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| Joshua Uloko |
Should there be a Nigerian journalist and publisher whose
charisma and cha f ć v 3vracter have paved way for; it is indefatigable Joshua Uloko
that everyone refers to as good, humble, helpful and jovial – because he always
go out of his way to lend a helping hand, believing that there is a place for
everybody at the top. No wonder there was a standing ovation amidst pomp and
pageantry when he was announced the
Editor of the Year 2017 at the Nigeria Media Nite Award.
Joshua became a Publisher some few days before his 25th
birthday pushing through the crowd, fighting oppressions and militating against
resisting factors tagged professionalism syndrome to carve a niche for himself
in Security and Crime news where his reportage, views and analysis are considered
deep, explicit and exact – to the extent that no security executives or
personnel have turned down Joshua’s appointment and those he is yet to talk to
are always yearning for his invitation.
How did Joshua Uloko become a Publisher? After graduating from
the College of Health Technology, his passion to fight crime drove him into
Police Recruitment College but he did not wait till the end of the training
session before he left the boot camp as he discovered in a book he was reading
that his net-worth in twenty years’ time will be the product of ten-percent of
his annual salary multiply by twenty – and when Joshua made the calculation, he
concluded, “This is not the place for me!”
Why? Joshua is a
man of vision; though ambitious but also tenacious and focus.
On moving out of Police College, he picked his old camera,
walked to a photography/colour laboratory in Ikeja area of Lagos State in
Nigeria, negotiated for a place to pitch his tent saying, “Sir, I wish to be using your frontage for taking passers-by passport
photographs and I will be printing from you.” The Lab Manager considered
the offer as a welcome development and from there, Joshua began an enterprise.
Nobody can say how far he
can go until he has taken the first step. God stepped-in for Mr.
Uloko; one day, a man asked him if he would love to be a Photo-journalist, an
entirely different field from what he had learnt or known. He joined the team
of Global Excellence Soft-sell Magazine; served diligently and faithfully for
five years – but the yearning in him kept telling him, you are made of more and made for more. He resigned his appointment
and with the little savings of about 45,000 naira, Joshua started Daily Pride
Communications Limited which today publishes City Pride bi-weekly magazine,
Daily Pride news journal and Security Burster – and also hosts the annual City Pride
Achievers Awards.
Joshua Uloko is an inspiration - - - his story is better
interpreted, ‘Do not despise the day of a
little beginning!’
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