The entire journalism profession in Nigeria has been thrown into deep mourning with the death on Saturday of Mr Dimgba Igwe, Vice Chairman of The Sun Publishing Limited, publishers of The Sun Newspapers.
Igwe, 58, gave up the ghost at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) at around 10 a.m from injuries suffered from a hit-and-run driver, as he jogged in his Okota, Lagos neighbourhood. Though first aid was administered on him at St Raphael Hospital, Ago Palace Way, Okota, before he was moved to LASUTH for surgical emergency, he never survived.
In a release signed by Mr Femi Adesina, Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of The Sun Publishing Limited, Chairman and Publisher, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, described the development as “tragic, shocking, and a dark day in the annals of journalism in Nigeria.”
Mr Igwe it would be recalled, pioneered The Sun Newspapers in 2003 alongside Mike Awoyinfa as Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief and Deputy Managing Director/Deputy Editor-in-Chief respectively after their illustrious days at the Weekend Concord which they set up in 1989.
He and Mike Awoyinfa established a newspaper devoted solely to entertainment news, the Entertainment Express Newspaper, where he was the Associate Publisher.
Igwe co-authored three books with Mike Awoyinfa.
Until his tragic demise, he was the Deputy General Overseer of Evangel Pentecostal Church, Okota, Lagos. He was a prolific writer, seasoned columnist and a Fellow of the Nigerian Guild of Editors. He was survived by a wife and four children.
President Jonathan mourns
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has received with shock, the sad news of the untimely death of Mr. Dimgba Igwe, Vice Chairman of the Sun Newspapers.
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