A media guru and Publisher/ Chief Executive Officer of Marketing Edge Magazine, Mr.John Olulope Ajayi, will be laid to rest on Friday, January 16, 2026.
The media icon, aged 63, died December 10, 2025, after a brief illness.
Ajayi’s body will be interred in Ijan Ekiti, Gbonyin Local Council Development Area of Ekiti State, following series of burial obsequies scheduled across Lagos and Ekiti .
According to the burial programmes released by the family through his younger brother and Chairman of Gbonyin LCDA, Hon. Oluwadamilare Ajayi, said the Christian wake is scheduled for Thursday, January 15, at his residence in Ijan Ekiti.
The final burial mass will hold on Friday, 16th January, 2026, at St. James’ Catholic Church, Ijan Ekiti, at 11am, after which interment will follow.
Ajayi,a respected media entrepreneur and marketing communication expert, was regarded as a key figure in Nigeria’s advertising and media industry ,where he made significant contributions through Marketing Edge.
Ajayi, after practicing journalism spanning over two decades, where he had a stint at Thisday Newspapers, founded Marketing Edge, which remains a flagship in business Magazine in Nigeria.
During his practising days, the deceased won many prime media laurels, both in Nigeria and abroad, making him a core and revered professional, whose pen was mighty in the field.
The late Ajayi, was one of those professionals, who elevated journalism practice to higher and respectable pedestal as a reporter, Editor and Media Proprietor.
He was a vibrant and dependable member of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Lagos Chapter, during his days.
The late media guru was also a quintessential community leader in his Ijan Ekiti country home.
His priceless contributions to the development of Ijan Ekiti earned him the prestigious chieftaincy title of Asiwaju of Ijan Ekiti, bestowed on him by Onijan of Ijan Ekiti, HRH Oba Lawrence Adebanji Aladesuyi (AFAYAGBEKUN II).
He was an alumnus of the highly venerated University of Lagos, Akoka, where he bagged Bachelor and Master’s degrees before veering into journalism practice.
Oluwadamilare Ajayi described his brother’s sudden demise as devastating and traumatizing, not only to his immediate family, but to the entire Ijan Ekiti kingdom, friends and the church of God.
He however, said his indelible imprints will continually be felt through the priceless roles he championed in communal development, human empowerment and immeasurable contributions to journalism profession, where he had a blossoming career.
He is survived by his wife, lovely children, brothers, sisters and many other affectionate, whose impressive life’s trajectory had touched in resounding and positive ways.