranks to become group managing director of Complete Communications Limited, the foremost publishers of sports content in Nigeria. He also writes candidly about his private life, education, family, religious views and life lessons. This is a complete, in-depth book on the life and times of one of Nigeria’s iconic sports journalists, presented in his trademark simple but gripping and enjoyable writing style.