Showing posts with label Dimgba Igwe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dimgba Igwe. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Pray for me: Mike Awoyinfa's tribute to Dimgba Igwe




 The Mike Awoyinfa tribute on Dimgba Igwe that everyone has been waiting for is here. Mike, (right) and late Dimgbe Igwe (left), who died on Saturday Sept. 6th, were best friends and both pioneered the now rested Weekend Concord newspaper and Sun Newspaper. Find his touching tribute below..

This is it!  The most unimaginable nightmare!  This is it!  The most painful column I have ever written or will ever write.  The column I wished I never wrote.  The agonizing column.  The column written amidst sorrow, tears and blood.  Please, pray for me."
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Monday, September 8, 2014

How Dimgba Igwe Endured four Hours Of Pain Before Death





The president, Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), Mr Femi Adesina, has stated that the late vice chairman of the SUN Publishing Company Limited, Mr Dimgba Igwe, would have survived the accident that claimed his life if prompt medical attention had reached him.

Speaking in a telephone chat with LEADERSHIP, Adesina who recounted his last contact with Igwe in a tone laden with nostalgia recalled four grueling hours the late journalist had battling with his life.
According to Adesina, who said he was a protege of the late journalist, having worked under him as a reporter in the defunct WEEKEND CONCORD, the late Igwe was initially moved to a private hospital somewhere in Isolo.

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