A veteran journalist and co-founder of the famous Newswatch Magazine, Dan Agbese is dead.
Family sources said he died in Lagos State today, November 17, aged 81.
Other co-founders of the now rested Newspaper magazine were Dele Giwa, who was killed by a parcel bomb in 1986; Ray Ekpu and Mohammed. He was until April 2010 the Editor-in-Chief of the magazine.
Dan Agbese held degrees in mass communications and journalism from the University of Lagos and Columbia University, New York, respectively.
He also served as editor of The Nigeria Standard in Jos, Plateau State, the New Nigerian in Kaduna as well as General Manager of Radio Benue.
He was the author of several acclaimed books, including Nigeria their Nigeria, Fellow Nigerians, The Reporter’s Companion, Style: A Guide to Good Writing and The Columnist’s Companion: The Art and Craft of Column Writing.
Agbese was also a highly regarded newspaper columnist.
