Lanre Alfred

Lanre Alfred is a Nigerian journalist, author and businessman. He is the publisher of The Capital, former society editor and columnist at "This Day," author of five books and owner of "Old English Superstores", a department store in Lagos, Nigeria.
Alfred Lanre is a celebrity journalism practitioner. His career in the genre included a stint as a society reporter, writer and columnist at City People Magazine, a Nigerian popular soft-sell magazine owned and founded by Seye Kehinde. After a couple of years, Alfred left City People Magazine for This Day Newspaper where he authored "SpyGlass" on Saturdays and "Society Happenings" on Sundays, the page through which he mirrored the lifestyle of Nigerian socialites and celebrities. He left This Day as Society Editor in 2014 to found his own online magazine, The Capital, "an online publication with focus on business, politics and lifestyle of Nigeria's high society and nouveau riche.". He remains a contributing columnist to the This Day through a weekly column named, "High Life".
Book publishing.
Lanre Alfred has authored five books through which he has displayed his aptitude for biographical writing. The books are: