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FrontiersNews Executive Editor, Daniel Idonor, passes on at 45

By Editor
04 February 2015   |   7:27 pm
THE management of Frontiers Alliance Communications Limited, publishers of FrontiersNewspapers Online has announced the death of its Executive Editor and a very dear friend, Mr. Daniel Ovwigho Idonor, according to  a statement by the Managing Editor, Horatius Egua.   Idonor popularly called “Chair” by his colleagues in the media, died on Monday at the Nigerian…

THE management of Frontiers Alliance Communications Limited, publishers of FrontiersNewspapers Online has announced the death of its Executive Editor and a very dear friend, Mr. Daniel Ovwigho Idonor, according to  a statement by the Managing Editor, Horatius Egua.

  Idonor popularly called “Chair” by his colleagues in the media, died on Monday at the Nigerian Air Force Hospital, Abuja, at the of age of 45.

  A devout Christian, who was a Deacon with the Living Faith Ministry, Abuja, Idonor, was also a one-time Chairman of the State House Press Corps, Abuja.

  Idonor started his journalism career at the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Bauchi and also worked for Champion and Vanguard Newspapers respectively before he ventured into online publishing.

  Idonor served  as the Chairman of the State House Press Corps before he joined the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) where he aspired to represent his senatorial district in 2013 .   He was a top contender for the House of Representatives primary election in his Ughelli-Udu Federal Constituency, in Delta State before he withdrew in December 2014.

  He would be greatly missed.   Idonor is survived by a wife and four children.

 

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