Albert Ohams, born in 1965, graduated from Yaba College of Technology in 1990 with a Higher National Diploma in Fine Art, specialising in painting. He has been the cartoon editor of Sun Newspapers since 2003, having worked in various media outlets for more than 35 years.
He has won several press cartoon awards, and has exhibited his work several times, both on his own and as part of Nigerian collectives. In 2017, Ohams set up The Brush cartoon and Animation centre Ltd, where he trains young cartoonists and animators, as well as running an art gallery. The centre now runs an annual online cartoon competition for secondary and tertiary school students. It was appointed regional representative (West Africa) of the Cartoonists’ Rights Network International in March 2020. It is a member of the Society of Nigerian Artists (SNA), the Cartoonists’ Association of Nigeria (CARTAN) and the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ).
